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How Mediation Field Trips With All Participants Can Open the Process and Improve Settlement Prospects
Author(s) -
Creo Robert A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alternatives to the high cost of litigation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1549-4381
pISSN - 1549-4373
DOI - 10.1002/alt.21798
Subject(s) - mediation , settlement (finance) , session (web analytics) , trips architecture , subject (documents) , process (computing) , field (mathematics) , law , political science , sociology , public relations , psychology , business , computer science , engineering , advertising , library science , transport engineering , finance , mathematics , payment , pure mathematics , operating system
In May, Master Mediator columnist Bob Creo explored meeting with the disputants off‐site, without counsel being present. This column explores the benefits of site visits or conducting portions of the mediation at the location that is the subject of the session. Master Mediator Jeff Kichaven, who heads his own Los Angeles firm (see JeffKichaven.com ) and is a longtime Alternatives Editorial Board member, shares two stories where the site visit was productive in unexpected ways .