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How Mediators Think

How Mediators Think

May 3, 2024

Mediating disputes requires a unique way of thinking that draws upon a mediator’s prior work as a judge or litigator but reaches beyond both. How, though, do mediators think?

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Three Keys to Effective Pre-Mediation Conferences

Three Keys to Effective Pre-Mediation Conferences

April 26, 2024

Pre-mediation conferences can help attorneys prepare for mediations and can lead to smoother mediation sessions. This is especially the case if the dispute is layered with behind-the-scenes issues—divergent perspectives on the distribution of liability, situations involving multiple carriers and coverage disagreements, for example—that could impact the success of the mediation later.

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Set Your Case Up to Settle with the Case Ambassador Program

Set Your Case Up to Settle with the Case Ambassador Program

April 12, 2024

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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What’s Next for Alternative Dispute Resolution?

What’s Next for Alternative Dispute Resolution?

January 25, 2024

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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Computer-Generated Evidence Can Improve Your Trial Game

Computer-Generated Evidence Can Improve Your Trial Game

January 17, 2024

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.

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Producing Mediation Submissions with Your Neutral in Mind

Producing Mediation Submissions with Your Neutral in Mind

January 4, 2024

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.

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The Three Pillars of Mediation: Trust, Communication and Patience

The Three Pillars of Mediation: Trust, Communication and Patience

December 1, 2023

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.

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Special Interrogatory Retains its Important Role in Litigation

Special Interrogatory Retains its Important Role in Litigation

November 15, 2023

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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I was quite pleased with the facilities of ADR Systems and the pre-session service.  Expect me back.

Robert Slobig, Esq.Senior Partner, Torshen, Slobig, Genden, Dragutinovich & Axel, Ltd.
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