Solo and Small Firm
The Practitioner Summer 2014, Volume 20, Issue 3
Content
- Profile of Solange Ritchie: Myer Sankary Award Recipient - Orange County Women Lawyers Association
- #Sdmetro: a Guide to San Diego
- Table of Contents
- How to Utilize Motions to Improve Your Practice
- Practical Advice for Getting Results in Business Mediation
- Letter From the Outgoing Chair: You May Be a Solo, But You Are Not Alone
- Letter From the Editor
- Ethics and Technology For the Solo Lawyer
- Recent Developments in Criminal Law and Procedure
- Big Plans for 2014-2015
Practical Advice for Getting Results in Business Mediation
By Rande S. Sotomayor
Mediation is an informal business meeting that is focused on negotiating a mutually satisfactory solution to a dispute. The parties control the outcome and avoid the imposition of a result by a judge or jury who do not have the same interest in creative solutions as the parties do.
The parties and their lawyers have the best chance of ending the dispute on their own. If direct negotiations fail, or escalate into unproductive arguments, it’s time to bring in a skillful mediator. The mediator’s job is to patiently explore all involved parties’ interests, including their lawyers’ interests, and assist in developing solutions that will be in everyone’s best interests.
Here are some tools for attorneys to use to get the best results for their clients, and themselves, in a business mediation.