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May 26, 2026 13:07
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I was once invited to mediate a wrongful death case in southern Alabama by
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a large national product manufacturer.
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Having mediated for them before,
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they asked if I would reach out to the opposing counsel to introduce myself and
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gain their confidence in advance of the mediation.
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During my initial call to counsel,
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I introduced myself and they invited me to arrive the day before the mediation
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to join them for an evening of bird hunting at their local hunting lodge.
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After clearing the invitation with the product manufacturer,
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I pulled out a flannel shirt,
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dusted off my boots,
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and packed hunting clothes,
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along with my more formal mediation attire.
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Now,
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not being a hunter and never having been to Alabama,
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my mind ran wild with images of the experiences I was about to
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encounter.
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I can only imagine the images they had of me,
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the city slicker mediator who had never fired a shotgun.
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What transpired was a truly memorable and delightful evening of
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conversation and camaraderie.
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Hunting turned out to be an exercise in shooting clay pigeons,
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and the lodge was a one -room cabin brought to life with barbecue
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and beer.
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My point is this,
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once I freed myself from stereotypical thinking and embraced the
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culture and individuality of the people in front of me,
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I had established a connection that served as a solid platform on which
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to begin the next day's mediation.
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