Topic
Mediation Strategy
7 published works
P.I.S.S.D.
How Texas Lawyers Can Prepare the Client, the Mediator, and Themselves for Mediation: Maximizing Success Through Strategic Preparation
By Bob Kraft
Mediation has become the primary method for resolving civil disputes in Texas, with courts routinely ordering mediation and parties voluntarily choosing this alternative dispute resolution process to avoid the time,…
Rudner Law Blog
Top 12 Tips to Win at Mediation
This is all about how to win at mediation, and I know that might sound like an oxymoron but it’s not. To me there is a big difference between…
BuildSmart
No. 2 of the Top 10 Horrible, Terrible, No Good Mistakes Lawyers Make in Mediations
This post is a continuation of the 10 most horrible, terrible, no good, “bang your head against the door” mistakes that I have seen lawyers make before, during and after…
ADR Notes
What’s Your Mediation Plan?
When you go in to a mediation do you have a plan? If not, I think you are making a big mistake. You would never go in to a trial…
ADR Notes
Mediating the Employment Dispute
Thirty plus years of handling employment disputes of one form or another has led me to reach several conclusions concerning these disputes and how to best resolve them. While mediation…
Arbitration and ADR
Using the Evaluative Approach in Appellate Mediation
Last week, I spoke to the Austin Bar Association ADR Section about mediating cases on appeal. In my talk, I explored the differences in perspective between pre-trial mediation, in which…
Litigation & Trial
If They Don’t Show You A Unicorn, Demand A Mule As Collateral
Victoria Pynchon responds again in our ongoing conversation. First, a comment on one of her later posts. She quotes an article in California Lawyer in which a litigator advises parties…