Are you a lawyer, real estate pro, contractor, or just a person negotiating his or her way through life? If you didn’t answer “yes” to this question, I would be surprised. We don’t all think of ourselves as negotiators or mediators, but any attorney or individual who has to work through any situation of conflict […]
Headline: Voluntary Construction Mediation Works
Well, I’m back. After a busy week of meeting with clients, college visits with my daughter and a successful mediation (this time as co-counsel), I am back to what I hope to be a more consistent posting schedule. Luckily for me, my friend Seth Smiley stepped in with a great Guest Post Friday post on […]
Mediation Musings From the Trenches
As I posted quite a while ago, I have been going through the Virginia Supreme Court mediation certification training. Part of that training is a series of co-mediations where I get to essentially mediate a dispute with the supervision of a trained and experienced mentor helping smooth the edges. This past week, I was able […]
More Thoughts from the Other Side of the Mediation Table
I have stated on many occasions here at Musings that mediation is a great solution in many, if not most, construction cases. As a construction lawyer, there are very few cases in which I do not at least broach the subject of mediation with my client and likely with opposing counsel. When wearing my advocate/counselor […]
Some Random (or Not So Random) Musings on a Thursday
As I am sitting here this week trying to get back on the blogging bandwagon (and I apologize for the less consistent posts as of late) and dealing with the occupational hazard of “bloggers block,” I thought I’d just go through the many great posts and blogs of friends and colleagues in the relatively small […]