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SUMMARY:Recognizing and Dealing With Cognitive Biases in Negotiation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free CLE webinar noon-1:15 p.m. ET Wednesday\, June 23\, 2021 \nRegister Now → \nAll involved in mediation must handle not only their own cognitive biases\, but also those evidenced by the comments and actions of others. Are people allowing an initial reference point or anchor to distort their decisions? Are you\, or others taking part in the negotiations\, too confident about your abilities in relation to everyone else’s? Perhaps the parties have fallen into the “sunk-costs trap.” Or maybe confirmation bias is at work; some are relying on information that confirms existing views and downplaying contrary information. \nJoin mediators Howard Marsee and Ana Cristina Maldonado for “Recognizing and Dealing With Cognitive Biases in Negotiation” at noon Wednesday\, June 23\, 2021\, to learn about these and other faulty perceptions that can cloud or slow negotiations. From years of experience in their mediation practices\, the presenters will offer their best advice on how to proceed when it becomes apparent that cognitive biases are impeding your mediation. \nThe Florida Bar has accredited this Webinar for 1.5 hours of general Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nFeatured Presenters \nHoward R. Marsee was a board-certified civil trial lawyer for 20 years\, until 2003. Since 1996\, he has served thousands of hours as a mediator\, arbitrator and special master. He is certified by the Florida Supreme Court to receive circuit-civil mediation appointments. Howard is certified by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to receive mediation appointments in cases pending before that court\, and he is approved by the Florida 5th District Court of Appeal as an appellate mediator. He is a former member of the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism and a current member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. \nAna Cristina Maldonado‘s law career and dispute resolution practice spans 10 years\, and she is Florida Supreme Court certified as a mediator and qualified as an arbitrator. She is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese. Cristina  is one of a handful of primary trainers in Florida and has helped train and mentor more than 100 new mediators. Before becoming a lawyer\, she spent seven years administering a $22 million budget\, a 15-person team of employees and contractors\, two international field offices and field operations across nine countries for a government contractor. \nSystem Requirements \nPC-\, Mac®- and Mobile attendees: Click here for system requirements. All you need is a smartphone to attend!
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SUMMARY:Resolving Class Actions & Mass Claims in 2021: A Civil and Ethical Approach
DESCRIPTION:Members of Upchurch Watson White & Max’s Center for National Class and Mass Actions explain how to maintain ethical standards and civil discourse before\, during and after mediations that arise from class and mass actions. \nTerry White\, Steve Jaffe and Lance Harke have decades of class and mass action experience in a vast array of cases. Please join them as they answer questions posed in advance by attendees and inject perspectives from the Plaintiff and Defendant side — and the middle. \nIn addition to the insight the four panelists will provide\, attendees also will gain complimentary CLE credit through The Florida Bar:  1.0 General/Ethics\, plus 1.0 Civil Trial Certification credits. \nThis free-CLE Webinar is scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday\, May 18\, 2021. \nRegister Now → \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nThe Center for National Class and Mass Actions comprises those mediators in our firm whose class action and mass action mediations are in excess of 15 percent of their practice. To inquire about their availability for any of these services\, you may contact Center Administrator Heather Lariscy at 800-264-2622 or hlariscy@uww-adr.com. \nFeatured Presenters  \nTerry White\, a founding partner of UWWM\, has conducted well over 4\,000 mediated conferences throughout the state. He participated by invitation in The Harvard University Initial Advanced Negotiation Techniques Program with 30 negotiators from around the world\, and was requested to lecture at the U.S. 11th Circuit Court Judges Conference as well as the Georgia Superior Court Judges Conference. He is often invited to lecture at plaintiff and defense legal conferences. \nSteven Jaffe litigated a wide variety of civil matters\, from both the defense and plaintiff sides\, throughout Florida and nationwide between 1984 and 2017. His practice areas include personal injury\, class action\, medical malpractice\, breach of contract\, consumer fraud\, long-term care insurance and complex commercial cases. Steven handled class actions for 17 years in various courts throughout the country before joining UWWM and has now mediated a significant number of class-action matters. \nLance Harke\, a recent addition to the UWWM panel\, has concentrated his practice in the areas of multi-state consumer class action litigation\, insurance litigation\, employment matters\, professional malpractice\, products liability defense\, and general and complex commercial litigation. He has served as lead class counsel or a member of the plaintiffs’ steering committee in a wide variety of national multi-district mass tort and class action litigations\, including some of the largest cases in U.S. history. \nSystem Requirements \nPC-\, Mac®- and Mobile attendees: Click here for system requirements. All you need is a smartphone to attend! \n 
URL:https://www.uww-adr.com/Resolving-Class-Actions---Mass-Claims-in-2021--A-Civil-and-Ethical-Approach-5-8207.html
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SUMMARY:Arbitration in 2021
