Mediation in a business dispute is usually ordered by the court before trial, but the useful question is when to go voluntarily. Our rule: as soon as both sides have the documents that decide the case, and before depositions multiply the cost.
The mediator’s fee is shared. Your side pays for a day of our time and the preparation before it. Against a trial that runs a week, the arithmetic is not close.
It does not work when one side has not yet felt any risk. Sometimes a motion has to be won first.
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Twenty minutes with an attorney, free, usually within two business days. If we are not the right firm, we will say so and tell you who is.