To ensure that we offer the best in mediation for intellectual property disputes, ADR Systems has assembled an all-star panel of IP neutrals, including some of the field’s most prominent attorneys.
Read MoreADR Systems congratulates Hon. Joseph N. Casciato, (Ret.), Hon. Thomas P. Durkin, (Ret.), Hon. Michael J. Hogan, (Ret.), and Hon. Stuart A. Nudelman, (Ret.) for being featured in the Leading Lawyers (September 2014) Top 10 ADR Neutrals.
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ADR Systems is proud to announce that Senior Mediator and Arbitrator Gary M. Ropski, Esq. was recently voted the top intellectual property attorney in Illinois by Leading Lawyers. Leading Lawyers is a publication that names the top attorneys in each state based on the recommendations of their peers statewide. Mr. Ropski was also featured in a […]
Read MoreToday for ABA Mediation Week 2014, we asked a few of our neutrals, “What is a particular obstacle you may come up against in mediation, and how do you manage it?” Their answers describe different strategies that a mediator can use to encourage alienated parties to openly negotiate. Hon. Daniel Kelley, (Ret.) answered that sometimes parties […]
Read MoreToday for ABA Mediation Week 2014, we asked a few of our neutrals about finding inspiration in mediation. Their answers describe how mediation offers parties the opportunity to better understand and reestablish relationships with the other side by encouraging them to negotiate.
Read MoreToday for ABA Mediation Week 2014, we asked a few of our neutrals about the value of mediation. Their answers emphasize how mediation offers parties much more control over the process and outcome of their dispute than in litigation. It also offers parties the opportunity to be fully heard.
Read MoreToday for ABA Mediation Week 2014, we asked a few of our neutrals, “Why did you become a mediator?” Their answers highlight how being on the bench, and experiencing the time and emotional cost that litigation can take on all the parties involved, grew their appreciation for mediation.
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Clark Street has never looked better! From Washington to Monroe, Clark Street is awash with ADR Systems blue banners. In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, ADR Systems has received permission from the City of Chicago to display our commemorative banners during the month of September. To mark our 20th Anniversary, ADR Systems has streamlined internal processes […]
Read MoreThis year, ADR Systems is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! To commemorate the occasion, we have adopted a new logo, redesigned our website and streamlined internal processes to more efficiently serve our clients. In addition, we have changed our tag line to better reflect our mission and our expanding services. Beginning with See you out of court® when ADR Systems […]
Read MoreThis year, ADR Systems is celebrating its 20th Anniversary! To commemorate the occasion, we have adopted a new logo, redesigned our website and streamlined internal processes to better serve our clients. We have also refined our mission statement to better reflect our continued commitment to alternative dispute resolution and our clients. Our mission is to […]
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ADR Systems case manager Josh Heffernan, Esq. has been a coach for Loyola University Chicago's Moot Arbitration team for the last four years. This year, the team won first place at the Annual Willem C. Vis (East) International Commercial Arbitration Moot, which took place in Hong Kong on April 12-17, 2014. With participating teams from 99 other law schools in 28 countries, the competition was fierce.
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This article, written by Hon. Stuart A. Nudelman (Ret.) and Jann Johnson, and published by the American Bar Association, aims to demystify the complex high-profile mediation process through an analysis of how thorough preparation can further the goal of settlement. In particular, the mediator’s ability to be an effective leader and process manager is crucial to a successful arbitration.
Read MoreADR Systems is pleased to announce that Gary Ropski, Esq. is available as a mediator and arbitrator exclusively through ADR Systems. In addition to developing his practice as a senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, Mr. Ropski will continue his established practice as an intellectual property trial and appellate litigator at Brinks Gilson & Lione.
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This article, written by Teresa F. Frisbie, Esq., describes the increasingly negative portrayal of arbitration among attorneys and their clients, who see it as a process that is not actually more efficient or economical than litigation. Frisbie details how certain tactics, especially the use of a thorough preliminary conference, can streamline the arbitration process.
Read MoreADR Systems of America, LLC congratulates Judge Stuart A. Nudelman, (Ret.) for his settlement of the Dixon comptroller embezzlement case, featured in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin on September 27, 2013. After comptroller Rita Crundwell was indicted and sentenced to 19 years in prison for embezzling $53 million dollars from the city of Dixon, Illinois, Dixon officials filed a lawsuit in Lee County Circuit Court, alleging that a bank where Crundwell deposited the money, and accounting firms that audited the city's books were negligent in failing to uncover the embezzlement.
Read MoreI 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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