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About Phyllis Pollack

Phyllis G. Pollack, Esq. the principal of PGP Mediation, has been a mediator in Los Angeles, California since 2000. She has conducted over 2,000 mediations. As an attorney with more than 40 years experience, she utilizes her diverse background to resolve business, commercial, international trade, real estate, employment and lemon law disputes at both the state and federal trial and state appellate court levels. Read more of Phyllis' accomplishments here: https://www.pgpmediation.com/phyllis-g-pollack-biography/

The Downsides to Negotiating via Video Conference!

A recent survey ( NADN-2022-SurveyOfLitigators-ViewsOnODR[64656] )  conducted by the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals found that prior to the pandemic and lock down in March 2020 only about 2% of litigation attorneys had ever attended a mediation or arbitration using a video conference platform.  But thanks to the pandemic, as [Read More]

By |June 16th, 2023|Mediations|

Misremembering Within Seconds!

In the  process of resolving any dispute, the parties usually begin by reciting the facts. Only after the facts are set out and the parties are generally in accord  with what occurred, do the parties begin to work on resolving the dispute. But suppose a party misremembers the facts?  We [Read More]

By |June 2nd, 2023|Research|

Even Our Four-Legged Friends Face Bias!

The Westminster Dog Show was held earlier this month, and I watched part of it. Owning two English Springer Spaniels, I watched the Sporting Group competition and then the Best in Show competition in which one of the seven group winners won the Best in Show prize. At the beginning [Read More]

By |May 19th, 2023|Bias|

Honking is NOT Free Speech!

Every once in a while, I read about a case that has nothing to do with mediation other than creativity and feel compelled to write about it. As I have noted previously, there is one thing about lawyers and/or their clients: they can be very creative. The Ninth Circuit Court [Read More]

By |May 12th, 2023|Court Cases|
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