Mediation Blog

Draft a Settlement Agreement “Simple solutions seldom are. It takes a very unusual mind to undertake analysis of the obvious.” ~Alfred North Whi

Plan Your Exit “Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” ~Tom Stoppard Planning for mediation must include not only preparation for the mediation bu

Increase the Likelihood of Success through your Conduct “Nothing gives one so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under al

Develop a Plan for Movement “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.” ~Dwight D. Eisenhower Why is it that bright trial lawyers who plan and pre

Plan Your Mediation Presentation “I’m just preparing my impromptu remarks.” ~Winston Churchill Preparing your mediation presentation ensures

Know Your Mediator “Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hands; and there is no knowledge that is not power.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Creat

What do you get when you cross a lawyer and a social psychologist? The American Bar Association found the answer to that question in the publication of Psy

The Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School has been a leader in the research and analysis of negotiation for many years. A questi

The Southwest Florida Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) is pleased to present “Mediation an