JAMS Mediation Week | October 13-19, 2013

October 15, 2013 | 8:30-10 a.m.
Successful Mediation Techniques from the Masters

JAMS Presenters: Hon. Brenda Cole (Ret.) and Joan Grafstein, Esq.

CLE Credit: 1.0 General

October 16, 2013 | 11:30-1 p.m.
Mediating Personal Injury, Wrongful Death
and Medical Malpractice Cases

JAMS Presenter:
Judge Jon Peters (Former)

CLE Credits: 1.0 General

October 17, 2013 | 5-7 p.m.
A Celebration of Conflict Resolution Day

ACR-Chicago hosted by Much Shelist:
191 N. Wacker Dr.
Ste. 1800
Chicago, IL

October 17, 2013 | 4:30-5:30 p.m.
Settling Cross-Border Insurance Claims: Facilitating Effective Mediation

JAMS International Presenters:
Peter Rogan and
Larry Pollack

 October 15, 2013 | 7:30-10 a.m.
Learning from the Masters:
How to Manage and Settle
Your Complex Cases

JAMS Presenters:
Hon. Ann Kough (Ret.).
Hon. Charles "Tim" McCoy (Ret.),
Hon. Carl West (Ret.)

CLE Credits: 1.0 General

 October 15, 2013 | 9:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m.
First Session: Managing the Complex Business Cases in ADR:
What Lawyers Want from Neutrals; What Neutrals Want from Lawyers
 JAMS Presenters:
Joseph P. Farina (Retired Chief Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit),
Jeffrey Grubman, Esq. and Ronald Ravikoff, Esq.

Second Session: Mediation: Making the Most of Your Day in Court
JAMS Presenter:
Scott Silverman (Retired Judge 11th Judicial Circuit)

Third Session: Mediation: Best Practices
for Advocates - Domestic and International
JAMS Presenters:
Juan Ramirez, Jr. (Retired Chief Judge 3rd District Cout of Appeal)
Lorraine Brennan

CLE Credits: 3.5 Hours

October 16, 2013 | 6-7:30 p.m.
Importance of Culture
in Dispute Resolution

JAMS Presenters:
Robert Davidson, Esq.
Margaret Shaw, Esq.

Additional panelists include:

Aldo Civico, Director of the International Institute for Peace
Beth Fisher-Yoshida, Faculty & Academic Director, Columbia University
Jeff Thompson, Mediator, New York Peace Institute

October 17, 2013 | 12-1 p.m. 
Elimination of Bias in the Legal Profession

JAMS Presenter:
Hon. Cecily Bond (Ret.)

Partners include: Sacramento Bar Association Healthcare Section

CLE Credits: 1.0

To RSVP, please email Jenna Froom. 

October 16, 2013 | 12-1 p.m.
Moving Your Family Law Clients
Towards Resolution

JAMS Presenters: Commissioner Jeannie Lowe (Ret.)

Guest Speaker: Commissioner Ratekin of the San Diego
Superior Court

CLE Credits: 1.0 

October 17, 2013 | 5-7:30 p.m.
Meet the Mediators Reception
Participants Include: ABTL Leadership Development Committee

October 18, 2013 | 1:15-2:45 p.m.
Overcoming Settlement Impasse

JAMS Presenters: Hon. William Cahill (Ret.) and
Hon. Patrick Mahoney (Ret.)

Participants Include: Bar Association of San Francisco Mediation Services
and Continuing Education of the Bar

To register, please click here.

October 16, 2013 | 11:30-2:30 p.m.
Employment Cases with Crossover Intellectual Property Issues

JAMS Presenter: Hon. James Ware (Ret.)

Guest Speakers:
Judge Beeler (moderator),
Judge James P. Kleinberg, Bradford Newman
and Dan Feldstein

To register, please click here. 

October 15, 2013 | 11:30-1:30 p.m.
Consider the Ethics:
Real World Dilemmas in Mediation
JAMS Presenters: Michael G. Ornstil and
Michael D. Ranahan, Esq.

CLE Credits: 1.5 Ethics
*Note: This event will be held at
Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP in Oakland
1221 Broadway 
Oakland, CA 94612