Settlement Counsel


Hold the Lawsuit: Pre-Litigation Mediation Resolves Disputes:

Reisig, Martin I., Michigan Bar Journal (December 2016)


Settlement Counsel – Another Approach to Resolving Disputes:

Cuervo-Lorens, Ralph (of Blaney McMurtry, Barristers & Solicitors LLP), originally published in Commercial Litigation Update (January 2010)


Settlement Counsel: Is It Right for Your Business?:

Shapiro, Edward D., Much Shelist Denenberg Ament & Rubenstein, P.C., Litigation & Counseling Alert (October 2009)


A “Best Practice” ADR Strategy in IP Litigation

The Separate but Complementary Roles of Settlement
Counsel and Trial Counsel:

Miller, Charles E. and Morgan, Peter W., Bright Ideas, New York State Bar Association, One Elk Street, Albany, New York 12207 (Fall 2008)


Settlement Counsel: A New Approach to Resolving Difficult Issues:

Tarnowsky, Gordon and Rea, Noel (of Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Calgary, Canada), The Lawyers Weekly, (published by LexisNexis Canada Inc.) (September 12, 2008)


The Role of Specialized Settlement Counsel
:

McCauley, Jay, Settle It Now Negotiation Blog (April 21, 2008)


Settlement Counsel: What is It? Why Should You Care?:

ABA Dispute Resolution Conference (April 4, 2008)


Settlement Counsel: You Will Want to Know About This!:

Johnsen, Joan Stearns, Esq., Pacific Currents, Annual Meeting of the ADR Section of the ABA (April 3-5, 2008)


Why Should Businesses Hire Settlement Counsel:

Bryan, Kathy A., Journal of Dispute Resolution, J. Disp. Resol. 195 (Vol. 2008, No. 1)


The Potential Benefits of Using Settlement Counsel:

Crenshaw, William (of Powell Goldstein LLP, Washington DC), Mealey’s Litigation Report, Class Actions (Vol. 7, No. 15, October 4, 2007)


When ‘Winning’ is the Expensive Solution:

Bryan, Kathy A., Legal Times, ©2007 ALM Properties Inc. (Week of April 16, 2007, Vol. XXX, No. 16)


The Mediation Handbook: Effective Strategies for Litigators:

Murray, O. Russel, (Bradford Publishing 2006)


Using Settlement Counsel:

Murray, O. Russel, The Mediation Handbook: Effective Strategies for Litigators (Bradford Publishing 2006)


The Strategic Lawyer:

Chanen, Jill Schachner, ABA Journal (July 2005)


Lawyers Who ‘Just Say No’ to Litigation: Practitioners of ‘Collaborative Law’ Seek a Handshake, Not a Court Date:

Hoffman, David A. (of Boston Law Collaborative, LLC, Boston, MA) and McGuire, James E. (of Brown Rudnick Freed & Gesmer, Boston, MA), Boston Sunday Globe, Focus Section (April 1, 2001)


Aggressive ADR?:

Wagner, John Leo, ABA Section of Business Law, Business Law Today (May/June 1999)


Using Settlement Counsel for Early Dispute Resolution:

Coyne, Jr., William F., Negotiation Journal 11 (January 1999)


The Need for Specialized “Settlement Counsel”:

McCauley, John (Jay)

Related Publications:


Cloaked Negotiation: Necessary Back-Channel, Under the Table and Surreptitious Strategies and Techniques to Make Deals Work
:

Benjamin, Robert, Mediate.com, http://www.mediate.com/articles/benjamin43.cfm (January 9, 2009)


The New Lawyer: How Settlement is Transforming the Practice of Law
:

Macfarlane, Julie, University of Washington Press (December 2007)


Exploring the Boundaries and Terrain of ADR Practice – Mediation, Arbitration, and Collaborative Law:

Hoffman, David A., 14-1 Dispute Resolution Magazine 4 (Fall 2007)


Twilight of the Gunslinger: The Changing Role of the Civil Litigation Lawyer:

Dwyer, J. Michael (of Dwyer & Miller LLP), Litigation Journal, Litigation Section of the Oregon State Bar (Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 2007)


Negotiation is Not a Competitive Sport:

Cohen, Steven P., Ivey Business Journal (July/August 2004)


Collaborative Law and the Use of Settlement Counsel:

Hoffman, David and Tesler, Pauline, The Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice Guide at Chapter 41 (West Publishing 2002)


Lawyers as Negotiators:

Mendelsohn, Gary, 1 Harvard Negotiation Law Review 139 (Spring 1996)


He Who Pays the Piper:

Fisher, Roger, Harvard Business Review (March/April 1985)

Early Dispute Resolution


(Really) Early Dispute Resolution:

Silverman, Peter R., Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP (April 19, 2016)


Planning is Critically Important for Early Dispute Resolution:

Lande, John, Mediate.com, http://www.mediate.com/articles/LandeJbl20150612.cfm (June 2015)


Planned Early Dispute Resolution – User Guide:

Lande, John, Dettman, Kurt L., Shanks, Catherine E., https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/events/dispute_resolution/committees/PEDR/abadr_pedr_guide.authcheckdam.pdf American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section (2011)


