When acting as party representatives, MNB’s LA divorce mediation attorneys work with the client to explain the mediation process, create potential settlement offers, and advocate to the mediator what the client’s position is and what will get the case resolved. Mediators are third-party neutrals. That is why it is important to have an attorney represent you at a mediation, and at the very least you should have any proposed settlement reached at mediation reviewed by independent counsel to ensure you understand the terms and are getting what you think you are getting.

The issues that need to be settled in any case, whether divorce, child custody, or a business dispute, can be complicated. A mediator is seeking agreement, but the decision must be agreeable to both parties not only at the time of agreement, but into the future as well. 

Our Los Angeles divorce mediation attorneys have helped parties undo mishandled mediations, set aside, or modify unbeneficial, coerced, and fraudulent agreements, and have been retained to step into mediations prior to finalizing agreements because, upon our review, the terms are inequitable. To be certain of a fair settlement, each party in a divorce should be advised by an attorney responsible only to them.