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 can help parties resolve mechanics lien and contract disputes valued at $100K or less at a lower cost through the Commercial Alternative Fee Program.
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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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ADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for January 2024, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month.
Read MoreSome mandatory arbitration programs and dispute resolution providers appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators to adjudicate a dispute – sometimes one whose resume is not tailored to hearing a certain type of case.
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Hon. Mitchell L. Hoffman, (Ret.) and Hon. Marguerite A. Quinn, (Ret.), senior mediators and arbitrators at ADR Systems, presented at the Illinois State Bar Association’s Civil Practice Update on how attorneys can make the most of mediation earlier this year.
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What’s next for alternative dispute resolution? Marc Becker, president and founder of ADR Systems, and Michael Koss, Business Development & Marketing Associate Manager at ADR Systems, recently published an article, responding to that question, in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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Hon. Marguerite A. Quinn, (Ret.), senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, recently published an article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Her article, Computer-Generated Evidence Can Improve Your Trial Game, explores how attorneys can strategically utilize computer-generated evidence as demonstrative evidence in jury trials.
Read MoreADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for December 2023, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month.
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Attorneys should prepare mediation submissions that are as substantive as the documents they would produce for trial, but with their neutral in mind. In mediation, attorneys advocate for their client before a neutral mediator, whose job is to facilitate negotiation between parties after reviewing submissions.
Read MoreADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for November 2023, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month.
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Most attorneys know how to prepare for a mediation, but preparation is not the only key to success. Trust, communication and patience – which our neutrals consider the three pillars of mediation – are equally important to achieving a settlement in a guided and collaborative process like mediation.
Read MoreFrom 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. Robert E. Senechalle, Jr., (Ret.), senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, recently published an article with the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. His article, Special Interrogatory Retains its Important Role in Litigation, explores why the use of special interrogatories remains a useful tactic for trial attorneys despite recent changes to the statute governing them.
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A high-low agreement is a tool by which disputing parties can set maximum and minimum recovery values and obviate risks at play in litigation.
Read MoreI recently had a mediation with Judge John Ward. It had been many years since my last case with him. After the first go around ended unsuccessfully with the numbers "far apart," Judge Ward said that he would circle back with us. And sure enough he did reach back to us, and after a few days of phone calls, we settled. He belongs at the top of your list as a mediator for almost any case.
Steven J. Morton, Esq.Steven J. Morton & Associates, Ltd.
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