Welcome to AccelPro Employment Law, where we provide expert interviews and coaching to accelerate your professional development. Today we are featuring a discussion with Mike Strauss, the co-founder of Strauss and Strauss. 

He constructed his employment law career with the goal of becoming a mediator. In this interview, Strauss walks us through the steps, skills and abilities necessary to make the transition from lawyer to mediator. 

He says his years of experience as a litigator have been crucial in preparing him for his new role. “I wanted to have the credibility that comes from settling eight-figure cases, but also having to negotiate a walkaway for zero dollars because of something coming up that was wholly unexpected,” he says. “I wanted to be able to step in a room and explain, I’ve won these cases at trial, but I’ve also lost these cases at trial. I’ve won arguments at the court of appeal. I’ve lost arguments at the court of appeal. I’ve even had the court of appeal reversed by the United States Supreme Court in one of my cases.”

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