Party Control
Settlement Mediation
Confidentiality
In mediation, the parties retain to themselves the ultimate control of whether and on what terms their dispute is negotiated and resolved. While the parties select neutral to assist them in mediation, that neutral is only a facilitator, not a decision maker.
Confidentiality
Settlement Mediation
Confidentiality
In mediation, each party has the opportunity to have private, confidential, ex parte exchange with the neutral serving as mediator, confident that the mediator may not disclose any information shared without the party's express direction to do so. And, as in early neutral evaluation, nothing shared or discussed in a mediation is admissi
In mediation, each party has the opportunity to have private, confidential, ex parte exchange with the neutral serving as mediator, confident that the mediator may not disclose any information shared without the party's express direction to do so. And, as in early neutral evaluation, nothing shared or discussed in a mediation is admissible at trial and the mediator may not be compelled to testify.
Settlement Mediation
Settlement Mediation
Settlement Mediation
While mediation is perhaps most often look upon as a last gasp effort at settlement undertaken late in the life of a dispute or immediately before a pressing trial date, Pecan Grove Mediation encourages its clients to consider the benefits that can be realized by considering mediation at any point in the dispute process.