LTAC Season 4 Episode 6 – Inside the Life of a Mediator & Arbitrator, with John Shipp
This episode is a conversation, not a lecture. Attorney-mediator Lynne Nash sits down with her longtime friend John Shipp — a civil attorney turned full-time neutral, and founder of Shipp ADR in Dallas — to pull back the curtain on what mediators and arbitrators actually do, and how the world of dispute resolution has changed since they both got started.They dig into the shift from "alternative" dispute resolution to just dispute resolution (since trial now happens in a tiny fraction of cases), the move from facilitative to evaluative mediation styles, and why knowing your bottom line before you walk into a room matters more than any clever negotiating trick. John shares war stories from decades of practice — including scrambling to build a virtual mediation process from scratch in the early days of the pandemic — and the two swap thoughts on confidentiality, Zoom privacy settings, and why comfortable shoes might make for better decisions at the table.In this episode:Why "alternative" dispute resolution stopped being much of an alternativeFacilitative vs. evaluative mediation, and how the standard has shifted over 25 yearsReal negotiation habits that waste time — and how to avoid themBuilding a virtual mediation practice overnight during COVIDConfidentiality and privacy practices for online mediation sessionsLynne Nash is an attorney-mediator based in Dallas, Texas. John Shipp is a mediator and arbitrator with Shipp ADR, also based in Dallas — learn more at shippadr.com. This podcast is for informational purposes only and isn't legal advice.
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