I will be offering a selection of complimentary webinars on February 26th, March 1st and 5th. Webinar 1: Mediation Best Practices For Claims Professionals Discussion topics include working effectively with your mediator, preparing your file for mediation (private or at LAT), and mastering online mediation – essential tips and strategies for success. Join webinar on
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Achieving Success In Mediating Catastrophic Injuries
Originally published on OBA.org on November 02, 2023. Republished with permission. Personal injury cases involving catastrophic injuries can be some of the most hotly-contested actions in this field of law – and it’s little wonder why. Significant amounts of money – sometimes millions of dollars – are often on the line. For the plaintiff, the
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CLICK HERE TO REGISTER NOW! I will be offering a selection of complimentary webinars in the fall and winter of 2023. Registration is now open for: How to Achieve the Best Results at Mediation Tuesday, September 26th, 2023, at 2:00 PM ET, OR Thursday, November 23rd, 2023, at 2:00 PM ET Discussion topics for this
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Customized Webinars For Your Organization Or Firm I offer custom webinars on a variety of topics, including Achieving the Best Result at Mediation, Excelling at Negotiations, and Mediation Memos & Openings. If you would be interested in having me host a webinar, please feel free to reach out. Blog Post: Three Skills To Achieve Mediation Goals There
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Blog Post: What’s Needed For A Successful Mediation? Perseverance! The third essential skill in my series is Perseverance. Click here to read more about how critical perseverance can be to a successful mediation. You can read my other blog posts on Mediation essential skills, Optimism and Empathy, by clicking on the links. Mediation Tip Of The Month Have an opening offer at
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Every party needs to use soft skills – or better put, essential skills – to get the most out of the mediation process. In my experience, three stand above the others. Over the past few weeks, I’ve shared in blog posts my first two, Optimism and Empathy, and the reasons why they are important. But
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Blog Post: Empathy: The Second of Three Soft Skills Every Mediation Needs Empathy is a key soft skill for every productive mediation. Click here to read my latest blog post highlighting this critical skill. Mediation Tip Of The Month Utilizing soft skills doesn’t necessarily make you soft, doing so actually has the opposite effect. In mediation, knowing when
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Blog Post: Optimism: The First of Three Soft Skills Every Mediation Needs What is the soft skill needed at every mediation to make progress on a file? Optimism! Click here to find out why it ranks #1 on my list of the most critical soft skills. Mediation Tip of the Month Priority/Loss Transfer Arbitrations Do you need an experienced arbitrator with
Continue readingThe Benefits Of A Mediator With 360-Degree Perspective & Biases In Mediation
The Benefits Of A Mediator With 360-Degree Perspective A mediator with expertise, understanding, and experience in seeing how things play out at trial or in arbitration, can be a valuable asset when working to settle cases and move files forward. Mediation Tip of the Month: Keep an Open Mind! In mediation, actively work to recognize
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In this blog post, Marshall Schnapp provides some tips for making half-day mediations productive and time well-spent.
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A new year is a time for reflection and resolutions. We seek to better ourselves personally and turn our mind to our professional practices as well. As counsel, you ask yourself how you can run your files differently than in the past and set up your practice in the new year for continued success. While
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