From day one at ADR Systems, I put my heart into this business of helping people 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 now.
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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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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. Referencing the central theme and final song in the 2006 Disney Channel Original Movie smash hit High School Musical, Judge Lawler encourages the legal community to “band together” amid trial-setting […]
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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. If the plaintiff is awarded a sum in excess of the maximum, they recover the maximum value agreed to in the high-low agreement. If the defendant prevails, the plaintiff at least […]
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ADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for October, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month.
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Tense mediations involving unwieldy parties can pose a challenge to settlement, but not one that is insurmountable. Mediators at ADR Systems have had numerous cases with parties that are diametrically opposed to one another, quick to anger or seemingly convinced that resolution is improbable – and yet they can almost always help the parties settle. […]
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ADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for September, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month.
Read MoreA step clause—also known as a multi-step or multi-tiered dispute resolution clause—provides for negotiation or mediation prior to arbitration or litigation. By adding a step clause into a contract, parties write themselves into an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) protocol prior to any dispute, thereby heading off conflict before it escalates and avoiding the costs, delays, […]
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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 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 has released its Commercial Settlement Report for August, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month.
Read MoreADR 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 […]
Read MoreADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for July, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month.
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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, Judicial Performance 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.
Read MoreCivil 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 MoreJudge Burke successfully mediated a complicated case with little chance of being resolved. He read every word of the parties' submissions, asked astute questions, and worked hard to find a path to resolution. Judge Burke communicated with the parties themselves - so that they felt they were important participants in working toward resolution. The case I thought was never going to settle, settled.
Robert W. Smyth, Jr., Esq.Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smyth
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