Corporate Early Case Assessment Tool Kit:

International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Corporate Early Case Assessment Commission, https://www.cpradr.org/resource-center/toolkits/early-case-assessment-guidelines/_res/id=Attachments/index=0/CPRECAToolkit2010.pdf. (2009)


The Movement Toward Early Case Handling in Courts and Private Dispute Resolution:

Lande, John, 24 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 81 (2008)

Settlement Counsel Resources:


The Mediator-ish Role – “Settlement Counsel”:

Swanson, Donald L., https://mediatbankry.com/2017/02/28/mediation-ish-roles-part-2-the-settlement-counsel, Mediatbankry (Feb. 28, 2017)


Parallel Track Settlement Counsel:

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, http://www.stradley.com/~/~/media/DAB63777DF2244A49F50DB08A5DF3B69.ashx. (2017)


Does Settlement Counsel Help or Hurt Clients?:

Karlsson, Rackham (guest post), Skylark Blog, Skylark Law, http://blog.skylarklaw.com/2016/09/does-settlement-counsel-help-or-hurt.html (September 1, 2016)


16 Minutes of ADR:

McGuire, James E., Esq., YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0bmHh0-2Q8 (Feb. 13, 2016)


What the Heck is Settlement Counsel and Why Do You Care:

Nolland, Christopher, https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/litigation/materials/2016ccc/written_materials/1_Settlement%20Counsel%20ABA%20CC%20Final%202016.authcheckdam.pdf American Bar Association, Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar (Feb. 11-14, 2016)


Case Studies in Settlement Counsel – Best Practices for Litigation Exit Strategies
:

Churay, Dan, Bedell, Frank M., English, Eric O., O’Malley, J. Patrick, https://www.accmeetings.com/AM16/faculty/files/ACC_498_5138_903_-_Case-Studies-in-Settlement-Counsel-Best-Practices-for-Litigation-Exit-Strategies.pdf, Association of Corporate Counsel, ACC Docket (Oct. 2015)


The Many Shades of Settlement:

English, Eric O., Dailey, Kirk, Nolland, Christopher, DeGroote, John, O’Malley, J. Patrick, https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/litigation/materials/2014_sac/2014_sac/the_many_shades_of_settlement_counsel.authcheckdam.pdf American Bar Association, Litigation Section, ADR Committee, Settlement Counsel Subcommittee (2014)


The Case for Settlement Counsel:

Montgomery, Jack, Esq., Maine Lawyers Review, http://www.bernsteinshur.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/montgomery.pdf. (June 21, 2012)


Think Settlement Negotiations Are Confidential? Think Again:

Goodnow, Jannis E., American Bar Association, Section of Litigation, Litigation News (June 8, 2012)


Who Serves as Settlement Counsel? The (UPDATED) LIST:

DeGroote, John, http://settlementperspectives.com/2012/06/who-serves-as-settlement-counsel-the-updated-list/, Settlement Perspectives L. Blog (May, 29 2012)


Why Settlement Counsel? A Lesson from the Scorpion and the Frog:

DeGroote, John, http://settlementperspectives.com/2012/05/why-settlement-counsel-a-lesson-from-the-scorpion-and-the-frog/, Settlement Perspectives L. Blog (May 29, 2012)


Settlement Counsel: A New Trend in Litigation?:

Van Soye, Scott, http://www.adrtimes.com/articles/2012/4/21/settlement-counsel-a-newtrend-in-litigation.html, ADR Times (Apr. 21, 2012)


The Case for Separate Settlement Counsel in the ADR Process:

Rudlin, Alan, Va. Law. Wkly. (Apr. 6, 2012)


On the Value of Settlement Counsel – A Fresh Perspective:

Catalana, Bernadette and Allison, John, http://litigationconferences.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/1600_Catalana_Article-on-the-Value-of-Settlement-Counsel-Final.pdf (2010)


Settlement Counsel: A New Approach to Resolving Difficult Issues:

Tarnowsky, Gordon and Rea, Noel, The Law. Wkly. (Sept. 12, 2008)


A “Best Practice” ADR Strategy in IP Litigation:

Miller, Charles E., 17 N.Y. St. B. Ass’n 3, 3-5 (2008).


Settlement Negotiations: How to Best Protect Your Client’s Interest When Negotiations Fail: What Is Protected from Discovery and Admission at Trial?

Baltz, Kevin C., DRI, For the Defense, Young Lawyers (February 2007)


Analyzing Company ADR Systems Practices: Settlement Counsel; Problems with Billable Hours; and more:

International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation, Volume 22, Issue 3 (April 12, 2004)


Why Litigators Should Use Settlement Counsel:

McGuire, James E., Alternatives, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Vol. 18, No. 6 (June 2000)


The Case for Settlement Counsel:

Coyne, Jr., William F., 14 Ohio St. J. on Disp. Resol. 367 (1999)


Lawyers as Negotiators:

Mendelsohn, Gary, 1 Harvard Negotiation Law Review 139-67 (Spring 1996)