Category Archives: Collaborative Mediation

Problem Solving – Where Special Forces and Dolphins Find Common Ground

Posted on July 16, 2015 by adminDRC

Dolphins are natural problem solvers. The habits and intelligence of dolphins was the focus of a story in a recent issue of National Geographic (May 2015), and a photo in the story caught my attention. It pictured two bottlenose dolphins underwater off the Florida Keys. Each one had its snout in a rope handle at opposite ends of a PVC …

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Replacing the “Blame Game” with a “New Game Plan”

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Michael Zeytoonian

Two recent Boston Globe stories (2 21 13) stood out for their common theme – that of laying blame and finding fault. One article entitled “Not Without Blame” apportioned blame for what happened to the 2012 Red Sox. The other story was about the l… Continue reading →

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If they are all doing it and if it’s the new “thing” in business, why aren’t we doing it more in law?

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

So why aren’t we jumping all over processes like Collaborative Law in dispute resolution? Business, education, science, medicine, information technology, and other fields of endeavor have given us multiple successful models built around the principl… Continue reading →

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What if we took losing out of dispute resolution?

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

I was recently on Good Harbor Beach in Gloucester, MA relaxing and journal writing.  I noticed two women hitting a volleyball back and forth in a small box on the sand.  In the aftermath of gold and silver medals for U.S. women’s beach volleyball a… Continue reading →

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Two different mediators – Moses and Jesus – and the Place of One

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

I was reading a Scriptural passage this week as part of my daily meditation.  The passage was about two mediators – Moses and Jesus (Galatians 3:13-22).  It’s a bit risky to write about mediation and meditation in the same post as they often get … Continue reading →

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So What Does Identity Theft Have to do with Dispute Resolution?

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

So what about identity theft? Why are we writing about it in a blog about alternative ways of resolving disputes? ..When it comes to resolving disputes, most people are also the victims of this same kind of identity theft. The choice of what to do ab… Continue reading →

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One key difference between Mediation and Collaborative Law is often overlooked

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

“What is the difference between mediation and collaborative law (“CL”)?” It’s hard for parties in a dispute and other non-lawyers to see the differences; in fact lawyers have trouble articulating them. Continue reading →

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How would Collaborative Law determine money damages issues?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

Two parties find themselves in a discrimination case and they do not want to litigate it; they want to resolve it out of court. Continue reading →

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What if you don’t want to litigate, but also want to guarantee closure?

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

You have heard about alternative dispute resolutions methods like mediation or collaborative law (CL), both of which offer you many of the advantages that litigation cannot offer you. Continue reading →

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We hear the other side’s words, but how well are we really listening?

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Michael Zeytoonian

I’ve been struck by several situations in which one party to a conversation or discussion obviously was listening to what was being said, but it was equally obvious that the listener wasn’t really hearing what was being said Continue reading →

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