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Meaningful Mediation
Patrick Russell
Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator
Helping You Navigate Conflict with Calm, Clarity, and Confidence so You can Make Informed Decisions to Resolve Disputes and Avoid Additional Litigation Costs
The Formula for a Meaningful Mediation
As a Florida mediator, my goal is to help you have a meaningful mediation, enabling you to make informed decisions, solve problems, reduce ongoing litigation costs, and maximize settlements.
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Schedule the mediation when the parties are ready to mediate. Ideally, there should be no missing information or pending issues that would impede the parties' ability to make decisions.
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Prepare for mediation with the intention of resolving the dispute. This perspective is different from preparing to win the trial. Before mediation, identify and exchange information with the other side so they can make informed decisions as to your positions on liability and damages.
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Create a settlement strategy to manage client expectations and evaluate settlement offers. Have a negotiation plan for the moves to make at mediation. Be proactive by calculating the risk-adjusted value of the case, allowing your client to weigh the options for settling or continuing litigation.
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Adopt a mindset that fosters problem-solving and effective information sharing during mediation. Listen carefully without judgment to what the other side is saying to gain information and insight into their position, concerns, and what they may need to resolve the case. Employ empathy by trying to understand the view of the other side, what motivates them, and what they rely upon for their position. Share information with the other side that is needed or that could change their view of the case.
BENEFITS FOR LAWYERS: A Meaningful Mediation can help resolve difficult and emotion-driven cases. The goal is to find a solution rather than focus exclusively on the problem. The emphasis of meaningful mediation is the sharing of information, learning something new, and working to find a common solution to problems. Check out the Testimonials to see how meaningful mediation has worked for others.
Leadership.
Service.
Patrick is an active leader with The Florida Bar as the former Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and serves on its Executive Council.
BENEFITS FOR CLIENTS: A Meaningful Mediation feels empowering. The parties themselves work together to solve the dispute under the terms they crafted. They can also save the time and expense of further litigation and repair otherwise broken business relationships. Leading the way to proactively resolving disputes is a great service to the clients as well as to an overburdened Court system.
Experience.
Knowledge.
Perspective.
Patrick has been a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Circuit Court Mediator since 2009 and a Florida lawyer since 1994. Patrick has extensive legal experience and the enhanced perspective of representing both Plaintiffs and Defendants, for and against individuals, corporations, and insurance companies. In addition, Patrick was honored to serve as an ethics trial lawyer for The Florida Bar.
EFFICIENCY MATTERS: Knowledge of the law and prior legal experience can help focus the mediation on the issues that really matter. Patrick’s diverse legal experience includes:
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Commercial law and Contract dispute mediation
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Condominium and HOA mediation
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Construction law mediation
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Debt collection mediation
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Insurance law and Property claims mediation
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Personal Injury claims mediation
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Premises liability mediation
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Professional malpractice mediation
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Real Estate law mediation
Patrick’s core values are ethics and professionalism. He employs an integrated approach to problem-solving by fostering an environment that encourages meaningful and productive discussions among the parties.
Mindful.
A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE: A meaningful mediation encourages everyone to communicate and listen in a mindful and non-judgmental way. When this is done, parties work with facts and not emotions which leads to better choices. From there, parties are more likely to build rapport, share information, and work collaboratively.
Through his non-profit organization, The Making History Project, Patrick conducts oral history interviews of combat veterans. The goal of this project is to preserve the stories of combat veterans through video interviews and bring greater awareness as to the effects of combat trauma. Understanding history can guide us in the present to prepare for the future.
Honor.
Respect.
Make Your Next Mediation a Meaningful Mediation
Available Statewide and for Online Mediation
Mediation 2.0 requires more than number and shuttle diplomacy; it requires mindful problem-solving, and I am dedicated to working tirelessly to that end.
"The mediation process is elevated when the parties involved see clearly the issues at play and are attuned to the interests and needs of the parties themselves. Amid conflict, these insights are elusive, and a mindfully aware mediator can help establish the conditions to enable the parties to meaningfully engage in the resolution of their dispute, leading to more enduring and sustainable outcomes."
Scott L. Rogers
Director of the Mindfulness in Law Program & Lecturer In Law
University of Miami School of Law
"GETTING TO WE"