You and your clients have just gone through a lengthy mediation. After hours of hard bargaining, a settlement finally is reached. How should you memorialize your agreement to assure that its terms will be enforced? Can you be confident that the settlement will not unravel because one or more of the parties has had a change of heart? These are questions that frequently concern parties who are thinking of using mediation. Fortunately, I have found as a mediator that it is not difficult to create and enforce a binding agreement if you follow a few simple rules.
This is the complete interview by Robert Benjamin with Maxine Baker-Jackson, Director and Mediator, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Dependency Court, filmed as part of Mediate.com's "The Mediators: Views from...
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By F. Peter Phillips