Negotiation intelligence, built from your firm's own data

Be the most prepared side of the table.

Research the neutral, predict how the other side negotiates, value the case cold, and walk in with a plan built against that opponent — so whatever number lands, you already know your move.

Every mediation your firm runs is hard-won experience — and today it walks out the door the moment the room clears. DétenteIQ captures it as data, so it compounds instead of evaporating: every case sharpens the valuation, the read on opposing counsel, and the game plan for the next one. The advantage is built from your firm's own results — and it belongs to your firm alone.
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🔒 app.detenteiq.com / matter / alvarez-v-sunbelt
1 · Mediators 2 · Opponent 3 · Valuation 4 · Live click a step ↑
Alvarez v. Sunbelt FreightPI-Auto · Duval · $2.5M claimed
Recommended neutrals · PI-Auto · Duval
MH
Hon. Marcus Hollis (Ret.) top pick
21 sessions · evaluative · 5.0 rounds
86%★★★★★
JA
Hon. J. Alvarez (Ret.)
24 sessions · evaluative · 5.8 rounds
84%★★★★½
EV
Hon. Elena Vargas (Ret.)
20 sessions · evaluative · 5.3 rounds
80%★★★★
Why Hollis, for this case
Highest settle rate on Duval PI-Auto in your roster, works both carriers, and your firm rates him 5.0. Selected →
FW
Frank R. Wright
Wright & Cole · plaintiff-side · 14 on file
Hard bargainer
Aggressiveness72 / 100
Tendencies · your history vs. him
Settlement rate68%
Settles at62% of opening demand
Concession patternholds, breaks late (rd 5–6)
Rational settlement range
Floor $960kProbable $1.05MCeiling $1.15M
Capped at policy limits$1.15M · CSL
Net to client @ current offer
Offer $900k · fees, costs & liens$612k net
live · round 4
Plaintiff demand
$1,200,000
Defense offer
$900,000
Gap
$300,000
📍 Next-move coach · your move
Counter at $1,000,000
A $100k step up — mirrors the plaintiff's last concession and moves into the settlement zone without crossing your $1.15M ceiling.
The problem

The most expensive negotiation your firm runs — on instinct, and it can cost your client their best possible settlement.

The compounding advantage

Every mediation you run makes the next one sharper.

Most firms start each mediation from scratch. Here, every case you close feeds the next — your valuations, your read on each opponent and neutral, your settlement history. It isn't a feature you switch on; it's an asset your firm builds, and it grows every time you use it.

Case 1

Ahead of instinct on day one

From your very first matter you negotiate with evidence, not memory — a defensible range and a plan in place of a legal pad.

Case 50

Your patterns emerge

Which neutrals actually settle your cases, how each adjuster really moves, what your matters truly settle for — drawn from your own results, not a generic database.

Case 200+

An edge no one can buy

Your firm negotiates from its own accumulated history — deeper every quarter, impossible for a competitor to replicate, and yours to keep.

One product · the whole process

From picking the neutral to naming the last number.

DétenteIQ isn't a point tool bolted onto your practice — it runs the entire mediation, in order. Research the neutral, predict how the other side negotiates, ground your own numbers, build the plan, then work the room with it live. Every step feeds the next, and every closed case sharpens all five.

Step 1 of 5 · Mediator research

The right neutral for this case — ranked by your own results.

Every neutral your firm has used, scored for the case in front of you. Pick PI-Auto, med-mal, construction defect — any case type — and the shortlist re-sorts on who actually resolves that kind of case at your venue. The inputs are your own attorneys' post-session reviews. There is no purchased directory and no reputation score behind it.

