ADR Trends 2021 & Increasing Selection of Diverse Neutrals

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Accomplished dispute resolution professionals discuss the cutting-edge ADR trends you need to know for 2021 and engage corporate counsel, advocates, and dispute resolution service providers in a no-holds-barred exchange: how are top neutrals selected? Where are opportunities to disrupt these processes to ensure qualified diverse candidates get business?

Agenda & Speakers

I: Trends in Mediation & Arbitration for 2021
Moderator: Dean Burrell | Burrell Dispute Resolution
Panelists:

• Margarita Echevarria | M. Echevarria, ADR LLC
• Shirish Gupta | JAMS
• Roger Maldonado | Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP
• Joyce Gates Mitchell | Mitchell & Associates, PC

II: Diversifying Neutral Selection – A 360-Degree Stakeholder Conversation
Moderator: Hon. Ariel E. Belen (Ret.) | JAMS
Panelists:

• Phillip Cha | Cha Mediation Services
• Mike Daly | IAT Insurance Group
• Homer C. La Rue | Howard University School of Law

III: The Role Diverse Bar Associations Play in Increasing DEI in ADR
Moderator: Chris M. Kwok, Esq. | JAMS
Panelists:

• Elia Diaz-Yaeger | President, Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
• CK Hoffler | President, National Bar Association (NBA)
• Sidney Kanazawa | President-Elect, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)