The Wisconsin Supreme Court is asking practitioners and others to weigh in on a proposed rule change that would allow lawyers who mediate family law disputes to also draft legal documents that result from those negotiations.

Although arbitration is generally regarded as an efficient and economical system of alternative dispute resolution, the standard of judicial review for arbitration awards varies from state to state.

Our nation continues to be fascinated by Abraham Lincoln’s “Gettysburg Address,” delivered 150 years ago. Lincoln’s most famous speech became known as the “words that remade America.”

I have always been an advocate of mediation and arbitration versus litigation, especially in the construction practice of law.

Parties just going into business together may believe everything is going to work out swell, but litigators know better.

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A few years ago, opposing counsel in closing arguments called J. Michael Riley a “gun for hire,” likening the Axley Brynelson LLP lawyer to the character of Paladin in “Have Gun — Will Travel.”

When all else fails, mediator Marinus “Rick” J.W. Petri isn’t afraid to throw the rule book out the window.

Most evenings for veteran insurance defense litigator Mark Pennow are spent preparing for the next day’s mediation.

Although she’s trained as a mediator, it was an interest in litigation that got Marta Meyers started in law.

Every A-list mediator knows an effective joint session can be a critical, persuasive and powerful component of a worthwhile mediation process.

In an opinion filed Sept. 18, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled to reverse a decision that an oral employment contract go to trial when it should have gone to arbitration.

Anderson, Steven M. Ruder Ware LLSC 402 Graham Ave. P.O. Box 187 Eau Claire, WI 54702-0187 Phone: 715-834-3425 Fax: 715-834-9240 Email: [email protected] Website: ruderware.com Practice Areas: Litigation, mediation and arbitration Service Area: Wisconsin Bartell, Angela Bartell Dispute Services 3442 John Muir Drive Middleton WI 53562 Phone: 608-233-6262 Email: [email protected] Website: BartellDisputeService.com Practice Area: mediation/arbitration 30-plus years as Dane County Circuit ...

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