I do pre-mediation calls before mediations, in fact I think they are so important that I set aside a day to have a separate call with each lawyer in each of the week's mediations. An interesting "trend" has been observed, specifically an absence of discussion about each side's valuation views, in advance of mediation. You may be thinking, "Well, isn't that something left to the day or mediation?" and you would be right. However, there are circumstances where an advance discus