A good mediator, Mark Weidmann says, must adapt his approach and style to the large differences among types of cases, to unfolding factual details and to moment-by-moment changes in the parties' and attorneys' attitudes.
"A good mediator is constantly assessing and adapting and is very flexible," he said. "It's a really iterative process, where you're just repeatedly coming up with ideas and thoughts based on what people ... (continued)