What are the Pros and Cons of Court vs. Mediation?
Courts Lengthy & time consuming. Much of the money you spend on legal fees will be for time waiting in court; Scheduling conflicts between courts and litigants cause expensive delays; Judges have little time to hear the details of your case, often less than 5 minutes, because they are often assigned more than 30 cases per day (each); You may only get a minute or two to testify about your case, if you get to testify at all; You can’t predict the outcome of your case because it depends on a virtual stranger making the decisions for you; You may have to make decisions about settlement in a split second in a crowded hallway; No confidentiality – all court files are public records. Soon, they will be available online; Costly–each hour your lawyer spends waiting, you pay, even if no progress on your case is made; Stressful; Courts by their adversarial nature encourage combat, which is not conducive to a health family life after the legal proceedings are over. Mediation Faster because you de
