Alternative Dispute Resolution

CHAIR:

EVENTS:

David A. Simison
110 Cathedral Street
Annapolis, MD  21401
P: 410.268.7787
F: (410) 268-7897
Email: das@daslaw.com

Section Dues: $15 per year

Webinar: The Role of Retired Judges in the ADR Process: What are their Strengths and Weaknesses?
May 22, 2013 | 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm
Panelists:
    The Honorable Diane O. Leasure
    The Honorable Steven I. Platt
    The Honorable Dennis M. Sweeney

Please send questions and concerns you would like to hear discussed to szamani@zamaniscott.com or sandra@guzmansalvadolaw.com by May 21, 2013.
Space is limited, reserve your seat today!
Register

Annual Meeting Programs

It Doesn’t Have to be a Cat Fight: Mediating Animal Law Disputes
Thursday, June 13, 2013 | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Ethics Issues In Collaborative Law Case
Friday, June 14, 2013 | 8:00 am – 10:30 am

Selecting an ADR Process and Practitioner: Choices, Challenges, and Opportunities
Friday, June 14, 2013 | 11:00 am – 1:00 pm

DOCUMENTS:

Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence – Mediation Descriptions

Proposed Rule Changes (Below in PDF format)

Bickerman Article - Adapting Mediation to What Users WantExternal Link

Maryland Act Mediation AgreementExternal Link

Senate Bill 856 External Link| (Word Version) of Senate Bill 856External Link

Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and ProcedureExternal Link

Maryland Mediation Confidentiality Act External Link

Court of Appeals Order adopting Standards of Conduct for Mediators, Arbitrators and Other ADR PractitionersExternal Link

Maryland Standards of Conduct For Mediators,
Arbitrators and Other ADR Practitioners
External Link

MPME Standards of Conduct External Link


SECTION UPDATE

ADReport - Winter 2013
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ADReport - Fall 2012
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ADReport - Summer 2012
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ADReport - Spring 2012
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ADReport - Winter 2012
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ADR Winter 2012
At ADR’s Pizza & Professionalism, from left to right:  Tara Taylor, Carolyn Rodis, Craig Distelhorst, Gary Norman. Click the image to view a high-res version.


ADR WEBCASTS:

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ADR SECTION ANNOUNCEMENTS:

MSBA Annual Meeting

Video Replay From the MSBA Annual Meeting

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Photos from The State Bar Program for 2008


A Guide to ADR Choices
When to go to full mediation, when a settlement conference is enough, and what other ADR options are appropriatePrepared by Charles F. Forer, Esq.; Judge Richard B. Klein; and Bennett G. Picker, Esq.Produced jointly by the ADR Committees of the Pennsylvania Bar Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association


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2011/2012 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Section presented a number of amendments to the Court of Appeals Rules Committee’s ADR Subcommittee’s proposed revision of Title 17, et al, governing ADR, with most of them accepted by the Rules Committee. It also presented seminars, held an all-day annual planning retreat, neutrally facilitated by MACRO Deputy Director Lou Gieszl, and hosted its Annual Spring Dinner Event, featuring a panel discussion entitled “Legislative Dispute Resolution Among Democrats, Republicans, and Independents – Is It Possible and How Do We Implement?”. The Section will present a program on international mediation at the MSBA Annual Meeting.


ABOUT THE ADR SECTION:

This section encourages the Courts and lawyers to incorporate ADR in their systems and practices.  It is actively engaged in the work of the ADR Commission.  The section monitors state and national legislation and proposals on uniform confidentiality rules and unauthorized practice of law.


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