Mediation is a widely chosen alternative to litigation. It is helpful for litigators to recognize that it can be challenging to adjust from a competitive win-lose environment to a collaboration-focused process. In this one-hour forty-five minute (105 minute) program, recorded July 2, 2025, Bruce L. Adelson, Esquire explains strategies and best practices to implement throughout the mediation process.

Mr. Adelson is CEO of Federal Compliance Consulting LLC, Potomac, Maryland, and serves as an Adjunct Faculty Member at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the Georgetown School of Medicine. A former senior attorney of the United States Department of Justice, he is the ADA Consultant to the Idaho Supreme Court and to the New Mexico Administrative Office of the Courts.

Major topics include:

What is mediation?
Aspects of meditation
Mediation procedures
Various state statutes
Mediation state of mind
Lawyers and mediation