Local Rule LCvR 84.3: MEDIATORS

LCvR 84.3 MEDIATORS

(a) PANEL.

The Court shall maintain a panel of mediators serving in the Mediation Program. Mediators will be selected from time to time by the Court from applications submitted by lawyers willing to serve on a volunteer basis. The Director and Deputy Director of Dispute Resolution may also serve as mediators.

(b) QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING.

Each lawyer serving as a mediator in the Court's Mediation Program shall be a member of the Bar of this Court and shall successfully complete training as required by the Court. Additional minimum requirements for serving on the Court's panel of mediators, which the Court may modify in individual circumstances, are as follows:

(1) Mediators shall have been admitted to the practice of law for at least ten years and shall be knowledgeable about civil litigation in federal court.

(2) Mediators shall have strong mediation process skills and the temperament and training to listen well, facilitate communication and assist the parties with settlement negotiations.

(c) MEDIATOR IMMUNITY.

All lawyers serving as mediators in the Court's Mediation Program are performing quasi-judicial functions and shall be entitled to absolute quasi-judicial immunity for acts performed within the scope of their official duties.

(d) COMPLAINTS AGAINST MEDIATORS.

Complaints against a mediator or concerns about a mediator's performance shall be brought to the attention of the Director of Dispute Resolution. The parties shall not bring such complaints to the attention of the assigned judge.