  • A weighted recommendation — would-use-again, resolution rate, rounds to deal, lean, style fit and recency — not a star average
  • Venue-aware: county first, then region — and it only says a venue when that venue genuinely has the sessions to support it
  • Honest about thin records: under five reviews it shows counts, not percentages ("1 of 1 resolved"), and marks the profile provisional
  • A neutral reviewed by only one side of the bar can never be badged your top pick
  • Compare two neutrals side by side; flag or blacklist one and it disappears from every recommendation firm-wide
  • Style, grasp of the issues, usefulness of feedback, carrier familiarity and perceived lean — captured in a two-minute exit poll after each session
🔒 app.detenteiq.com / research / mediators
Recommended Full roster Reviews click ↑
Mediator Research18 on roster · Duval / Hillsborough
Recommend for case type
PI-Auto ✓ Trucking Premises Med-Mal Nursing home Construction Product Wrongful death Coverage Employment
Recommended for PI-Auto · Duval
MA
Hon. Marcus Hollis (Ret.) top pick
21 sessions · evaluative · 5.0 rounds
86%★★★★★
JA
Hon. J. Alvarez (Ret.)
24 sessions · evaluative · 5.8 rounds
84%★★★★½
EV
Hon. Elena Vargas (Ret.)
20 sessions · evaluative · 5.3 rounds
80%★★★★
RS
Hon. Robert Sable (Ret.)
29 sessions · evaluative · 5.4 rounds
77%★★★★
"Hollis comes in with a number and works both carriers. Best when each side has real authority." — your firm's note
Full roster · 18 mediators
PN
Hon. Patricia Nguyen (Ret.)
Med-MalWrongful death
88%15 · ★★★★★
SB
Hon. Susan Boudreaux (Ret.)
Nursing homeElder
82%27 · ★★★★½
MF
Marcus Feldman, Esq.
CoverageCommercial
71%31 · ★★★★
MC
Hon. Miriam Cole (Ret.)
Employment
85%16 · ★★★★½
DO
Daniel Okafor, Esq.
Construction
79%22 · ★★★★
TR
Thomas Reyes, Esq.
TruckingCommercial MV
74%34 · ★★★★
RD
Hon. R. Delgado (Ret.)
PremisesSlip & fall
76%18 · ★★★★
PS
Priya Shah, Esq.
CommercialCoverage
83%17 · ★★★★½
JH
James Harmon, Esq.
Med-Mal
72%19 · ★★★★
FL
Hon. Frank Larkin (Ret.)
ConstructionCommercial
78%26 · ★★★★
LO
Lena Ortiz, Esq.
Dog bitePremises
81%14 · ★★★★
GP
Gregory Pike, Esq.
ProductToxic tort
68%12 · ★★★½
WC
Hon. Walter Crest (Ret.)
MaritimeProduct
70%23 · ★★★½
AF
Angela Fuentes, Esq.
Toxic tortProduct
75%13 · ★★★★
DS
Hon. Diane Sato (Ret.)
Wrongful deathMed-Mal
83%25 · ★★★★½
GK
Gerald Kwan, Esq.
Bad faithCoverage
73%20 · ★★★★
HV
Hon. Héctor Ruiz (Ret.)
PremisesNursing home
79%30 · ★★★★
NB
Nadia Brooks, Esq.
EmploymentCommercial
80%15 · ★★★★
Your firm's private notes & ratings
MA
Hon. Marcus Hollis
★★★★★ · 4 partners
"Comes in with a number and works both carriers. Best when each side has real authority in the room."
JA
Hon. J. Alvarez
★★★★½ · 6 partners
"Evaluative and patient — will tell the plaintiff their case is overvalued. Bring documented specials."
GP
Gregory Pike
★★★½ · 3 partners
"Strong on product cases, but lets sessions run long. Not our first call for a straightforward PI-Auto."
▸ Click the tabs: Recommended · Full roster · Reviews
Step 2 of 5 · Opponent research

Predict how the other side will actually negotiate.

Opposing counsel, the adjuster, the carrier and the defense firm — profiled from every mediation your firm has run against them, not a generic database. Not "he's aggressive": the specific, measured pattern of how this person moves, and what they do when you push.

