Hopkins Mediation & Dispute Resolution

09/15/2022

03/09/2019

03/09/2019

I'm honored to have just received an appointment by the Missouri Bar to serve as a mediator through the Fee Dispute Resolution Program.

03/04/2019

I just received this today from Martindale-Hubbell, considered the "gold standard" of attorney peer-reviewed rating services:

"Congratulations! You have received the highest possible peer reviewed rating available."

This rating, per M-H, is awarded "to only those lawyers with the highest ethical standards and professional ability."

I have received this rating each year for over 20 consecutive years.

08/02/2018

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07/29/2018

Why do some mediations fail? Read what some experts say at Hopkins-Mediation.com.

07/21/2018

Does the mediator you use check all the right boxes for success? See the brief discussion at the Hopkins Mediation website: Hopkins-Mediation.com.

06/19/2018

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05/22/2018

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03/16/2018

4 Important Factors For Successful Mediations:
1. Preparation by mediator, attorneys and parties;
2. Case customization
3. Analytical assistance by mediator
4. Persistence of mediator
From ABA Task Force's Study and Report 2008

03/16/2018

A GRAVE SITUATION

Question:: Lawyer represents client who dies the day before the mediation. The mediation begins the following day. What should the lawyer do?

Answer: ABA Formal Opinion 95-397 (1995) advises that a lawyer “must inform her adversary of the death of her client in the first communication with the adversary." As Professor Donald Rotunda, writes: " It will not be enough to say 'He’s out of pain,' or 'He is resting.' The lawyer has to volunteer the truth."