Successful Settlements: Strategies and Tactics For Civil Litigators

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This program will address such areas as:

• The psychological factors that impel a party towards settling or resisting settlement
• Adjusting your settlement strategies to specific contexts (personal injury, commercial, employment, estates and construction disputes)
• The growing use of settlement counsel in conjunction with litigation counsel – what it means for clients and counsel
• Apps and social media as useful settlement tools
• Surmounting potential pitfalls in drafting offers to settle, minutes of settlement and releases
• Using the courts to enforce the settlement or to interpret its terms (including the impact of Union Carbide (SCC) on settlement privilege and its exceptions)

With an expert faculty including Superior Court of Ontario Justices Edward M. Morgan and Gertrude F. Speigel.

Faculty

Chairs

• Paul Neil Feldman, Feldman Lawyers
• Mitchell Rose, Stancer Gossin Rose LLP

Keynote Speaker

• The Hon. Justice Edward M. Morgan, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)

• Kimberly Boara Alexander, Teplitsky, Colson LLP
• Jennifer Bell, Principal, Placet Dispute Resolution
• Colm Brannigan, Colm Brannigan Mediation and Arbitration Services
• Alison Burrison, McLeish Orlando LLP
• Ian R. Dick, Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP
• Jon T. Fidler, M + F Mediation and Arbitration Services
• Eric B. Gossin, Stancer Gossin Rose LLP
• Jennifer L. Hunter, Lerners LLP
• Mana Khami, Harrison Pensa LLP
• Richard J. Mazar, Richard J. Mazar Professional Corporation
• Lisa C. Munro, Lerners LLP
• John O’Sullivan, Barrister & Solicitor
• Neil E. Sacks, Howie, Sacks & Henry LLP
• Sam R. Sasso, Ricketts, Harris LLP
• Sandra L. Secord, Torkin Manes LLP
• Natasha E. Skupsky, Thompson, Tooze, McLean & Elkin
• The Hon. Justice Gertrude F. Speigel, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)
• Lisa Stam, Koldorf Stam LLP
• Oscar Strawczynski, Feldman Lawyers

Agenda

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Group Discounts

2-3 delegates: 25% off archived program fee
4-10 delegates: 30% off archived program fee
11+ delegates: 35% off archived program fee
Boardroom rates available.

Delivery

The video stream, including link to program materials will be sent to you via email as soon as payment is successfully processed.

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