Mediate, Don't Litigate: Strategies for Successful Mediation [Paperback]

Peter Lovenheim (Author)

Book Description

Series: Mediate, Don't Litigate: Strategies for Successful Mediation | Publication Date: April 9, 2004

Going to court to resolve legal disputes is stressful, expensive and time-consuming. Consider a better alternative: Mediation. Then turn to Mediate, Don't Litigate to guide you through the entire process.

Let this easy-to-use book show you how to:

*choose a mediator
*prepare a case
*negotiate successfully
*write a binding agreement
*protect your interests in case mediation fails

Mediate, Don't Litigate provides detailed information on settling divorce, business and employment disputes, as well as sample mediation rules, contact information for state, national and regional mediation organizations, and the standards of conduct for mediators.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Assists mediation participants as they prepare for the mediation process. An informative guide if you are considering mediation. -- James Melamed, CEO of Mediate.com

This is your ticket out of the litigation trap. Mediate, don't procastinate! -- Bob Rosner, internationally syndicated columnist,& author of Gray Matters

This one-of-a-kind book tells you exactly what you need to know. -- Andrew Thomas, Executive Director,Center for Dispute Settlement

About the Author

Peter Lovenheim is a graduate of Cornell Law School, a professional mediator and author of Nolo's How to Meditate Your Dispute and Mediate Don't Litigate. He has served as legal counsel and director of program development for the Center for Dispute Settlement in Rochester, NY and is the founder and president of Empire Mediation and Arbitration, a private dispute resolution company headquartered in Rochester.

During her years as a law student at Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, Lisa worked for Nolo as a research and editorial assistant. After a stint as a staff attorney at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Lisa worked primarily in the field of employment law, in both government and private practice. Lisa recently rejoined the staff at Nolo, where she is the co-author of Nolo's Pocket Guide to California Law.

Product Details

• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: NOLO (April 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1413300308
• ISBN-13: 978-1413300307
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > Law > Procedures & Litigation > Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • #31 in Books > Law > Business > Arbitration, Negotiation & Mediation

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very, very helpful, March 10, 2007

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Jeffrey Leeper "kem2070" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mediate, Don't Litigate: Strategies for Successful Mediation (Paperback)

This book is a walk-through of all the parts of mediation. The authors walk the reader through the basics of mediation, deciding whether to mediate, choosing a mediator, starting a mediation case, preparing for the mediation, how the mediation works, how to write an agreement, what happens if you don't reach an agreement, what happens if the agreement doesn't work after all, divorce mediation, business mediation, employment mediation, and using lawyers.

This is an easy to follow book with plenty of examples. Although the book mentions the high cost and time involved with lawyers (and the other impediments that might arise with lawyers), the authors explain clearly different situations in which you would not want to mediate. I thought this enlightening.

The last chapter discussing doing your own legal research and lists a host of good resources. I'm already exploring most of those. Very well done.

The only real dig I have is the pagination. With each chapter, the page numbers start over. Although the chapter number precedes, it is still a little aggravating.

Overall, if you are thinking about mediation or litigation, you would not be wasting your time to read this first.

1.0 out of 5 stars Mediate, Don't Litigate, December 3, 2010

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Allen P. Wilkinson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mediate, Don't Litigate: Strategies for Successful Mediation (Paperback)

A simplistic book put out by Nolo, the leader in do-it-yourself law books. Don't waste your time reading this unless you have absolutely no experience with mediation. It might be good for someone considering mediation to read, but for a person who is or wants to be a mediator, the book is useless. If you are or want to be a mediator, buy Christopher Moore's The Mediation Process Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict instead.