One party absent – but matter still settled!
For the first time ever, I performed a mediation where was one of the parties was not present in person but chose to participate by phone. One would think that this would be a major handicap in having an effective mediation. But then every mediation is different and I so proceeded without any preconceived notions. […]
Finally one that got away …..
The mediation which appeared to be close to settlement failed (and ended my 100% settlement record!) – and as I realized long ago, you learn a lot more lessons from a single failure than from many successes. Following are the main reasons why this mediation failed: Parties had a new incident between them during the […]
This episode to be continued ….
This was the first mediation that I had conducted where it did not conclude on the same day. The reason was one of the parties suddenly informed me at around 11:30 pm that he had to leave at 1:30 pm. In this particular case, both parties had attorneys but chose to attend mediation without attorneys, […]
Volunteer Mediator Certificate from SMU
Got recognized yesterday by SMU’s Conflict Resolution Center for my successful mediation efforts on their behalf …
What appeared to be a sprint turned into a marathon …
> This mediation started off appearing to be pretty straight forward. The parties had Temporary Orders in place which they were following for almost a year. And both parties confirmed that things were going pretty well and neither side had any complaints about the other. The problem was that one side just wanted to convert […]
