Mediation; Local Government; Merit System; Public Officials
An Atlanta-area county government had been locked in a bitter and time-consuming lawsuit with an entire county department when the Judge finally ordered the case to mediation. The various attorneys involved selected Keegan Federal as the mediator, and, after a marathon three-day session with the county commissioners and the department head and his staff, he succeeded in getting all parties to agree to a negotiated settlement of their differences.
