Should Arbitration Proceed Mediation in a Hybrid Mediation / Arbitration?

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By Donald G. Korman Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator One of the great strengths of mediation is confidentiality. As we tell the participants at the outset, “what is said in mediation stays in mediation.” We often remind them of the consequences of disclosing what was said. But this…

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Mediation / Arbitration – New Option for Alternative Dispute Resolution

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By: Donald G Korman Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator Florida Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator Court dockets are presently jammed owing to the Pandemic delaying and preventing trials and the pent-up demand now that in-person trials have resumed. Further stressing the system, the Florida State Supreme Court is demanding that cases be disposed of within…

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How Mediators Can Help you with a Difficult Client

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By: Donald G. Korman Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator Clients sometimes come to mediation with unreasonable expectations. They question their attorney’s valuation of their claim, either assuming the attorney is anxious to settle rather than try the case or having fallen so in love with their own case they don’t see its weaknesses. Obviously,…

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The Stockholm Syndrome and Mediation

By: Donald G. Korman Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator Stockholm Syndrome: feelings of trust or affection that are felt in many cases of kidnapping or hostage taking by a victim toward their captor. The term “Stockholm Syndrome” was first used when in 1973 during a failed bank robbery in Stockholm 4 hostages were…

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Mediator Donald Korman Joins MediationWorks

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MediationWorks is pleased to announce the addition of attorney Donald G. Korman to the company as its newest Mediator and Arbitrator. Mediator Korman is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator. He has been a litigator and trial lawyer in the state of Florida for over 40 years. During that time, he has represented…

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