Resolving Conflicts Without Court
In a recent feature in Lynchburg Business magazine, Robert DeRise, Litigation & Dispute Resolution attorney at Woods Rogers, offers valuable insights on the advantages of mediation. He highlights several key benefits, including speed and efficiency, reduced cost, confidentiality, less formality, and effectiveness.
"Mediation is a voluntary process to attempt to settle disputes without a lawsuit," Robert explains. It functions as “a settlement conference, but one that uses a neutral third-party (often a respected lawyer or retired judge), to attempt to guide the negotiations.”
Robert also notes that mediation has become an increasingly popular method for resolving a wide range of conflicts, including intra-business disputes, employer-employee disagreements, and inter-company disputes.
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