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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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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Hon. Robert E. Senechalle, Jr., (Ret.), senior mediator and arbitrator at ADR Systems, recently presented alongside Richard Gleason, Esq., litigation counsel for the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission, on the topics of ethics in mediation for the Chicago Bar Association’s Construction & Mechanics Lien Subcommittee.
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ADR 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. Review the report now.
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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. Review the report now.
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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 […]
Read MoreHon. 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.
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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 MoreADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for October 2023, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month. Review the report now.
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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 challenging 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 […]
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ADR Systems has released its Commercial Settlement Report for September 2023, which features a sample of complex commercial cases settled by our mediators in the previous month. Review the report now.
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.
Read MoreMy thanks to ADR Systems and their mediators for all of the successes that we have experienced in mediations.
Louis C. Cairo, Esq.Senior Partner, Goldberg Weisman Cairo
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