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.

I believe mediation can help parties efficiently resolve their disputes with certainty, reducing the risk of an adverse outcome, while saving time, money, and the stress of continuing a legal case.

I recently heard that the latest statistics suggest that 96% of all civil cases in Florida eventually result in a settlement. That...