  • Reciprocity — how much they move in response to a big move of yours versus a small one, measured separately. The difference tells you whether generosity buys anything from this opponent
  • What a punishing move gets you — whether a token or hard-line move breaks them loose or shuts them down
  • Reactive or unprompted — whether their largest concession answered something you did, or arrived on its own
  • Which round their real move lands in, their early-move rate, and whether they split the difference to close
  • Where they land — settlement against the opening demand, against claimed damages, and against medical specials; how often they open at policy limits, and how often they settle there
  • A matchup forecast scaled to this case's damages, plus every prior encounter — so a third-year walks in with the firm's whole history, not their own two
  • Adjuster profiling is a firm-level choice, off or on, with a per-carrier opt-out list
🔒 app.detenteiq.com / research / opponent / frank-wright
Profile Tendencies History click ↑
FW
Frank R. Wright
Wright & Cole · plaintiff-side · 14 mediations on file
Hard bargainer
Aggressiveness72 / 100
Opening demands, last 8 · % of eventual settlement
Matchup forecast · this case
scaled to $2.5M claimed · PI-Auto
likely open $2.4Mprojected settle $1.15Mceiling
Negotiation tendencies · your history vs. him
Settlement rate68%
Opens at policy limits55% of cases
Settles at62% of opening demand
Concession patternholds, breaks late (rd 5–6)
Responds to bracketsyes, once gap < 2×
DO
Dana Okafor · adjuster
GreatEastern Insurance
Authority patterntiered · calls in > $1M
Reserve posturemoves on documented specials
Encounter history · your firm
Reyes v. Metro · 2025settled $640k · rd 6
Cole v. Sunbelt · 2024settled $1.1M · rd 5
Nguyen v. Apex · 2024impasse · tried
Harris v. Delta · 2023settled $410k · rd 4
Ortega v. Vantage · 2023settled $520k · rd 5
Pattern across your matters
4 of 5 settled, all at rounds 4–6 — he does not move early. Anchor low, keep increments small, and expect the real concession late.
▸ Click the tabs: Profile · Tendencies · History
Step 3 of 5 · Valuation & risk

Value the case before you value the offer.

A rational settlement range built from your damages, the fault split, and your firm's own comparable outcomes — so you set your floor and ceiling from evidence, and every number you name is one you can defend to the adjuster.

  • Rational range: floor, probable value, and ceiling — capped at limits
  • Per-plaintiff valuation with win %, comparative fault, and net-to-client
  • Firm-benchmark comps: what matters like this actually settled for
  • Split limits, indemnity, and multi-party exposure handled
🔒 app.detenteiq.com / matter / alvarez-v-sunbelt / valuation
Range Per-plaintiff Benchmarks click ↑
Valuation & Riskdefense · $2.5M claimed · 2 plaintiffs
Rational settlement range
Floor $960kProbable $1.05MCeiling $1.15M
Capped at policy limits$1.15M · CSL
Trial alternative
BATNA · plaintiff floor$1.90M
Most-likely verdict$1.35M
WATNA · defense ceiling$620k
Net to client @ current offer
Offer $900k · fees & costs & liens$612k net
Per-plaintiff valuation
Chen · 70% win · 10% faultEV $742k
Patel · 85% win · 0% faultEV $560k
Damages breakdown · Chen
Past medFutureWagesPainOther
Firm-benchmark comparables
23 comparable PI-Auto matters
$540kyour firm settled ±9%$710k
Closest comps · your firm
Ramirez v. Coastal · 2025$675k · rd 5
Osei v. Delta Haul · 2024$640k · rd 6
Tran v. Sunbelt · 2024$590k · rd 4
▸ Click the tabs: Range · Per-plaintiff · Benchmarks
Step 4 of 5 · Game plan & strategy

A plan written against this opponent, not a template.

An opening, a target and a walk-away you can justify line by line, and a round-by-round concession sequence built from what this opponent has actually done in your prior mediations. Every figure traces to your matter's own data, and anything the app cannot support, it says so rather than inventing.