DESCRIPTION:Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group is sponsoring a major CLE program for the Construction and Business Law committees of the Orange County Bar Association from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday\, May 4. \nFor “Arbitration in 2021\,” seven well-qualified panelists from UWWM will present four credit hours of up-to-date advice for effective advocacy before\, during and after arbitration. The program begins with a survey of the rules and statutes governing arbitration in Florida and under the Federal Arbitration Code and then walks attendees through the arbitration process. \nCLE from The Florida Bar: 4.0 General Credits (0.5 Ethics/0.5 Technology). Certification Credits: 4.0 Business Litigation\, 4.0 Civil Trial\, 4.0 State and Federal Government and Administrative Practice. \nSpeakers: \n\nLawrence M. Watson\, Jr.\, Founding Partner of Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group\nA. Michelle Jernigan\, UWWM Principal\, Arbitrator and Mediator\nJeffrey M. Fleming\, UWWM Shareholder\, Arbitrator and Mediator\nAna Cristina Maldonado\, UWWM Arbitrator and Mediator\nBrenda J. Newman\, Esq.\, UWWM Arbitrator and Mediator\nRenée E. Thompson\, UWWM Arbitrator and Mediator\nApril Y. Walker\, UWWM Arbitrator and Mediator\n\nRegistration deadline: May 3\, 2021. Cost: $60. \nIf you have any questions or to register\, please contact Stephanie Sadi at stephanies@ocbanet.org or 407-422-4551 ext. 233. \nIf you are an OCBA Member please make sure you have your account details before registering for any events/seminars to receive your member discount if applicable.
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SUMMARY:Preparing for and Mediating Employment Cases
DESCRIPTION:Free CLE Webinar at 1:30 p.m. ET Tuesday\, April 27\, 2021 \nRegister Now → \nMediator Karen A. Brimmer represented clients in many disputes arising from employment issues until recently joining UWWM’s panel of neutrals. Now\, she and UWWM shareholder Richard Lord discuss the key issues parties should consider when mediating employment disputes. During a free continuing legal education Webinar\, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday\, April 27\, Karen and Richard will walk attendees through the basics and the fine points of helping a client before\, during and after the mediation of an employment case. \nJoin them for this free Webinar\, and you’ll be eligible for one general CLE credit\, pending with The Florida Bar. \nFeatured Presenters\nKaren A. Brimmer \n \nKaren practiced as a trial lawyer in South Florida from 1977 until last year. She tried her first civil jury trial her first year after graduating from the University of Miami School of Law and continued trying cases until she decided to become a mediator. She spent the first 23 years of her career (from law clerk to shareholder) at a boutique civil-defense law firm. In 2000\, she joined a national law firm\, where she continued her trial practice until joining UWWM. \nKaren has tried more than 100 jury trials in state and federal courts in Florida in many diverse areas including employment discrimination\, wage and hour claims\, personal injury\, first party insurance coverage disputes\, legal malpractice\, premises liability and negligent security — giving her the ideal background and qualifications for helping parties to settle conflicts outside of a courtroom. \nLearn More → \nRichard Lord \n \nRichard\, a shareholder with Upchurch Watson White & Max\, is a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and has served as chief moderator for the firm’s CLE Webinar series. \nHe has conducted more than 200 mediations by Zoom since the beginning of the pandemic and has volunteered his time to help educate attorneys and fellow ADR professionals on the workings of the platform. \nRichard is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and of the Section of Dispute Resolution of the American Bar Association (ABA); since 2016\, he has served on the section’s council and from 2017 to 2018 on its executive committee and as its membership committee chair. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (ABF). \nLearn More → \nSystem Requirements\nPC-\, Mac®- and Mobile attendees: Click here for system requirements. All you need is a smartphone to attend! \n\n 
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SUMMARY:Mathematics of Zero-Sum Negotiations – “Through the Looking-Glass”
DESCRIPTION:Negotiation\, especially during mediation\, is filled with numbers that promise the potential for a successful outcome. They become a means of risk analysis\, signals\, guideposts\, waypoints\, cryptograms\, tools and – if misused – rabbit holes that lead “Alice” into bizarre and dangerous kingdoms. \nJoin Howard Marsee for “Mathematics of Zero-Sum Negotiations – ‘Through the Looking-Glass’ ” at noon Wednesday\, March 17\, 2021\, to learn what the numbers are telling negotiators during a mediation. Howard will discuss all the mysterious aspects of anchoring\, breakpoints\, brackets\, and risk analysis and offer advice gleaned from years in his mediation practice. \nCLE credit is pending with The Florida Bar and MCLE credit with the Alabama State Bar. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nRegister Now → \nFeatured Presenter: Howard R. Marsee \nHoward R. Marsee was a board-certified civil trial lawyer for 20 years\, until 2003. Since 1996\, he has served thousands of hours as a mediator\, arbitrator and special master. He is certified by the Florida Supreme Court to receive circuit-civil mediation appointments.\nHe is certified by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida to receive mediation appointments in cases pending before that court\, and he is approved by the Florida 5th District Court of Appeal as an appellate mediator. He is a former member of the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Professionalism. \nSystem Requirements \nPC-\, Mac®- and Mobile attendees: Click here for system requirements. All you need is a smartphone to attend!
