Be it commercial, real property, family, probate, IP, PI, admiralty or something else, every dispute brought to you has issues which your client has not been able to resolve. You’ve been working hard on your case. By the time you get to mediation your positions are well thought out. Even so, sometimes a fresh pair of eyes from an objective third party may come up with ideas you haven’t considered. Let your mediator be that fresh pair of eyes. (Don’t let it be the judge at trial!) Conversation fertilizes thought*.

* This is a quote from a foreign dignitary on a recent visit to the US.