  • Opening, target and walk-away — each with its reasoning, and kept separate from your client's actual authority so the two are never confused
  • A concession sequence sized for the room, tuned to this opponent's reciprocity and the round their real move tends to land in
  • Multiple opponents on one file? Each gets its own column — the plan for the carrier is not the plan for the co-defendant
  • Per-claim plans on multi-party files: the third-party action gets its own anchors, not the main action's
  • Ask the analyst a question about the matter and get an answer grounded in its own figures — for drafting a position statement, a demand response, or the caucus points
  • Names never leave your browser. Parties, counsel, mediators, adjusters and carriers are replaced with role tokens before anything reaches a model, and restored in the answer on your screen
🔒 app.detenteiq.com / matter / alvarez-v-sunbelt / strategy
The Number Concessions AI assistant click ↑
Game Plandefense · vs. Wright & Cole
The Number
Open$312,000
8% of target — a credible lowball that keeps room to concede.
Target$1,050,000
the rational floor — expected value net of go-forward costs.
Walk-away$1,150,000
the ceiling, capped at the $1.15M policy limit.
The mediator's leverage
Hon. Alvarez is evaluative — he'll pressure both carriers. Bring documented specials; he moves on evidence, not posturing.
Concession sequence · 6 rounds
$312k $520k $700k $850k $960k $1.05M
Diminishing steps toward target — hold the ceiling for the close.
Against Wright & Cole
He holds and breaks late — don't chase early rounds. Anchor low, keep increments small, and expect real movement at rounds 5–6. Bracket once the gap is under 2×.
Assistant · grounded in this matter
"What's my opening, and why?"
Open at $312k — 8% of your $1.05M target. It anchors low without insulting the room, and leaves six credible steps to your walk-away. Wright opens high and holds, so a low, well-explained anchor resets his reference point.
⚠ Verify: "$6.2M exposure" does not appear in this matter's data — confirm before relying on it. The assistant will not use an unsupported figure.
▸ Click the tabs: The Number · Concessions · AI assistant
Step 5 of 5 · Live tracker & coach

Adapt to every number, in real time.

Log each offer, demand, and bracket as it lands, and the coach reads the room back to you — where the deal sits against the rational band, whose move it is, and the exact counter to make next, with reasoning you can say out loud to the adjuster.

  • A live rational band with every side's position plotted on it
  • The recommended next move — sized, defensible, and ceiling-aware
  • Multi-party and per-claim tracking, brackets, and joint offers
  • A full, timestamped record of the whole negotiation
🔒 app.detenteiq.com / matter / alvarez-v-sunbelt / live
Tracker Next move Log click ↑
Live Negotiation Trackerlive · round 4
Plaintiff demand
$1,200,000
Defense offer
$900,000
Gap
$300,000
Rational band · positions
Floor $960k▲ offer   ▲ demandCeiling $1.15M
Positions this round
◆ Plaintiff (Wright)$1.20M
◆ Defense (you)$900k
📍 Next-move coach · your move
Counter at $1,000,000
A $100k step up — mirrors the plaintiff's last concession and moves into the settlement zone while staying under your $1.15M ceiling.
Say it to the room
"We're moving to a million — that's a real step, and it's inside the range a Duval jury actually returns on facts like these. Let's close the rest together."
Entry log · timestamped
R4 · Plaintiff · 2:41pdemand $1.20M ▾
R3 · Defense · 2:22poffer $850k ▴
R3 · Plaintiff · 2:04pdemand $1.35M ▾
R2 · Defense · 1:47poffer $700k ▴
R1 · Plaintiff · 1:20pdemand $2.50M
▸ Click the tabs: Tracker · Next move · Log
Security & confidentiality

Hosted — and built for confidentiality.

Mediation and settlement communications are confidential in nearly every state — so the first question every firm asks is the right one: can the vendor, or a competitor, see our valuations and settlements? Here's the honest answer.

With end-to-end encryption on, DétenteIQ can see…
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Valuations, reserves, authorityencrypted
Offers, demands, brackets, settlementsencrypted
Parties, attorneys, carriers, strategy & notesencrypted
On the roadmap and not yet claimed: an independent penetration test and SOC 2. We publish what's true today and label what's coming.
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Short walkthroughs of each stage, from opening a matter to coaching the room live. Prefer to poke around yourself? The product screens above are interactive — click through their tabs.

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Six guided steps — parties, claims, damages, coverage, liability.

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Mediators

Pick the neutral

Rank your roster by who settles this case type, at your venue.

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Opponent

Scout the opponent

Profile opposing counsel and the adjuster from your history.

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Valuation

Value the case

A defensible rational range, trial alternative, and net-to-client.

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Game plan

Build the game plan

An opening, a target, and a walk-away — plus a concession sequence.

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Coach the room live

Log offers and get the next move, in real time.

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