Category Archives: Dispute Resolution Resources

Do our words send the message we want to convey to accomplish what we want?

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Michael Zeytoonian

How often have we said or written something and quickly or soon realized that the message the recipient got was not what we wanted to convey? In the e-communications world, it happens all the time. This disconnect is assisted by the fact that how we co… Continue reading →

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Legal disputes are parts of something greater

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Michael Zeytoonian

What if we began to see disputes as a small part of something bigger? If we viewed them as a point along a spectrum with a greater continuum? If we placed the dispute within the context of one or more larger relationships? When we do this, we free ours… Continue reading →

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So What is this Different Kind of Legal Advocacy?

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Michael Zeytoonian

One reason we changed the name of our firm recently to Dispute Resolution Counsel was to highlight the role that lawyers play in representing their clients in an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) processes. The role, approach and technique of a lawy… Continue reading →

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True Legal Counselors – Back to the Future

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Michael Zeytoonian

What is a lawyer’s role in serving the needs of his or her clients? What do our clients want from us as their legal counsel? Maybe the better question is this: What do our clients need us to be for them? I’ve given this a lot of thought in nearly 2… Continue reading →

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So who is your primary care legal counsel?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Michael Zeytoonian

In our last blog, we suggested that people approach resolving legal disputes the way they approach making medical decisions.  The starting point is to have a “primary care lawyer”, a true legal counselor, just as we have a primary care physician. … Continue reading →

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To resolve a dispute, the first step is to assess your options

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Michael Zeytoonian

I’ve heard people who are in a business or employment dispute often lament: “I’m stuck in this dispute, and now we’ll have to litigate; I have no options.” If you take nothing else from this post, know this: They are usually wrong about this…. Continue reading →

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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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Do parties in a dispute want Settlement or Resolution?

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Michael Zeytoonian

Choosing the wrong dispute resolution process may very well prevent the parties from achieving their goals and satisfying their interests.The post Do parties in a dispute want Settlement or Resolution? appeared first on Dispute Resolution Counsel. 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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