The Ultimate ADR Seminar: A Conversation with ADR Experts (9/24/24)

CBA President John Sciaccotta (2024-2025) invites you to attend, The Ultimate ADR Seminar: A Conversation with ADR Experts, which will feature experts in ADR discussing the most recent developments in this rapidly evolving area, as well as provide attendees with strategies for successful dispute resolution.  Bridget McCormack, former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court and the current President and CEO of the American Arbitration Association, will be the event’s featured keynote speaker. The program will take place in person at The Chicago Bar Association (321 S. Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60604) on September 24, 2024 from 8:55am-4:00pm. Lunch will be served, and the program will be followed by a networking reception from 4:00-5:00pm. 

Topics:
The Explosion of Mediation - Artificial Intelligence, Online Mediation and Other Hot Topics 
The Evolution of Arbitration - Improving Efficiency and Controlling Costs
ADR: Where are we now? Where are we going?
Managing the Mediation: How to Deal with the “Hard Bargainer”
Implicit Bias in ADR
How to Vacate an Arbitration Award
Navigating Conflicts of Interest
Mock Arbitration
ADR Roundtable 

Keynote Speaker:
Bridget McCormack, President and CEO, American Arbitration Association 

Confirmed Speakers:

Hon. Maryam Ahmad, Circuit Court of Cook County
Peter V. Baugher, Baugher Dispute Resolution LLC 
Laurel Bellows, Bellows Law Group
Mary Pat Benz, Attorney at Law
Tracy Brammeier, Partner, Clifford Law Offices
Hon. Margaret A. Brennan (Ret.), ADR Systems 
Daniel Cotter, Dickenson Wright
Teresa Frisbie, Distinguished Professor in Residence and Director, Dispute Resolution Program, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Svetlana Gitman, Division Vice President, Commercial Division, American Arbitration Association 
Katherine Plominski-Gloede, Division Vice President, Business Development and Outreach, American Arbitration Association 
Mitchell Marinello, Marinello ADR, LLC
Hon. Bridget Mary McCormick, Retired Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court; President and CEO, American Arbitration Association
Hon. Thomas Mulroy (Ret.), Resolute Systems
Thomas Mulroy, III, Partner, Salvi, Schostok & Pritchard P.C.
Alan Nicgorski, Managing Partner, Hansen Reynolds
James A. Reiman, Reiman ADR
Gerry Saltarelli, Saltarelli ADR LLC
John Sciaccotta, Aronberg Goldgehn Davis & Garmisa
Marta Stein, STEIN Strategic Solutions
Greta Weathersby, Senior Counsel, WEC Energy Group

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