Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jan. 1, 2013
Control deception in mediation
Mediators are human beings, and all human beings have biases. If left unconstrained, those biases can ripen into deception of you and your clients. By Jeff Kichaven
When a mediator sits down with you and your client in a private caucus, folds his weary hands in front of him, furrows his wrinkled brow, breathes a heavy sigh, and tries to scare you into settling - is he telling the truth, or just making it up as he goes along in order to strong-arm you into settlement for settlement's sake?
Believe it or not, you are at risk of falling victim to mediator deception. Mediators are human beings, and...
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