IRVINE — With a pragmatic approach to mediation, neutral Michael G. Balmages of ADR Services Inc. emphasizes “smartness” over “fairness.” “I tell the litigants that I am not going to tell them that it is ‘fair’ to settle, or that any particular proposed settlement is ‘fair,’” Balmages said. “Fairness has little to do with it and I do not know what is ‘fair’. What it may be is smart to settle. ‘Smartness’ is the goal, not ‘fairness.’”
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