Mediating employment disputes before legal action is filed gives parties an opportunity to settle their differences before incurring impressive attorney’s fees and expending valuable effort. Yet, it’s no easy thing to settle a case before discovery has been conducted. Here is how one set of motivated participants successfully settled a pre-filing employment dispute in four hours.
Plaintiff submitted a reasonable demand far in advance of the mediation.
The lawyers agreed to exchange all the information they had well before the mediation.
The lawyers cultivated a respectful relationship with one another.
All principals attended the mediation.
The parties maintained momentum by remaining optimistic about settlement and making changes to their positions.
