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April 2015 Blog Archive

Finding and Maintaining Leverage in Mediation Approved 1.0 Hr. FL Bar CLE Credits 1.0 General Course #1502619N until 10/29/2016 Presented by: Kimberly Sands and Richard Lord April... Read More

Finding and Maintaining Leverage in Mediation Whether your case is a 90-pound weakling or a sumo wrestler, there are ways to find leverage and gain and maintain tactical advantage in negotiations... Read More

UWWM Enjoys Sponsoring OCBA Gala
UWWM Enjoys Sponsoring OCBA Gala Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group was a gold sponsor of the recent 2015 OCBA Gala, presented by the Orange County Bar Association for the benefit of the Legal Aid Society and the Orange County Bar Foundation. Also known as the "attorney pro... Read More

It’s a Wrap, Seattle
It’s a Wrap, Seattle Interested in teaching, learning, or networking with diverse alternative dispute resolution practitioners, educators, and consumers of ADR? Join the ABA Dispute Resolution Section at it’s 18th Annual Spring Conference in New York next April. Last ... Read More

Pre-Arbitration Preparation -- Being a Better Advocate
Pre-Arbitration Preparation -- Being a Better Advocate Efficient arbitration serves the interests of the parties in arbitration. Attorneys and arbitrators should understand what facilitates that goal of efficiency in order to reach it. Counsel should, right out of the box, provide all foundational docume... Read More

ADR Education on Display in Seattle
ADR Education on Display in Seattle Wednesday night (April 16, 2015), four teams of law students were given fact patterns in preparation for the semifinal rounds of the 2015 National Representation in Mediation Competition. Each team, consisting of two students, developed a presentatio... Read More

Advocates, Educators, Students and Neutrals Convene in Seattle
Advocates, Educators, Students and Neutrals Convene in Seattle Hundreds of professionals from around the world started arriving in Seattle Wednesday (April 15, 2015) for the 17th Annual Section of Dispute Resolution Spring Conference. Today, they are networking and presenting or attending concurrent sessions ran... Read More

Mediating Professor: Lawrence Kolin Guest Lectures
Mediating Professor: Lawrence Kolin Guest Lectures Last week, I had the privilege of teaching the Mediation Theory & Practice class of my UWWM colleague Brandon Peters at Florida A&M University College of Law. I was glad to find the students bright and eager to learn the practical side of our profess... Read More

ADR Section Presents 'Solutions in Seattle'
ADR Section Presents 'Solutions in Seattle' This week, Seattle hosts the 17th Annual Spring Conference of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution. This year's theme, "Solutions in Seattle" will bring together hundreds of both new and well seasoned ADR practitioners, educators, service providers,... Read More

Mediator Ricardo Cata at Home in Miami
Mediator Ricardo Cata at Home in Miami Mediator Ricardo J. Cata Mediator Ricardo Cata 's heart has been in Miami for a long time, and now his residence is, too. He and his wife,... Read More

Mediator Richard B. Lord Becomes Fellow of American Bar Foundation
Mediator Richard B. Lord Becomes Fellow of American Bar Foundation Mediator Richard B. Lord, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max, has accepted a nomination to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Mr. Lord has been with the mediation group since 1999, and he mediates and arbitrates cases nationw... Read More

The Right Way to Do the Right Thing Florida mediator Robert A. Cole and civil trial lawyer Rutledge R. Liles use a series of hypothetical ethical dilemmas arising during the mediation of a “typical” personal injury case to explore what the law says, what guidelines advise and how to ap... Read More