
New ADR Systems Neutral Mediates the Emotional Divide to Settle Disputes
May 30, 2024ADR Systems is excited to welcome another new senior mediator and arbitrator to our panel of neutrals this year: Hon. Thomas A. Meyer, (Ret.).
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ADR Systems is excited to welcome another new senior mediator and arbitrator to our panel of neutrals this year: Hon. Thomas A. Meyer, (Ret.).
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Attorneys and their clients can benefit from a novel, creative approach to mediating disputes with layers of issues. With ADR Systems’ Case Ambassador Program, parties work with an experienced mediator — who acts as a “case ambassador” — before the mediation to resolve behind-the-scenes issues that could impact the success of the mediation, setting their case up […]
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Hon. Thomas R. Allen, (Ret.), senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, recently published an article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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Most cases at ADR Systems are either mediated entirely remotely or through a hybrid format, with some participants connecting into a session at our offices via videoconference.
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It’s time for more women mediators and arbitrators: We made that declaration two years ago in the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois’ 2022 Spring Newsletter. Since then, the number of women mediators and arbitrators on our panel has doubled.
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While many of our dispute resolution sessions are conducted via videoconferencing, we continue to offer in-person sessions for the resolution of personal injury, commercial and family law disputes.
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ADR Systems is thrilled to welcome Hon. Janet Adams Brosnahan, (Ret.) as the first new neutral to join our panel of senior mediators and arbitrators in 2024—and the thirteenth in the last two and a half years.
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What’s next for alternative dispute resolution? Marc Becker, president and founder of ADR Systems, and Michael Koss, former Business Development & Marketing Associate Manager at ADR Systems, published an article, responding to that question, in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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From day one at ADR Systems, I put my heart into this business of helping our clients resolve their disputes. Our large panel of talented neutrals and staff also put their hearts into their work every day because they know they are providing a service that is very much needed in our legal community right […]
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Hon. Christopher E. Lawler, (Ret.), senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, recently published a Letter to the Editor in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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ADR Systems is excited to welcome Hon. Elizabeth M. Budzinski, (Ret.) to ADR Systems as our newest senior mediator and arbitrator. Judge Budzinski served in the Circuit Court of Cook County Law Division for 16 years, trying and settling various personal injury cases, including products liability, premises liability, construction accident and medical malpractice.
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ADR Systems is delighted to welcome Hon. Robert E. Senechalle, Jr., (Ret.) to its panel of senior mediators and arbitrators. Judge Senechalle has served the legal community for 18 years in the Circuit Court of Cook County and for 32 years in private practice as an attorney focusing on commercial litigation and business law.
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Hon. Larry G. Axelrood’s, (Ret.) love of writing is far from limited to the submissions he reads as a senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems. He is a published author in his own right and has recently completed his newest novel. Titled Stealing Justice, Judge Axelrood’s novel follows Chicago prosecutor Marisol Cuellar as she […]
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Hon. Mitchell L. Hoffman, (Ret.), senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, recently published an article with the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. His article, Confidential Evaluations Aim to Help Judges Improve, explores his experience as a judicial performance evaluation facilitator and the important contribution attorneys make to the review process.
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Civil litigators are still feeling the effects of court backlogs. The consequences include more money spent, more time in legal limbo, inevitable scheduling conflicts and long wait times for trial. Our new Trial by Judge Program offers an expedited way to adjudicate personal injury disputes in a confidential bench trial format.
Read MoreExcellent set up, neutrals and administration. Judge Ward is one of the best mediators I have ever worked with in over 80 mediations.
Craig Hoffman, Esq.Ruberry, Stalmack & Garvey, LLC