Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mar. 5, 2021
What is mediation advocacy?
Mediation advocacy and trial advocacy are not the same. In what ways, however, are they different? Should attorneys who are comfortable in courtrooms be assumed to be equally nimble in mediation settings? Should the attorneys designated to take the lead at trial also be projected as the ones to guide parties in mediation?
John H. Sugiyama
Arbitrator and Mediator
JAMS
Phone: (415) 774-2617
Email: jsugiyama@jamsadr.com
Hon. John H. Sugiyama (Ret.) is a mediator at JAMS with experience in myriad legal fields and disciplines adjudicating complex matters through trial and alternative dispute resolution processes. Judge Sugiyama presided for 18 years on the Contra Costa County Superior Court. During the last nine years of his judicial career, he served as the supervising judge for the Probate Division of his superior court. He may be reached at jsugiyama@jamsadr.com.
Mediation advocacy and trial advocacy are not the same. In what ways, however, are they different? Should attorneys who are comfortable in courtrooms be assumed to be equally nimble in mediation settings? Should the attorneys designated to take the lead at trial also be projected as the ones to guide parties in mediation?
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