With the ever-present backlog of trial court calendars across Pennsylvania, more litigants are turning to non-binding mediation or binding arbitration to bring their cases to a resolution. Of course, the uncertainty attendant with jury trials has always been a great motivator for parties to move their cases, as well.

There is no better way to learn about what works and what doesn’t work during ADR proceedings than by asking questions of mediators and arbitrators who have presided over numerous ADR proceedings.