mediation

Mediation in Consumer Bankruptcy Cases

05/16/25

TV lawyers are constantly heading into trial, sometimes after seeing the file for the first time that morning. On television, the clients never seem to worry about how they are going to pay their lawyers to go to trial. The reality is different in real life, especially when dealing with consumer bankruptcy cases. A consumer debtor seeks a fresh start because their finances are at their breaking point. When a litigation matter pops up, it stands in the way of the fresh start. 

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Energy Future Holdings – Another Major Success for Chapter 11 Mediation?

09/02/15

Mediation has become an invaluable tool in large chapter 11 cases. Traditionally viewed as a means for resolving discrete disputes between a debtor’s estate and an adversary party, in recent years mediation in certain complex cases has evolved into a multi-party undertaking involving claimants from all levels of a debtor’s capital structure, with the ambitious goal of resolving the entire case through a consensual plan of reorganization.

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Judge Says "Over My Dead Body" to Trustee's Mediation Plans

10/06/14
The importance of alternate dispute resolution to resolve cases is enshrined in federal law, 28 U.S.C.
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