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Should I mediate or litigate?
| Litigation | Mediation | ||
| Cost | Attorney’s fees, court costs, expert witness fees, lost time
from work |
vs. | Mediator’s fee |
| Time | Months or years to disposition plus lost time for preparation and
trial |
vs. | One day mediation session |
| Process | Very formal, controlled by rules of procedure, rules of evidence,
subject to schedule of court and jury |
vs. | Informal, non-confrontational controlled by schedule of parties and not subject to rules of evidence |
| Remedy | Resolution limited to narrow legal remedies |
vs. | Whatever the parties agree to |
| Privacy | Not confidential, open to the public | vs. | Everything discussed is confidential by statute, as is settlement |
| Risk | You’re either a winner or a loser |
vs. | None. If not settled, all legal remedies are still available |
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