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Navigating Multiparty Mediations

A FREE CLE Presented by the ADR Section

May 15, 2025

12:30 PM – 1:00 PM

The program will address common problems arising in multi-party mediations, such as multiple defendants facing allocation disputes, multiple plaintiffs trying to negotiate individual claims within a single settlement fund, or multiple insurance carriers within a single insurance tower. Mediations can sometimes come to an early stalemate because multiple defendants face the challenge of how the settlement would be funded, tensions rise in the context of plaintiffs negotiating among themselves, or carriers within an insurance tower assert varying coverage positions.

FACULTY

Howard Russell has more than twenty years of experience as a trial attorney in complex tort, commercial litigation, and high-stakes insurance coverage disputes. He brings a unique mediator’s perspective informed by extensive courtroom experience and real-world insurance expertise. In 2020, he completed mediation training at Pepperdine’s Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution. He is licensed in Nevada, Georgia, and Massachusetts, and has served as trial counsel in seven states, with appellate arguments in both Nevada and Georgia. He is a frequent presenter at legal seminars and law schools and serves on the board of The Unforgettables Foundation of Southern Nevada.

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Purpose:

To increase the knowledge of active members of the Section and the State Bar in all areas of ADR; to study existing and future methods for improving the prompt and effective resolution of disputes; to encourage and sponsor publication of videos, computer, audio and written materials and publications on ADR; to conduct, assist and encourage public and professional ADR educational programs; and, to recommend changes in the administration of ADR in accordance with the policies of the State Bar of Nevada.

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…consistent with the lawyer’s oath, lawyers are expected to commit to the spirit and letter of these standards, affirming that these guidelines do not denigrate the lawyer’s duty of zealous representation. Law schools and continuing legal education courses should incorporate these standards when teaching professionalism to law students and practicing lawyers alike. Lawyers should make copies available to clients and adjudicators should reinforce these standards in the courtroom to reinforce our obligation to maintain and foster these standards and to make it clear that incivility may hurt the client’s case.