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Colleen Byers and Jason James to Present "Effective Advocacy in Mediation and Arbitration"

Mediation & Arbitration Blog Firm News

Colleen Byers and Jason James, both attorneys and mediators at Bell, Davis & Pitt, will present on "Effective Advocacy in Mediation and Arbitration" to Forsyth County Bar Association members on Monday, July 8. Attendees will receive a 1-hour Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credit. This session will explore how to make the most of mediation and arbitration on behalf of your clients, including:

Colleen Byers to Present "Practical Techniques for Being the Calm within the Storm"

Mediation & Arbitration Blog Firm News

Bell, Davis & Pitt attorney Colleen Byers will present on “Practical Techniques for Being the Calm within the Storm,” as well as lead a Yoga for Lawyers session, at the NC Bar Association's Collaborative Practice Continuing Legal Education (CLE) conference, being held June 19–20 in Asheville. During her presentation, Colleen will share techniques for:

Marc Gustafson Employment Law Mediator

Full-Time Mediator Should Not Be a Retirement Plan

Marc E. Gustafson

Mediation & Arbitration Blog

I’ve heard from fellow lawyers more than a few times: “I’m just going to get my mediation certification so I can start building my mediation practice for when I’m ready to slow down.” Having mediated for a few years now, these statements make my skin crawl. Being a mediator is often thought of as just that. A nice way to transition out of an active litigation process and toward retirement. Or, said another way, slowing down. I think that mentality, which is fairly pervasive among lawyers, does a disservice to the mediation process.

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How Non-Compete Employment Mediation Cases Differ from Your Standard Mediation

February 21, 2019

Marc E. Gustafson

Mediation & Arbitration Blog

Mediating a non-compete employment case poses different challenges than your run-of-the-mill mediation, although no two mediation cases are completely alike. As I prepared for a Continuing Legal Education presentation for the Mecklenburg County Bar Employment Law Section, where I played the role of mediator in a mock mediation in a non-compete agreement lawsuit, I spent some time thinking about what makes a non-compete mediation different.