Candor is being open, honest, and frank. Candor is an important ingredient in mediation. Be candid when you have a pre-mediation call with the mediator. Be candid when weighing the strengths and weaknesses of your case. Be candid when you are exploring settlement options during the mediation. Candor is the…
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Ethics and the Art of Mediation
Attorneys owe a duty of candor to the tribunal and competency to their clients, but what obligations does an attorney bear in mediation? This article, reprinted with the permission of the American Bankruptcy Institute (www.abi.org), offers practical ethics guidance to assist attorneys representing parties in bankruptcy mediation. In the article,…