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California Neutrals

Oct. 18, 2012

Eric E. Younger

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: real estate, employment, malpractice



Mediations are effective only if the parties involved genuinely desire to resolve their differences, Younger said.


"Once in a while, we manage to get someone to settle who came to the mediation without really wanting to, but that's very much uphill," he said.


Occasionally, Younger added, individuals or companies intentionally leave key people at home, as they want to appear to be trying to settle, "while secretly sabotagin...

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