Mediation & Arbitration
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Mediation & Arbitration Overview | Team
Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer’s attorneys serve as private and court-appointed mediators on a broad range of civil litigation and commercial matters. Drawing on their years of experience as trial attorneys for both plaintiffs and defendants, the firm’s mediators bring to the table the familiarity with both the mediation and litigation process necessary to communicate effectively with parties and counsel about the strengths and weaknesses of cases and the advantages of controlling risk through negotiated resolutions.
Mediation
The firm’s mediation style couples an in-depth understanding of the facts and law with an aggressive “hands-on” approach to identifying and communicating risks to all sides, which helps bring the parties to closure in difficult cases. Our mediators handle a wide variety of cases, which include:
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One attorney is on the National Panel of Mediators of the American Arbitration Association. The firm’s mediators have also lectured at continuing education sessions for mediators, both in North America and in Europe.
Arbitration
Attorneys from the firm have served as arbitrators in disputes involving:
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One attorney is a member of the Commercial Arbitration Panel of the American Arbitration Association. The firm's neutral arbitrators accept arbitration appointments through that Association, as well as directly from the parties to a dispute. The firm's arbitration experience is national and includes claims such as:
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The firm’s arbitration experience includes class action arbitrations involving claims of improper insurance sales practices, wage-hour violations and multi-party damage claims arising from distributor-required data processing system. The firm’s arbitrators frequently serve on three-member arbitration panels.
Advocacy
Drawing on their broad experience as neutrals, the firm’s attorneys regularly represent clients in both private mediation and arbitration, as well as court-ordered mediation in the state and federal courts of Vermont and New Hampshire. With most courts now requiring litigants to participate in mandatory ADR (alternative dispute resolution) as part of the litigation process, an intimate understanding of the mediation and arbitration processes and the advocacy skills that are effective in such venues is critical to effective client representation.
