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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 31, 2007

Winning at Settlement Conferences

Focus Column - Lynn Duryee and Matthew N. White - Mandatory settlement conferences won't become a more effective means of dispute resolution until both lawyers and judges can overcome these frequent impediments to settling.

FOCUS COLUMN

Lynn Duryee
and Matthew N. White

      Judges and lawyers share a goal at the mandatory settlement conference: to settle the case. However, the press of business, the stress of time and a regrettable degree of mistrust between judges and lawyers have led us away from our goal and into some bad practices. The unfortunate result is that time is wasted, nerves are frazzled and cases that could settle do not. With a re...

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