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A Successful Outcome
We are lawyers and mediators who believe in collaboration and consensus to close deals and solve disputes.

Letter to Client Warning of Duty to MediateThe Mediator's Role
The Mediation Agreement
An example of the mediation process
Briefing the Mediator
The Opening Statement Checklist

Briefing the Mediator

1. A brief and concise statement of the client’s assessment of the issues

2. Copies of the current “live” pleadings

3. Copies of helpful appellate decisions

4. Critical documentary evidence

5. A history of the negotiations to date

6. An objective assessment of the party’s strengths and weaknesses

7. Subjective actors and interests that may appear in the mediation