Negotiating Case Value: Decision Trees in Mediation
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Negotiating Case Value:Decision Trees in Mediation
Jun 20, 2013
State Bar of Texas • Litigation and ADR Sections • Dallas, Texas
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Today’s Roadmap
• Who
• What
• Why
• How
• …and More
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If you and the other side value your case
differently, at least one of
you is wrong.
Make sureit isn’t you.
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Who Makes Settlement Errors?
• One Study Concluded
• 61% of Plaintiffs Failed to Beat Last Offer
• Defendants Failed 24% of the Time
• Plaintiffs’ Mean Error Was $43,000
• Defendants’ Was $1,140,000
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 09/2008
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The New York Times 08/2008
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What Is a Decision Tree?
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An illustration that shows the various possible outcomes
in a lawsuit and helps the parties
evaluate the costs, risks and benefits of each outcome.
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- Daniel Klein
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Why Do a Decision Tree?
•“Probable”?
•Another Perspective• Events
• Contingencies
• Probabilities
• Timelines
• Costs
• Investment Analysis
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How Do You Create a Decision Tree?
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1 2 3 4
ListLitigation
Events
ConsiderCosts or
Gains of Each
Discount Eachby ProbabilityIt Will Occur
Do theMath
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Another Example
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…and Just One More
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Responding to the Naysayers
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• They Objectify Litigation
• Not Everyone Is Rational
• The Parties Won’t Agree on a Number
• The Results Are Unreliable
• They Are Only for Commercial Cases
• Nobody Else Does Them
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But Before You Go . . ..
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