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ADR C o r n e r
Yes, the Mediator is Biased
YUEH-MEI KIM NUTTER
The minute the mediator first meets the
parties, there is a bias. When the attorneys
and mediator first meet there is a bias.
That’s if the bias didn’t start earlier, when
the mediator read the names of the parties
or read the summaries and information
provided by the attorneys