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Apr. 16, 2021

Assessing and Adapting

Mark Weidmann constantly rethinks a mediation as it progresses.

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Employment, torts, general civil litigation

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)

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