Settlement Perspectives | Thoughts on how to resolve disputes and get your deal done.

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Add Your PerspectiveNovember 25, 2013 Settlement the Way Your Clients Want It The Presentation It s hard to imagine a better audience than the Dallas Bar Association s Bench Bar Conference to discuss litigation, settlement, and new ways to look at both.  I recently got the chance to do just that, and the talk and the debate that followed were even better than I had imagined.Clients often have a different perspective on settlement than their lawyers, and we had fun exploring why.No, we didn t start with stories about settlement.  We began with the Zig Ziglar s take on how a newlywed couple cooked their fist roast and we decided that just because we ve been settling cases one way for the last 30 years doesn t mean we need to settle cases the same way tomorrow.I won t repeat the whole talk here, but a few highlights include:The quote from one of my old clients that first put it all into perspective for me:  I m not in the litigation business.  I m in the business business. Why and how clients are different from the lawyers they work with; More Categories: ADR,Mediation,Negotiation,Settlement Add Your PerspectiveNovember 24, 2013 Negotiation Ethics: The MWRA Presentation I recently had the pleasure of presenting Negotiation Ethics: From Oxymoron to Everyday Practice to the Mississippi Water Resources Association s 2013 Educational Conference in Vicksburg and I think we all learned something in the process.As you can imagine, a talk on negotiation ethics for engineers is a bit different than one to lawyers, but a few of the quotes that resonated with the MWRA s membership apply to lawyers, too.  A great example is this one from Warren Buffett:It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it.  If you think about that, you ll do things differently.and another is this one from Stephen M. R. Covey s The Speed of Trust:When trust is low, in a company or in a relationship, it places a hidden tax on every transaction:  every communication, every interaction, every strategy, every decision is taxed, bringing speed down and sending costs up.While the talk might have explored the formal boundaries that More Categories: Negotiation,Negotiation Ethics Settlement Perspectivesis the professional weblogof John DeGroote. I created this site to help clients and their counsel navigate the challenges that inevitably result from disputes, settlement efforts, impasse, and negotiation in general. The perspectives I bring are based on my experience, summarized in this abbreviated bio. If you have any questions or thoughts about this site, or an issue you d like to see addressed, please email me at: Sign Up for Our Newsletter Please enter your email below to get semi-regular updates on the latest from Settlement Perspectives. Your email will not be distributed. Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana Solar powered web site hosting provided by AISO.Net. All material contained on Settlement Perspectives, including any comments, is © Copyright John DeGroote 2008 2011 unless I have clearly designated otherwise. In order to advance discussions of the issues addressed on this site, I will consider and respond to any request to reprint this material. Please contact me at the email address shown above with your request.This site does not necessarily reflect the opinions of my current or any former employer. The perspectives on this site may or may not be appropriate for any given situation and are not intended to be, and should not be taken as, legal advice.All comments submitted to this site are subject to review prior to posting. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy pages are also available for your reference.

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