Florida Mediation Blog

Mediation Lessons: Every Mediation is Different Mediations are not, nor should they be, cookie-cutter events. There is no such thing as autopilot for mediation. While legal cases can share a similar subject matter or theme, they are always different. Different facts, different times, different legal precedent, different clients, and different lawyers. Just as a lawyer cannot treat each legal case the same, a mediator must adapt mediation to each case as well.

How many times have you started making progress during negotiations at a mediation, only for it to unwind and have to start all over? You were on the cusp of an agreement, and then you find yourself in a series of endless rabbit holes chasing past grievances, unmet expectations, and rising emotions. So what happened?

Lawyers and mediators share a common goal, namely, we are problem solvers. How we go about solving problems might be different, but the...