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:

  • Complex commercial litigation
  • Construction litigation
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Contractual disputes
  • Employment disputes
  • Franchise litigation
  • Insurance errors and omissions
  • Insurance sales practices
  • Land-related litigation
  • Municipal disputes
  • Products liability
  • Professional malpractice
  • Reinsurance disputes
  • Timber Trespass
  • Tort and insurance coverage litigation

Arbitration

Attorneys from the firm also serve as arbitrators in a variety of matters, individually and as members of 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.

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