Mediate Like Your Career Depends Upon It: Strategies for successful mediation in federal court

David W. Henry | Henry Mediation P. A.

David Henry is a nationally recognized expert and lecturer on mediation advocacy and ethics. He is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator and a former mediation trainer for one of the largest law litigation firms in the U.S. Before becoming a full-time mediator, he was a litigator and national settlement counsel for a major insurance carrier. He serves on the Florida Supreme Court ADR Rules and Policy Committee and has spoken to thousands of attorneys, insurance professionals, and risk managers across the United States, Canada, and at Lloyds London

I. Factors influencing selection of law firms by institutional purchasers, declining trials | 12:00pm – 12:20pm

II. Transitioning from trial advocate to client problem-solver. Why mediation matters: Client retention and profitability in a resolution-based culture | 12:20pm – 12:40pm

III. Seeing the big picture: The importance of pre-mediation communication, position statements and opening session, selection of the mediator, magistrate v private mediators | 12:40pm – 1:00pm

Break | 1:00pm – 1:10pm

IV. Avoid the potholes that lead to impasse, creating a pre-mediation countdown, mediation timing, common errors and myths, multi-party concerns; non-economic terms, insurance coverage problems | 1:10pm – 1:25pm

V. The role of mediation in providing access to justice, the future for law firms seeking market share | 1:25pm – 1:40pm