OasisLMS

Program sponsored by the CBA Labor and Employment Law Practice Group

Why Mediation

1. Why Mediation?
   1. Potential court backlogs and delay.
   2. New developments in how to make mediation easy and accessible.
   3. Overall control of your matter, schedule, expectations/outcomes.
2. What we will cover?
   1. Recent trends in mediation.
   2. Best practices for a successful mediation with an employment claim.
   3. Anecdotes of what works / what doesn’t.  

The Decision to Mediate 

1. General Benefits of Mediation?
2. Getting to the Table: who decides to mediate and how?
3. Protections?
   1. Federal Rules
   2. Case law
4. Getting to the Mediation Table: When? 

At the Mediation Table

1. Ohio law favors the resolution of disputes and the prevention of litigation through compromise and settlement. State ex rel. Wright v Weyandt, 50 Ohio St. 2d 194, 363 N.E.2d 1387 (Ohio 1977); Weckel v. Cole + Russell Architects, 2013- Ohio 2718, 994 N.E.2d 885 (Ohio Ct. App. 2013).
2. Real or virtual table?
3. Best Practices?
4. Whose role is it anyway?

 Wrapping it up

1. Settlement Agreements—on the record, at the table, dismissals or later?
2. Allison, 2:20-cv-6018 (S.D. Ohio Sep. 16, 2021)

Presenter: 
Elizabeth Callan, Esq 
Elizabeth has experience in private practice with a background in civil litigation. She served as a Judge in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas prior to her current role as a mediator. She earned her JD from the University of Miami Law School and is currently a member of the advisory committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights.

1.0 CLE Credit