Ask the Mediator: Monthly Calls with Bob Berlin

Mediators! Arbitrators! Neutral Evaluators! Private Judges! Peacemakers!

Whether you’re a novice or seasoned practitioner, there are always challenges, explorations and lessons to learn – What should I do? What can I do? What can I do better? Is there another way?

Explore these and other skills with your peers who had/have the same concerns on these Cutting Edge Law monthly membership calls.

Ask the Mediator with Bob Berlin

On the second Tuesday at 6 p.m. Eastern,Bob Berlin, a neutral coach, will facilitate the conversation about challenges with conflicts as:

* Dealing with Impasse
* Dealing with Attorneys
* Strategizing
* Forgiveness/Apology
* Keeping parties on task
* Handling distractions

Marketing Your Mediation and Peacemaking Practice

On the second Thursday at 10 p.m. Eastern, Bob will focus his call on practice issues regarding Marketing Your Mediation and Peacemaking Practice.

To focus on your concerns, we request you complete a pre-call coaching form. Please download the form and return it to Bob at: dma-adr@mindspring.com. Completion of the form is not necessary to join the call but will help make the call more valuable.

These calls will be limited to CEL members. There is no extra cost for these valuable calls.

Bob’s illustrious and impressive bio is at http://www.mediate.com/mediator/details.cfm?id=14130 and an excerpt is below:

About Bob Berlin

Bob Berlin was a senior partner in the law firm of Berlin and Hodges, P.C. for 39 years. He served as a Municipal Court Judge for twenty-five years and has served as a pro hac Judge in three other courts. Bob served in the State House of Representatives, Middle Georgia District 86, 1973-1974. He has been appointed to numerous state commissions by sitting governors. Bob received training in Negotiation Skills and Techniques at Harvard University Law School and Mediation at the University of Miami and the Atlanta Justice Center. He also received training in Domestic Relations Mediation in California and Multi-Door ADR training at the Georgia State University School of Law.

An advance practitioner of mediation and a mediator trainer, Bob Berlin, has primary responsibility for Mediation, Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Services. Bob has experience in handling ADR cases numbering in excess of four thousand civil, criminal and family law mediations since 1968. As a registered arbitrator, mediator, domestic violence mediator and neutral evaluator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, he has handled a broad spectrum of cases in numerous courts throughout the state as well as privately. He draws from an eclectic professional background in law, marriage and family therapy, communications, and teaching.