Read Marshall’s latest blog post, Why Do Global Mediations Make Sense? to learn why it is optimal to mediating tort, accident benefits and long-term disability claims together.
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Making The Most of Half-Day Mediations
In this blog post, Marshall Schnapp provides some tips for making half-day mediations productive and time well-spent.
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Counsel today need to be comfortable mediating online or by teleconference with their parties if they’re to move files forward. You’d be surprised how much you can get accomplished with web or phone mediation, if you follow some best practices. TIP #1: CREATE THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT Take the time and set things up for a
Continue readingMoving Forward! Mediate via Zoom or Teleconference
In this new normal, wherever possible we should do what we can to keep moving forward. I have extensive experience mediating matters by teleconference and online. Please reach out to either book a new mediation or convert a previously booked one to proceed via teleconference or online during this time of social distancing. Book a
Continue readingOpen With Strength – The power of opening remarks in mediation!
Many lawyers often want to do away with opening statements in the mediation process, believing they are nothing more than formalities that get the backs up of each party and heighten tensions. This thinking suggests that whatever one side hears from the other is going to offend, insult and agitate; so why start a mediation
Continue readingFive Tips To Become A More Successful Negotiator
Five Tips To Become A More Successful Negotiator There are a few good reminders in this article. https://lnkd.in/dE_sTDu I especially agree with the reminders to prepare and to listen more than you talk.
Continue readingPresentation & Discussion on Arbitration & Mediation Best Practices
I wanted to thank Geoffrey Keating for inviting me to speak about Arbitration & Mediation Best Practices at Kostyniuk and Greenside (http://www.kostyniukandgreenside.com) on July 18, 2018. It was a lively and interactive discussion. It started with a wide range of questions – an “Ask an Adjudicator Session”. We then moved on to cover the following
Continue readingEstablishing rapport with the Mediator may be to the detriment of the Parties
Interesting article about how establishing rapport with the Mediator may be to the detriment of the Parties. According to the article, several recent studies show the more time spent in caucus is associated with parties feeling better about the mediator but also with the parties feeling worse about their situation and the other party. https://lnkd.in/d_7yxsm
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