By Sarah Kromer Looking to become more involved in the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section? The following section committees are seeking contributors: Communications/Website/Social Media Committee: Do you have special skills with social media, a communications degree you never got to use, or a secret interest in blogging? If so, the Communications Committee could use your help […]
By Ann Anderson The Dispute Resolution Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for eight new Council Members for three year terms expiring 2023 and one Council Member to fill a position that has a term expiring 2022. The Committee is also seeking nominations for a recipient of the 2020 Peace Award. If you would be willing […]
By Bonnie Weyher I am honored to serve as Chair of our Section for the 2019-2020 year. Our other officers this year are Kate Deiter-Maradei, Vice President; Sarah Kromer, Secretary; and Jim Cooley, Treasurer. Like other Sections, our work is largely done through committees. I want to thank all those who have agreed to be […]
By Ann Anderson In December 2019 and January 2020, the Dispute Resolution Nominating Committee will be seeking nominations for 8 new Council Members and a recipient of the 2020 Peace Award. An email will be sent soliciting nominations. In the meantime please be thinking about whether you would be willing to serve or would like to […]
The NCBA has offered six basic training courses in Collaborative Law Practice in the past, and is offering the next one June 19-20 in Asheville. Click here to view the brochure with all the details and to register. Collaborative Practice Training Wednesday-Thursday, June 19-20, 2019 Renaissance Asheville Hotel This 14-hour training is for any lawyer […]
DR Spotlight is a Q&A series that focuses on Dispute Resolution Section members. Salim Uqdah is a paralegal-mediator and the owner and director of Mediation for Uroboros Mediations, LLC in Charlotte. His work includes handling domestic, civil, criminal, special proceedings, and estates cases.
By Nancy Norelli The Dispute Resolution Section CLE and Annual Meeting, held in the midst of March Madness, was a big success. Donna Savage and her team put together an outstanding program. All the speakers presented interesting ideas and gave the attendees the value of their decades of conflict resolution experience. You can still view […]
The North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission (NCDRC) held its quarterly meeting on March 1, 2019, at the Washington Duke Inn in Durham. The meeting, led by the Commission’s chair, the Honorable William A. Webb, was extremely productive as well as informative. Each of the NCDRC’s numerous committees reported on work completed this past quarter including, […]
DR Spotlight is a Q&A series that focuses on Dispute Resolution Section members. Kate Deiter-Maradei is a mediator in Raleigh at Deiter Mediation. Kate has been mediating full time for almost six years after practicing as a litigation attorney for 10 years with Teague Campbell. She has been on the NCBA Dispute Resolution Section Council […]
By John Ong Running blind in a multiparty mediation may seem, at first glance, to be dangerous. In reality, negotiating without knowing the amount that co-defendants are offering, i.e. being “blind” is a frequently used tactic in larger construction cases as it expedites the process of negotiations. By purposefully choosing not to be informed about […]