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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jul. 23, 2008

Mediation 'Magic' Happens When Neutrals Revitalize Justice Issues

Mediation, though a sidecar to the Harley of litigation, is not a legal proceeding. It is a consensual, collaborative, interest-based process, writes Victoria Pynchon. - Forum Column

FORUM COLUMN

By Victoria Pynchon
This article appears on Page 4

      There comes a point in every mediation when the attorneys need help in understanding their clients and the clients need to be reminded of the limitations the legal process imposes on everyone's efforts to resolve the conflict at hand. A mediator knows this time has come when the parties begin to complain that their counsel is "forgetting" to emphasi...

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