Andrew Horowitz Discusses Common Mis-steps That Parties Make at Mediation in The Legal Intelligencer

In an article published in The Legal Intelligencer on January 14, 2025, Obermayer ​Pittsburgh based attorney and mediator Andrew Horowitz discusses the most common errors at mediation. In his article, titled “From a Mediator’s Perspective: Common Mis-steps That Parties Make at Mediation,” Andrew, who is a practicing mediator since 2020, shares his observations about how counsel can derail and undermine mediation. 

Parties don’t simply say what their bottom lines are at the outset, rather the mediator’s job is to gradually convince the parties to make themselves vulnerable by exposing (and possibly moving) their bottom lines.