Artificial intelligence (AI) now shapes many aspects of dispute resolution, from the systems that schedule mediations to the tools that help parties upload documents, communicate asynchronously, or navigate negotiation platforms. Mediators also use AI regularly. As these technologies become embedded in the daily work of mediators, they raise pressing questions about fairness, transparency, autonomy, and […]
The Energy Transition as Stress Test Our existing dispute resolution frameworks are facing unprecedented pressure from global systemic challenges – geopolitical tensions, economic volatility, and societal division. The energy transition stands as a clear example of these pressures, representing not merely a shift in technologies or fuel sources, but also a redistribution of power and […]
Welcome back to Mediation Aspects of SB940 in California, a series providing updates on Business and Professions Code 6173, which created a voluntary certification program for mediators and other alternative dispute resolution (ADR) professionals in California. The new program “aims to promote adherence to ethical standards for ADR services and establish consumer protection mechanisms.” This […]
Mediation Term Sheet Enforced A lawyer, Schlecht, proceeding pro se, settled his litigation against Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance in mediation. The parties executed a “Settlement Term Sheet Memorandum” which provided that the case would be terminated “in accordance with standard contractual language” to be drafted by Northwestern’s counsel. An experienced mediator represented to the court […]
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Jacqueline Harounian is Managing Partner of Wisselman Harounian Family Law in Nassau County, New York, and practices litigation and mediation. She is the appointed Chair of the Matrimonial and Family Law Committee for the New York Women’s Bar since 2021.
Jacqueline Harounian is Managing Partner of Wisselman Harounian Family Law in Nassau County, New York, and practices litigation and mediation. She is the appointed Chair of the Matrimonial and Family Law Committee for the New York Women’s Bar since 2021.
James E. Purcell is a mediator, arbitrator, and former executive with more than forty years’ experience in complex commercial disputes. A former trial lawyer and CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, he serves on the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial and Healthcare Panels and brings a rare combination of business realism and executive judgment to ADR, helping parties reach practical, lasting resolution. Learn more at www.jimpurcelladr.com
James E. Purcell is a mediator, arbitrator, and former executive with more than forty years’ experience in complex commercial disputes. A former trial lawyer and CEO of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island, he serves on the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial and Healthcare Panels and brings a rare combination of business realism and executive judgment to ADR, helping parties reach practical, lasting resolution. Learn more at www.jimpurcelladr.com
Christopher Nolland has been a mediator and arbitrator since 1993. Nolland’s mediation and arbitration practice is national in scope and focuses on large, complex, multifaceted disputes. He has conducted over 3,300 mediations and numerous arbitrations, primarily in business and commercial matters of every nature, and in significant fiduciary cases. Nolland was an Adjunct Professor of Law at SMU Law School for 25 years, teaching a full semester course on Negotiation to 2nd and 3rd year law students and LLM candidates. He is a member of the AAA Commercial Arbitration Panel and the AAA Mediation Panel
In addition to his neutral ADR practice, over the past 20 years Nolland has established a national practice as Special Settlement Counsel in significant, complex disputes and litigation, acting as the primary negotiator and strategist for settlement matters on behalf of one party (in a non-neutral role). Nolland’s Special Negotiation Counsel activities account for a substantial portion of his practice. In that role, Nolland is typically the primary point of contact with the mediator and with opposing counsel regarding settlement matters, while the trial lawyers focus on litigation activities.
Christopher Nolland can be reached at [email protected]. Website: www.nolland.com
Stephen S. Strick is an Alternative Dispute Resolution Specialist with over thirty years of experience as an international and domestic arbitrator and mediator. Stephen has served as Chair, sole arbitrator, or panel member on over three hundred and fifty Domestic and International commercial arbitrations in fields that include technology, media, IP, licensing, FCC matters, sports, healthcare, and other industries. His professional practice is exclusively devoted to dispute resolution.
Christopher Nolland has been a mediator and arbitrator since 1993. Nolland’s mediation and arbitration practice is national in scope and focuses on large, complex, multifaceted disputes. He has conducted over 3,300 mediations and numerous arbitrations, primarily in business and commercial matters of every nature, and in significant fiduciary cases. Nolland was an Adjunct Professor of Law at SMU Law School for 25 years, teaching a full semester course on Negotiation to 2nd and 3rd year law students and LLM candidates. He is a member of the AAA Commercial Arbitration Panel and the AAA Mediation Panel
In addition to his neutral ADR practice, over the past 20 years Nolland has established a national practice as Special Settlement Counsel in significant, complex disputes and litigation, acting as the primary negotiator and strategist for settlement matters on behalf of one party (in a non-neutral role). Nolland’s Special Negotiation Counsel activities account for a substantial portion of his practice. In that role, Nolland is typically the primary point of contact with the mediator and with opposing counsel regarding settlement matters, while the trial lawyers focus on litigation activities.
Christopher Nolland can be reached at [email protected]. Website: www.nolland.com
Mr. Feliu is a long-time panelist on American Arbitration Association’s Employment Disputes, Large, Complex Commercial, Class Action, and is on its Master Mediator Panel. He has been appointed to serve as arbitrator in over 650 employment and commercial cases over his long career.
Mr. Feliu is the Editor-in-Chief of the leading treatise in the employment dispute resolution area, ADR in Employment Law (Bloomberg/BNA 2015, 2017 Supplement), and is a frequent lecturer and trainer on employment and commercial arbitration and mediation topics. Mr. Feliu is a former Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and, for many years, was the co-Chair of its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Mr. Feliu is a Fellow and on the Board of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, as well as a Fellow with the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has also served as the EEO Officer for the Port of New York and New Jersey since 2006.
Mr. Feliu is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School.
Mr. Feliu is a long-time panelist on American Arbitration Association’s Employment Disputes, Large, Complex Commercial, Class Action, and is on its Master Mediator Panel. He has been appointed to serve as arbitrator in over 650 employment and commercial cases over his long career.
Mr. Feliu is the Editor-in-Chief of the leading treatise in the employment dispute resolution area, ADR in Employment Law (Bloomberg/BNA 2015, 2017 Supplement), and is a frequent lecturer and trainer on employment and commercial arbitration and mediation topics. Mr. Feliu is a former Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and, for many years, was the co-Chair of its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Mr. Feliu is a Fellow and on the Board of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, as well as a Fellow with the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has also served as the EEO Officer for the Port of New York and New Jersey since 2006.
Mr. Feliu is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School.
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