Alternative Dispute Resolution
Jun. 22, 2011
How to Undermine the Mediation Process Without Really Trying
If you rely on mediators to help you settle cases, read this.
Michael H. Leb
Neutral, Leb Dispute Resolutions
Labor & Employment
Phone: (310) 284-8224
Fax: (310) 284-8229
Email: michael@lebdr.com
U Michigan Law School
THE NEUTRAL CORNER is a monthly column discussing recent cases or topics of interest from a neutral's perspective.
An attorney for whom I've successfully mediated several cases recently canvassed his roster of mediators and asked each one to tell him their mediation pet peeves. Subsequently, I posed the same question on a Southern California Mediators Association message board. What follows are the anecdotal results of these two solicitations. If, as an attorney who relies on mediators to help you settle cases, you hold up this article and see your reflection in the mirror, you ought to at least cons...
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