Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mar. 6, 2020
20 tips for having a more successful mediation experience
When it comes to mediation, there is one lesson from our youth to keep in mind: different strokes for different folks.
Jeffrey Kravitz
Neutral
Alternative Resolution Centers
Phone: (310) 474-0867
Email: jkravitz@arc4adr.com
Jeffrey Kravitz is a neutral with Alternative Resolution Centers with broad experience in entertainment, intellectual property, business, and insurance matters. As an entertainment litigator for more than 20 years, he represented production companies, studios, insurers, and policyholders concerning copyright infringement, invasion of privacy and coverage questions. He has mediated and arbitrated a diverse range of cases in both federal and state courts.
I was representing a well-known producer in a dispute with another producer. No details necessary. We mediated with one of the all-stars, who asked for a joint session first -- i.e., where all sides sit in the same room at the beginning. The mediator walked into the joint session, smiled, and pronounced without introduction, "Do you think that anyone is going to give a damn about you [expletive] [ethnic slur] producers." The matter settled.
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