It is not uncommon for attorneys to waive their opening statements at mediation. Sitting across the table and telling the other side why they are wrong and you are right can be difficult face-to-face.

I recently participated in two mediations, one as plaintiffs counsel and one as defense counsel, while they both successfully brought to a close the underlying cases, the parties to each had a ...

Some practitioners look to bypass opening statements in a Mediation session – operating under the belief that they have heard it all before and, therefore, the parties are better served by getting ...