Mediating Delaware Corporate Disputes
How Mediators Support Attorneys
In mediation, emotions can play an important role. A skilled mediator can relieve the pressures of those emotions by helping facilitate the exchange of information. By promoting measured, principled negotiations, a successful mediator can help attorneys objectively guide their clients in determining whether settlement is the best alternative.
Insurance Carriers as Mediation Allies
Insurance carriers are important partners in the mediation process. Ryan Newell and Jeff Kichaven highlight how mediators must go beyond surface-level tactics and develop a working knowledge of coverage issues so they may engage meaningfully with carriers and support productive negotiations.
The Benefits of Joint Sessions in Mediation
Joint sessions, when managed thoughtfully, can turn adversarial energy into collaborative progress. Ryan Newell and Jeff Kichaven reflect on how simply relaying arguments back and forth can feel like litigating two cases at once. It’s exhausting and counterproductive. Facilitating focused dialogue between attorneys helps shift the dynamic away from performative argument and toward meaningful discussion that benefits clients.
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