THE MEDIATION MINUTE: Insights on Alternative Dispute Resolution

About the Book

THE MEDIATION MINUTE: Insights on Alternative Dispute Resolution is a compilation of articles about the process, strategy and psychology of successful mediations. The topics are varied and hopefully some of the discussion points will assist both lawyer-advocates and other mediators to consider issues that may assist them in achieving better outcomes in their next mediation. At the end of the day, the concepts of self-determination, confidentiality and communication are the bedrock of any mediation or negotiation effort. If those tenets are followed, the opportunity to use a third party neutral to help disputing parties reach a resolution of their differences should result in a positive closure to the pending conflict. If you are a mediator, you are helping people (businesses are people too!) resolve their problems. That’s a big responsibility and must be carefully managed with professionalism and ethical consideration.

About the Author

Certified Mediator and Arbitrator Scott Zucker specializes in business and commercial litigation with an emphasis on dispute resolution in the areas of construction, real estate, employment, landlord-tenant and franchise law. Scott represents companies in matters relating to contract claims, loss and damage claims, delay and productivity claims, premises liability actions and tenant dispossessory. For over thirty-five years, Scott Zucker has acted as outside legal counsel to a variety of privately held and publicly traded businesses involved in multiple industries. As a primary litigator, Scott understands the pros and cons of pursuing, as well as defending, claims between individuals and companies. His legal services have ranged from handling general corporate matters and providing risk management advice to companies as well as the representation of clients in the litigation or arbitration of contract disputes, insurance coverage claims, construction defects, premises liability, employment termination actions and environmental matters. Scott’s goal is to apply his experience and knowledge to help contending parties reach resolutions of their disputes as efficiently and economically as possible. Scott is a founding partner of the law firm Weissmann Zucker Euster + Katz P.C. and is actively involved in the ADR community, having served as Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Section of the Atlanta Bar Association and Chairman of the Dispute Resolution Section for the State Bar of Georgia. His mediation service, Epic Resolution Services, was founded in 2015. Scott obtained his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St. Louis, in 1984, and his law degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C, in 1987.