Contact Information Philip E. Cutler Cutler Nylander & Hayton PS 1191 Second Avenue, Suite 1650 Seattle, WA 98101 Telephone: 206-340-4600 Facsimile: 206-340-4646 Email: philcutler@cnhlaw.com Website: www.cnhlaw.com Legal Employment Cutler Nylander & Hayton (and predecessor firms, Cutler & Nylander and Talmadge and Cutler), 1990-present; Sax and MacIver/Karr Tuttle Campbell, 1979-89 (firms merged their practices in 1986); [...]
Memo to Client Re: Mediation
February 16, 2011 By
WHAT IS MEDIATION? Mediation is a process. The mediator attempts to facilitate an out-of-court settlement between the parties by building upon areas of common agreement and by challenging the parties and their lawyers to think critically about the case, potential outcomes, and the business and other risks which attend continued pursuit of the lawsuit. WHY [...]
The Mediation-Arbitration Option
February 16, 2011 By
While most parties choose to resolve disputes by either mediation or arbitration (or litigation), there is a hybrid process – known as Med-Arb – that parties occasionally prefer. As its name implies, the parties first mediate and then, if and only if they are unable to resolve all issues by settlement, the mediator changes hats [...]