by Patrick C. Coughlan | Conflict Solutions
They are home working hard to provide their clients with the same quality of service as they did when they were at the office. Clients still need to move forward with their lives and businesses, and they cannot afford to put off resolving disputes and conflicts. In... by Patrick C. Coughlan | Conflict Solutions
How it is the SAME: The process is every bit as effective, we are settling cases, and attorneys and their clients are busy working and moving their caseloads ahead. (In the last week alone, Pat Coughlan completed a successsful 11-hour mediation. Each of the... by Patrick C. Coughlan | Conflict Solutions
The International Mediation Institute, of which Pat Coughlan has been a member for many years, collects feedback from clients concerning their individual mediation experience with members of the Institute, and the feedback is then compressed into a digest. The most... by Patrick C. Coughlan | Conflict Solutions
“The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at a tempting moment.” Benjamin Franklin An awful lot has been said and written over the years about opening statements in mediation. Concern over... by Patrick C. Coughlan | Conflict Solutions
Conflict Solutions Intern, Jeffrey A. Trueman, Esq. is an LL.M Candidate at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law. (To review Jeff’s bio, please consult our website’s home page, under the dropdown menu labeled “Our Mediators.”) The... 