There is a saying among mediators: often at the start of a mediation, the mediator is the only optimistic person in the room. She is the only one who believes the matter will settle. It turns out that there is something to this adage. In a blog post by the [Read More]
In December 2010, my water bill was extremely high; I posted a blog about my dispute with the Coachella Valley Water District ("CVWD"). In the end, I paid the bill as I did not want to receive a black mark on my credit history. (The CVWD has no mechanism like [Read More]
What makes or breaks a successful mediation? Your mindset; that is, how you approach it. Like athletes before an event, one must "visualize" the process of mediation and its successful outcome. Create a mental (if not actual) checklist of the pertinent facts and issues and think about alternative ways to [Read More]
