Hingham, MA family law attorney James M. Lynch talks about his approach to mediating a divorce. He informs that high-conflict divorce cases in a mediation setting are not fundamentally different from other divorce cases, provided both parties are motivated—motivated to avoid costly litigation and to reach a settlement. In these high-conflict situations, the mediation technique often employed is shuttle diplomacy. In this approach, the mediator separates the parties and communicates messages back and forth, effectively filtering the hostility out of the mediation process.