
Teddy Ruxpin and Early Stage Mediation
Mediation can work at any stage of a dispute -- even after trial. But so very often the best time to mediate a conflict is before litigation is commenced. Before, I would argue, a complaint is even filed Psychology students will tell you of the well-known race track study which demonstrated that bettors were more confident of their pick moments after placing their bets than they were right before laying their money down at the window. Sales professionals repeat the (probabl

Lawyers Play Important Role in Mediation
Lawyers don't like mediators, and visa versa . . . . at least that's what you would gather listening in on conversations among many mediators -- even attorney-mediators! The reason some lawyers don't like mediators is that so much of the marketing for mediation services "piles on" the widespread anti-lawyer, anti-court system rhetoric that has been out there a very, very long time (even before Shakespeare went for the cheap laugh in Henry VI). Actually, mediation works quite