Comments on: Six Ways to Ensure Your Construction Mediation Will Fail http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/ Thoughts on the construction landscape from Christopher G. Hill, Virginia construction lawyer, LEED AP and member of the Virginia Legal Elite in Construction Law Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:02:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Personal Thoughts on Construction Mediation | Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-2883 Personal Thoughts on Construction Mediation | Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:19:39 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-2883 [...] can occur.    Mediation does not work all the time, particularly if the parties present hurdles to the [...] [...] can occur.    Mediation does not work all the time, particularly if the parties present hurdles to the [...]

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By: Personal Musings On Construction Mediation – A Guest Posting « Building New Business http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-2872 Personal Musings On Construction Mediation – A Guest Posting « Building New Business Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:54:37 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-2872 [...] no settlement can occur. Mediation does not work all the time, particularly if the parties present hurdles to the [...] [...] no settlement can occur. Mediation does not work all the time, particularly if the parties present hurdles to the [...]

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By: Mediation Training: A View From the Other Side of the Table | Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-2859 Mediation Training: A View From the Other Side of the Table | Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:02:58 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-2859 [...] of the other great folks and mediators that have been kind enough to guest post here, including Victoria Pynchon (@vpynchon) and Ron White [...] [...] of the other great folks and mediators that have been kind enough to guest post here, including Victoria Pynchon (@vpynchon) and Ron White [...]

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By: attorney mediator http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-2486 attorney mediator Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:20:14 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-2486 [...] specializing in alternate dispute resolution and Marge Mellody, a mediator specializing in real ...Six Ways to Ensure Your Construction Mediation Will Fail ...A great guest post Friday from Victoria Pynchon on pitfalls in construction mediation and how to [...] [...] specializing in alternate dispute resolution and Marge Mellody, a mediator specializing in real …Six Ways to Ensure Your Construction Mediation Will Fail …A great guest post Friday from Victoria Pynchon on pitfalls in construction mediation and how to [...]

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By: vpynchon http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-1530 vpynchon Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:16:14 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-1530 @constructionlaw kind of you! @constructionlaw kind of you!

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By: constructionlaw http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-1529 constructionlaw Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:19:23 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-1529 I am reminded on a daily basis of the need for good mediators and @vpynchon is one: http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to... I am reminded on a daily basis of the need for good mediators and @vpynchon is one: http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to...

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By: vpynchon (vpynchon) http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-848 vpynchon (vpynchon) Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:56:46 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-848 <strong>Twitter Comment</strong> <a href="http://twitter.com/vpynchon" title="Twitter Comment" rel="nofollow"> <div class="ccimg1" title="vpynchon (vpynchon)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:60px;height:60px;"> <img name="cc_image" title="vpynchon (vpynchon)" style="float:left;margin-right:10px;padding:0;width:50px;height:50px;" src="http://purl.org/net/spiurl/vpynchon"/> </div> </a> @constructionlaw thanks for reminding me; I just read it & decided to excerpt it in myblog w/ link to yours; hope u get some traffic from it<br /><br /> - <a href="http://chatcatcher.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Posted using Chat Catcher</a> Twitter Comment


@constructionlaw thanks for reminding me; I just read it & decided to excerpt it in myblog w/ link to yours; hope u get some traffic from it

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By: Christopher G. Hill http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-846 Christopher G. Hill Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:09:48 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-846 Given Vickie's latest series at her blog re. mediation/arbitration malpractice, this is a timely post. Given Vickie’s latest series at her blog re. mediation/arbitration malpractice, this is a timely post.

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By: Christopher G. Hill http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Christopher G. Hill Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:18:32 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-194 Thanks Scott. Victoria is a great resource on these issues. Thanks Scott. Victoria is a great resource on these issues.

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By: Scott Warga http://constructionlawva.com/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-193 Scott Warga Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:14:54 +0000 http://constructionmusings.solopracticeuniversity.com/2009/06/six-ways-to-insure-your-construction-mediation-will-fail/#comment-193 Great observations, I cant count the number of times the insurance companies settlement authority is somewhere else and can only be reached by phone. I think one more way is fail to be realistic. It is rare that a party agrees to go to mediation that does not have some fault. Be honest and recognize that you (as well as others) made mistakes, be willing to take your share of the fault and not blame everything on someone else. Great observations, I cant count the number of times the insurance companies settlement authority is somewhere else and can only be reached by phone.

I think one more way is fail to be realistic.

It is rare that a party agrees to go to mediation that does not have some fault. Be honest and recognize that you (as well as others) made mistakes, be willing to take your share of the fault and not blame everything on someone else.

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