Mediation: I have experience in a wide variety of substantive legal areas as well as various conflict settings. I have mediated cases involving only two parties as well as cases involving forty parties and most everything in between. I have mediated disputes involving parties who must continue working together after the mediated dispute is resolved as well as cases in which the parties will never see each other again once the dispute is resolved. Each case requires the right mix of facilitative and evaluative skills. The mediation process itself as well as the skills utilized must address the process needs of the parties in that specific dispute. My approach is to analyze the conflict setting, determine the parties' process needs and then manage the process so that those needs are met. While this does not guarantee resolution it does maximize the opportunities for settlement.