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How to Settle Sooner in Mediation

How to Settle Sooner in Mediation

April 21, 2025

Counsel and their clients can do a lot to help their dispute settle sooner in mediation, ideally avoiding second or third sessions and the concomitant additional costs. Namely, they can enter the mediation process with an understanding of mediation mechanics, negotiate to create value for both sides, and engage in pre-mediation contact.

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The Comprehensive Guide to ADR Methods

The Comprehensive Guide to ADR Methods

March 28, 2025

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is more than just mediation and arbitration. It encompasses various methods for resolving disputes faster and at a lower cost. This comprehensive guide to ADR methods surveys some of the most popular and useful ADR methods available at ADR Systems.

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ADR Systems Launches New, Monthly Personal Injury Settlement Report

ADR Systems Launches New, Monthly Personal Injury Settlement Report

March 14, 2025

To better showcase the full spectrum of settlements our neutrals achieve every month, ADR Systems has launched our new, monthly Personal Injury Settlement Report. It is like our popular Commercial Settlement Report, which we have distributed since 2022. Review the new report now. “Counsel have valued the Commercial Settlement Report from the start; they see […]

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How Counsel Can Create Value While Negotiating Settlements

How Counsel Can Create Value While Negotiating Settlements

February 4, 2025

Settlement agreements are deals. The parties are buyers and sellers, and the settlement is the transaction. What attorneys don’t realize is that a deal can be a “joint-value-creating exchange,”[1] a process that can give all sides what they want – or enough of it – to close the deal.

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Overcoming the Fear of Arbitration

Overcoming the Fear of Arbitration

January 23, 2025

Hon. Lisa R. Curcio, (Ret.), senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, recently published an article in Building Knowledge, the newsletter of the Illinois State Bar Association Section on Construction Law.

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The New ADR Systems: Looking Back and Moving Forward

The New ADR Systems: Looking Back and Moving Forward

January 7, 2025

As we begin this new year following the milestone of our 30th anniversary, it feels like the perfect time to be looking back and moving forward. Join me in looking back at the highlights of 2024, revealing what is on the horizon for 2025 and re-affirming our commitment to serve every client who chooses us […]

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I want to express our firm’s appreciation to ADR Systems for providing us with an outstanding CLE program.  I received numerous positive comments from our partners; everyone thought that the Hon. F. Keith Brown and Stuart A. Nudelman provided us with useful and interesting insights.  I think that our Chicago partners (and anyone else who might do a mediation in Chicago) would be delighted with any of them as a mediator or arbitrator.

Alan Becker, Managing PartnerLitchfield Cavo LLP
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