Tag: adr
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Starlings v Blueberries – Last Friday’s ABA Representation in Mediation Competition
Starlings v Blueberries – Last Friday’s ABA Representation in Mediation Competition Last Friday I participated in the ABA Representation in Mediation Competition. I was one of the judges of the competition. It was a two day event held at Berkeley Law in Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley Campus. As Alternative Dispute Resolution…
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What do I do in a mediation?
As your mediator, I am neither your friend nor foe. All too many come into the mediation anticipating that they will “win over” me or that I will advocate on their behalf. Often when this fails to happen, and it should fail to happen, they treat the mediator as an adversary. This does not help…
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The Role of the Arbitrator: Duty to Disclose
Role of the Arbitrator: duty to disclose Arbitrators must be impartial in both appearance and in fact. Therefore, they have a duty to disclose. Arbitrators submit detailed biographical information at the time they join FINRA’s arbitrator roster. The information collected from the application is compiled to create an Arbitrator Disclosure Report (Disclosure Report). During the…
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Why I joined the ADR section – article
Here is the article that was just published in the Contra Costa Lawyer, Volume 26, Number 1- January 2013. I am starting an exciting years as Chair of the ADR Section of the Contra Costa Bar Association. Meet Your Section Leaders – Alternative Dispute Resolution How has section membership benefited your practice? I joined the…
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Ethical Obligations Regarding Information Security
Ethical Obligations Regarding Information Security To provide security for participants, documents and information in an arbitration case file are confidential. Arbitrators have an ethical duty to keep confidential all information obtained in connection with an arbitration or mediation. Information that needs to be protected includes, but is not limited to: Social Security numbers; Individual taxpayer…
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Happy New Year – Again we’ve survived a bunch of apocalypses.
I had to look up the plural of apocalypse. On Google one commentator questioned the need for the plural form. If apocalypse is defined as the end of the world, how could you have several ends of the world? Obviously this commentator has not been watching the news. History is littered with doomsdays that have…
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Task #14: Looking at the previous two questions, where do you think THEIR perspective differs from your own.
Task #14: Looking at the previous two questions, where do you think THEIR perspective differs from your own. Looking at the previous two questions below, where do you think THEIR perspective differs from your own. Task #12: What important understanding did you think you had when you originally got involved together? Task #13: In a…
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Ethical Reasons Not to Accept Appointment as an Arbitrator
Ethical Reasons Not to Accept Appointment as an Arbitrator There are ethical reasons not to accept appointment as an Arbitrator It is important to know when to say no. If an arbitrator has any doubt about whether they can be fair or impartial, the arbitrator should decline the appointment. For example, an arbitrator should refuse…
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How to stay on the cutting edge of mediation
How to stay on the cutting edge of mediation The cutting edge of mediation. Recently, I wrote an article for our local Bar Association Journal on why someone would want to join the ADR section of the Bar. As the new Chair of the ADR section, was also needed to describe how membership has benefited…
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Task #13: In a dispute, how did the relationship change?
Task #13: In a dispute, how did the relationship change? How did the relationship change? The resolution of a dispute does not just occur on the day of the mediation. Each participant to mediation needs to prepare their own strategy for negotiation in the settlement. Based on my experience as a mediator, these are a…