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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Dec. 12, 2018

Mediation: Doing the Dance

Experienced attorneys who know and understand the rules can meet up with a mediator or another attorney they’ve never seen before, and effectively engage in the dance.

Robert B. Jacobs

Neutral
Judicate West

Email: bob@attorney-mediator.law

Robert mediates business, real estate and construction disputes throughout California.

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Mediation: Doing the Dance
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For many years I worked closely with my favorite mediator. He was highly respected in the legal community and was a man of great legal experience. He quickly grasped the issues at hand; he knew how to work with the parties; he was persuasive, articulate and credible. He always got the job done.

This mediator and I understood one another. Sometimes he would give my clients a reality check. Other times I had to persuade him the other ...

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