Tips for the Opening Statement
Tips for the Opening Statement
What's your message?
Think of the message you want to get across. Conciliatory, confident, stress your strengths.
Look into the whites of their eyes!
Remember you are not addressing the mediator like you would a Judge - he has read the papers, he probably understands the facts, so this gives you an opportunity to speak directly to the other side and their client across the table. Make the most of it!