The Expert Podcast

Do you know that, according to court records, mediation is successful 77% of the time when it's applied in a litigation-type case, whether it's a probate case, divorce case, or civil lawsuit? Mediation works 77% of the time.

In addition, mediation allows the parties the advantage of privacy. If you go to court and you're presenting evidence, documents, and testimony, all that becomes public record. Anything you say can be out there in the public record for anyone to see or read about. In some lawsuits, you might want to keep certain information private.

Mediation, on the other hand, is considered a private venue where the parties can say or do pretty much anything they want, and it doesn't become a public record. So, mediation works more than three-quarters of the time, it's private, and it's a whole lot cheaper and quicker than fully going to court.