URL:https://www.uww-adr.com/Mathematics-of-Zero-Sum-Negotiations--Through-the-Looking-Glass-5-5993.html
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SUMMARY:Dispute Resolution within Limited Liability Companies
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SUMMARY:TROUBLE GETTING TO TRIAL? ADR = ACCESS TO JUSTICE!
DESCRIPTION:Free CLE Webinar at noon ET Friday\, January 22\, 2021\nRegister Now → \nA. Michelle Jernigan and Lawrence H. Kolin\, seasoned UWWM mediators and arbitrators\, take us through current dispute resolution options in Florida as reopening of the courts remains uncertain until Covid-19 no longer presents a significant risk to public health and safety. \nMeanwhile\, mediation\, arbitration\, nonbinding arbitration and early neutral evaluation are proving to be as effective online as they were in person. Which means of resolution fits the particular fuss? Michelle and Lawrence discuss the features of each form of ADR. \nJoin them for this free Webinar\, scheduled for noon to 1 p.m. Friday\, January 22\, 2021\, and you’ll be eligible for one general CLE credit from The Florida Bar. \nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. \nFeatured Presenters\nA. Michelle Jernigan\nA member of Upchurch Watson White and Max’s panel at its founding and recently named a firm principal\, Michelle has been a trail-blazer since she launched her ADR practice in the 1980s and has mediated multi-party\, multi-district\, complex commercial\, employment and tort cases to successful conclusion. She has been a Florida Supreme Court qualified arbitrator and a FINRA arbitrator since the 1990s\, serving as sole arbiter and as chair on three-member panel arbitrations. Michelle also has arbitrated consumer and commercial disputes. Also\, she has a wealth of experience mediating thousands of cases in practice areas that include ERISA\, personal injury\, commercial\, construction\, insurance\, property damage\, trusts and estates\, legal and medical malpractice\, family\, family business and nursing home. Michelle has trained hundreds of mediators\, is AV rated\, serves on the Board of Trustees of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and serves on the Executive Council of the ADR Section of The Florida Bar.\nLearn More → \nLawrence Kolin\nA full-time neutral engaged in Alternative Dispute Resolution of state\, federal and appellate cases throughout Florida\, Lawrence has been recognized as AV® Rated\, a Super Lawyer™\, Legal Elite and premier member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. The National Law Journal named Lawrence a Litigation Trailblazer™ for his innovative work in ADR as a mediator and arbitrator. He is also a noted speaker\, lecturing at universities and even the Advanced Judicial College\, and writing for legal publications\, such as the Orange County Bar Association Briefs and Thomson Reuters Practical Law. For the past decade\, he has authored Orlando Mediator\, officially listed by the ABA Journal and recognized by Feedspot as a 2019-2020 Top 20 Dispute Resolution Blogs and Websites to Follow. Lawrence was founding Chair of the ADR Committee of the Orange County Bar Association and sits as an emeritus member on the Executive Council of The Florida Bar ADR Section.\nLearn More → \nSystem Requirements\nPC-\, Mac®- and Mobile attendees: Click here for system requirements. All you need is a smartphone to attend!
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