ADR Talks

A diverse and highly respected panel of mediators and arbitrators present short (15 minutes), focused presentations discussing important aspects of ADR. The speakers have chosen topics they feel strongly about, and that they believe other lawyers need to hear. Topics include: Anatomy of an Online Arbitration, Optimization of Zoom in ADR, Labor vs. Commercial and Employment Arbitrations: Important Differences, Diffusing Emotional Responses in ADR, Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards, Use of Receiverships in ADR, Facilitating Workplace Dispute Resolution, Arbitrability: Henry Schein v. Archer and White Sales, 139 S. Ct. 524 (2019), and Effective Use of Settlement Counsel in ADR.

What You’ll Learn:

1. How to more effectively prepare for and participate in the ADR process, including the anatomy of an online arbitration, the effective use of settlement counsel and how to diffuse emotional responses
2. How to facilitate workplace disputes
3. The threshold question: The Law of Arbitrability

Presented by: Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

Chair
Robb Itkin, Open Mind Ventures LLC

Faculty
Maureen Beyers, Beyers Farrell PLLC
Lee Blackman, Blackman ADR Services
Nick Enoch, Lubin & Enoch PC
Ruth Franklin, ADR Mediator/Arbitrator
Jeremy Goodman, Goodman Law PLLC
Robb Itkin, Open Mind Ventures LLC
Amy Lieberman, Insight Employment Mediation
Kathi Sandweiss, Jaburg & Wilk PC
Dale Schian, Gallagher & Kennedy PA