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Rodney Max, Principal
Rodney Max, Principal San Francisco, Calif. (July 30, 2013) -- Mediator Rodney Max, a principal with the Florida- and Alabama-based Upchurch...
Florida Mediator Michael S. Orfinger
There are three kinds of lies:  lies, damned lies, and statistics." ...
A senior editor has published a commentary on the waning future of the major law firm in the July 21, 2013, edition of The New Republic, based on...
Shareholder Richard Lord
Talk to the family, review the enterprise's present and hoped-for future, consult trusted experts to make sure you aren't caught totally off-guard,...
Florida Mediator Kimberly Sands
This post follows up on “When One Party Does Not Act in Good Faith” . For more on first party bad faith, look for Ms. Sands' upcoming posts. ...
John Upchurch
Diving into formal discovery involving electronically stored information (ESI) can be a daunting undertaking involving lawyers who do not trust each...
Michael S. Orfinger
  UWWM Principal Michael S. Orfinger When I was growing up, there was amidst our pots and pans a pressure cooker.  This was indeed a...
"How Clients Think" by A. Michelle Jernigan
This series of blog posts about how clients make decisions may help in guiding a client before, during and after a mediation. Some of the peculiarities of decision making can be explained at least in part by neuroscience, which had its roots not so much in the observation of everyday decision making, but in the observation of aberrant behavior.
Michael S. Orfinger
“The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or 'it has' then what you...
Shareholder Richard Lord
Shareholder Richard Lord Help your client save money and help focus your arbitrator's attention by avoiding unnecessary, disorganized and...