ABI Blog Exchange
Everyone new to bankruptcy needs a guide to this specialized legal realm. Just as you can’t tell the players without a scorecard, it’s hard to make heads or tails of bankruptcy law when it’s new to you.
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Never be afraid to ask your mediator for help. We all need a little help sometimes.
Have you ever said to your kids “use your listening ears”?
Just as it is important that our children use their listening ears at home and at school, so too is it important that we use our listening ears in mediation.
As a mediator, I pay attention to word cues. You should too.
As you interact with others, listen for the words they use.
Not just what the words mean, but the words that are said.
As a mediator, I start every mediation believing that we will find a path to resolution.
You should believe it too.
Why is it important for the parties to believe?
Because if you believe it is possible then it will be.
Mediation is a multilayered process including, among other things, sharing, learning, probing, and exploring. Sometimes, one or both parties get stuck. And sometimes the stuck party will say “they will never accept what I can offer.”&n
In any dispute, there is often a wide disparity between what each side wants and what either side may realistically get. One of the critical components in bridging the resolution divide is flexible thinking.
In the program Who Killed the Company? Tips and Trends in Claims and Defenses, Judge Marvin Isgur and his fellow panelists confronted issues such as in pari delicto, insurance coverage and waiver of fiduciary duties.
The threat of looming foreclosure can be a scary thought for many New Jersey residents. It can be seen as an attack on your home or place of business – two of the things many people work incredibly hard to get and maintain.
The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges came to Austin for its 2023 conference with the slogan Blues, Barbecue and Bankruptcy. Here are some images from the conference.