Video – Attorney Michael Campbell Explains How Both Parties In A Business Dispute Arbitration Could Be Satisfied With The Result

Ray Hrdlicka – Host – Attorneys.Media

“The mediator, arbitrator starts out with this statement,

‘you know, my job here is to make both parties, get us… get a settlement, and make both parties angry and not happy at the end result’.

And, you know, that just irritates me every time I hear it. It really does.”

Michael Campbell – Business Dispute Attorney – Pierce County, WA

“I usually tell people just the opposite. I say,

‘my…my goal here is to try to make both parties happy’,

and if you’re not happy, if both parties are ultimately ticked off at me, I’m sorry about that you know, that’s not the way… that might be something you could do in arbitration. But in mediation, you have to get an agreement. So, if… is somebody unhappy with the agreement? Maybe. Maybe they’re thinking, they should have gotten more, but they agreed to it. And if they agreed to it, it is, by definition, a fair settlement.”