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Event Information:

  • Wed
    03
    May
    2023
    Thu
    04
    May
    2023

    Two - Day Advanced Commercial Mediation Training

    8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.Debevoise & Plimpton LLP 66 Hudson Blvd E New York, NY 10001

    In Spring 2023, Steve Hochman and Simeon H. Baum through the New York State Bar Association's Dispute Resolution Section will present a two-day Advanced Commercial Mediation training again. This training, which offers 16 CLE hours, is for those who have completed our three-day training - or any basic training qualified under Part 146 - and wish to complete the remaining substantive piece for Commercial Division mediators required under Part 146 (or for anyone interested in the mediation of commercial matters).

    This program will focus on identifying the barriers to settlement and the ways to overcome them. In addition to refining and deepening facilitative skills and orientation, the program will address ways of facilitating evaluative analyses or offering evaluative feedback to help the parties reach a resolution. This can include refining the handling of risk and transaction cost analysis, including the use of decision trees, as well as utilizing a variety of impasse breakers. The program will offer approaches to problems that arise when there are multiple parties or when one or more of the defendants has, or may have, insurance coverage with one or more insurance companies as well as ways to overcome impasse. Finally, the program will discuss the ethical issues that arise under various scenarios and how to deal with them.

    2 DAY ADVANCED COMMERCIAL MEDIATION TRAINING

    Program is approved under Part 146 of the Rules of the Chief Administrative Judge, NYS Unified Court System

    Topics & Skills:

    Cultivating ideal Mediator orientation, attitude & awareness
    Effective Preparation
    Effective Communication
    Deep Listening Skills
    Effective Openings
    Maximizing Opportunities in Joint Session
    Wise Caucusing
    Power Risk Analysis - art, timing & tact in engaging in evaluative processes
    Impasse Breaking
    Coming to Closure
    Theoretical tools to Grasp the underlying Negotiation
    Mediation Ethics

    PROGRAM DIRECTORS AND PRESENTERS:

    SIMEON H. BAUM, ESQ.:
    Mr. Baum is a 30+ year litigator and President of Resolve Mediation Services, Inc. (www.mediators.com); serving as mediator, arbitrator and neutral evaluator in over 2,000 disputes since 1992. His mediations include the highly publicized Studio Daniel Libeskind-Silverstein Properties dispute over architectural fees for redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, and Trump's $ 1 billion suit over the West Side Hudson River development. He served as founding Chair of NYSBA's Dispute Resolution Section. He was Chair of the Federal Bar Association's ADR Section, past President of the FBA's SDNY Chapter, and on the FBA's national Board of Directors. He has served on ADR Advisory Groups to the New York Court system and trained their Commercial Division mediators for the last 20 years. In 2011, 2014, 2018 and 2020 Best Lawyers selected Mr. Baum as New York's ADR "Lawyer of the Year." He teaches on the ADR faculty at Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and is a frequent speaker and trainer on ADR.

    STEPHEN A. HOCHMAN, ESQ.:
    Mr. Hochman, a founding partner in the firm now known as Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel, practiced law for over 40 years, specializing in corporate, commercial and securities law. He has successfully mediated over 450 commercial and other types of disputes, including securities, contract, employment, insurance, real estate, bankruptcy, construction, franchise, brokerage and class action disputes, approximately 98% of which have settled. Mr. Hochman now practices exclusively as a mediator and arbitrator and writes, consults and lectures frequently on ADR subjects. For over 20 years, Mr. Hochman, together with Mr. Baum, has trained mediators in New York County and various other downstate counties. He has served on the boards and investment committees of various non-profit corporations, including several hospitals and a captive insurance company.

    NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section
    Advanced Commercial Mediation Training
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    Wednesday May 3, 2023 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
    Thursday May 4, 2023 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

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