The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the most respected peer-review publications in the legal field, has honored 43 Becker attorneys across a wide range of practice areas. We are especially proud to celebrate four shareholders—Donna DiMaggio Berger, Bernard Friedman, Sanjay Kurian, and Lee Weintraub—who were […]
Q: What is a presuit mediation and when is it required? A: When the parties to a legal dispute agree that mediation could help them avoid the cost of a lawsuit, they can take part in a presuit mediation. As its name implies, a presuit mediation is a mediation conference […]
Q: When is the best time in my dispute to hold a mediation? A: The best time in the course of a dispute to schedule and hold a mediation depends entirely on the nature of the dispute and the parties involved. In some cases, typically when the adverse parties are […]
Q: Will the mediator decide my case? A: No. Although mediators are usually lawyers, and often retired judges, they serve in neither capacity in the mediation process. The role of a mediator is to aid the adverse parties in facilitating an agreed settlement. Mediators don’t decide cases. They’re not even […]
Q: What is mediation and how is it different from arbitration? A: For whatever reason, people tend to confuse the terms mediation and arbitration. Mediation is an informal settlement conference. The parties come together (either in person or more and more frequently by Zoom) with a neutral mediator who is […]
