Originally posted 2017-12-11 09:24:23. This week’s Musings on one of my favorite topics, mediation, and how I believe it helps construction lawyers like me is hosted over at ALPS411. Thanks to the folks over at ALPS for an opportunity to “muse” over there for a second time. Here’s a short excerpt: As a litigator and […]
Conflict? Construction Mediators Thrive On It
Yesterday I attended a great CLE/CME (Continuing Mediator Education) seminar entitled “Brave New World for Mediation: Skills for Forging the Future.” Aside from the skills learned from the mediators at the seminar, one thing stuck with me from the keynote speech. In the course of his discussion of how far mediation (and ADR in general) […]
Mediation Musings From the Trenches
As I posted quite a while ago, I have been going through the Virginia Supreme Court mediation certification training. Part of that training is a series of co-mediations where I get to essentially mediate a dispute with the supervision of a trained and experienced mentor helping smooth the edges. This past week, I was able […]
Construction Mediation Thoughts at ALPS 411
Thanks again to the great folks over at ALPS411 for another opportunity to join their great list of writers and post a few thoughts on my role as a mediator. Here’s a quick excerpt and hopefully it will interest you in the whole post (linked above): There is, however, a third role that I personally […]
Thanks to Construction Marketing Ideas!
I am pleased to announce that, for the second year, Construction Law Musings has been nominated to the Construction Marketing Ideas Best Construction Blogs list. Presently, after an admittedly small number of votes, I am honored to be a strong 3rd in the voting. Among the other nominees are Construction Law in North Carolina (Melissa […]