WOODY NESBITT IS ALSO A CERTIFIED ADVANCED FAMILY LAW AND CIVIL LAW MEDIATOR

HOW THIS WORKS FOR YOU, AS HIS CLIENT
Despite his success in the courtroom, Woody Nesbitt has always
advocated trying to resolve most disputes outside of a courtroom. Please see
our tabs, “Best Attorneys” AND “Litigation Philosophy”, where Woody Nesbitt
explains his approach and philosophy in representing his clients.

In representing his clients, Woody Nesbitt searches for a good and proper
resolution of his client’s case outside of a courtroom. He puts his mediator
experience to work for his clients.

WHAT IS A “MEDIATOR”?
A mediator is a neutral third party, with expertise in the area of law in
which a dispute exists.

The goal is to help the litigants find “common ground” and to resolve their
dispute without proceeding to all out litigation in a courtroom.

As a mediator, Woody Nesbitt is hired by attorneys, and, appointed by the
courts of Northwest Louisiana to mediate family law cases with contested issues
such as custody, support and property.

He also is hired by attorneys or insurance companies, or appointed by the
courts to mediate various types of civil law disputes, primarily injury & death
claims.

On occasion, private individuals hire Woody Nesbitt to mediate their
dispute before filing a lawsuit. A mediator cannot serve as an attorney for a
party in the same matter which was mediated.

However, Woody has afterwards served as an attorney on other matters
for numerous people who were on “the other side” in cases he handled, or, who
were involved in mediations he successfully completed.

In mediation, all sides have continuous input regarding their positions and
how they would like their disputes resolved. They have unlimited input
regarding how to resolve their own case. Numerous “sessions” can be held at
times convenient to the parties.

In a courtroom, the litigants must sit silently as the attorneys, and the
judge, do all the talking.

Litigants are allowed to speak only when called upon to do so, and, then,
in a very limited fashion and under the strict constraints of evidentiary law.

They do not have “open” input into the resolution of their case.

Lawyers “do their thing”, the judge, or in some injury or criminal matters,
a jury, then swings the cold, hard, and very, very sharp “sword of justice”.

Each litigant then gets “what they get” after enduring for months or
sometimes years, untold hours of anxiety, thousands and thousands of dollars
of fees and costs, sleepless nights and continuous “24/7" uncertainty as to what
will happen next in their lives.

This is why Woody tries to resolve his clients’ cases by a proper and
beneficial resolution outside of a courtroom, where the client has input, “give
and take” and eliminates the risks, uncertainties and expense of true litigation.

Woody puts his mediation skills to work for each and every client, trying
to keep them out of a contested trial. Another benefit for having Woody Nesbitt
as your attorney.