This seminar is a must attend for any trial lawyer, mediator, or adjustor looking to have more efficient, effective, and successful mediations. Program chair Lee Christie is bringing together Indiana's best mediators, lawyers, and insurance professionals for a one day Zoom seminar that will give you insight into the best practices of how and what to present at mediation. Our faculty will share what mediators find effective and teach you useful negotiation techniques. This is a unique opportunity to learn from seasoned professionals in a casual format that will encourage dialogue. Bring your questions!
You'll leave this seminar with helpful tips to obtain the best results at your next mediation. 

We are offering all six required CME credits that must be earned in a three year reporting period.


Mediator Panel to Include: 
Sam Ardery, Bunger & Robertson
Judge Brookman, United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division
Rob Doyle, Due Doyle Fanning & Alderfer LLP
 Caroline Gilchrist, The Mediation Group
 Lynn Gray, Johnson Gray & Johnson
 Ross Rudolph, Dinsmore & Stohl LLP
June Sanders, Indiana Farm Bureau
 Pete Schroeder, Norris Choplin Schroeder, LLP
 Terri Todd, Teresa L. Todd Law Office
John Trimble, Lewis Wagner, LLP
 

Seminar Agenda
 

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. 
Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements
Lee C. Christie, Christie Farrell Lee & Bell

8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.     
Pete Schroeder, Norris Choplin Schroeder, LLP and  Lynn Gray, Johnson Gray & Johnson
Lead Panel Discussion on:
•    Mediator’s Engagement Letter & Fees
•    Disclosure of Conflicts
•    Getting the necessary parties to mediation
•    Confidential Statements
•    Understanding vs. Acceptance
•    Establishing Relationships
•    Liens
 

9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. 
Sam Ardery, Bunger & Robertson and Terri Todd, Teresa L. Todd Law Office
Lead Panel Discussion on:
•    Flaws in our Thinking
•    Initial Demands
•    Joint Sessions
•    Opening Statements
•    Repairing the Damage Caused by a Party
•    Pre-suit Mediation
•    Advocate vs. Mediator (skills & roles)

10:15 a.m. -10:30 am. 
Rob Doyle, Due Doyle Fanning & Alderfer, LLP
Mediating Work Comp Cases

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break

10:45 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Judge Brookman, United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Evansville Division
Federal Court Settlement Conferences

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Sam Ardery, Bunger & Robertson
Lessons Learned from “Positively Conflicted”
•    The Storm Inside
•    Fear & Power
•    Engaging with Conflict
•    Embracing the Discomfort
•    Listening Radically
•    Addiction and Mental Health

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Lunch Break

12:45 p.m. – 1:15 pm   
June Sanders, Indiana Farm Bureau
Mediation from the Insurance Perspective

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.    
Caroline Gilchrist, The Mediation Group
•    Special Concerns Mediating Medical Malpractice Cases
•    Rethinking Joint Sessions and Opening Statements
•    More Than a Water Carrier
 

1:45 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.    
Ross Rudolph, Dinsmore & Stohl LLP
Mediation Case Law Update

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.    
John Trimble, Lewis Wagner, LLP
•    Implicit Bias & its Impact on the Mediation Process
•    Cultural Differences Affecting Mediation
•    Dealing with Pessimism in the Process

3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.   
Break

3:15 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. 
Terri Todd, Teresa L. Todd Law Office and Lynn Gray, Johnson Gray & Johnson and Ross Rudolph, Dinsmore & Stohl LLP
•    Settlement Negotiating Techniques
•    Risk Analysis
•    Getting Past Impasses
•    Closing the Deal
•    Confidentiality in the Mediation Process
 

Lee is a part­ner with Christie Farrell Lee & Bell, and is a life­long Indi­ana res­i­dent. He is pas­sion­ate in rep­re­sen­ta­tion, and takes pride in the relationships he devel­ops with his clients. He has exten­sive trial expe­ri­ence in both fed­eral and state court, and is a fre­quent lec­turer on trial, medi­a­tion, per­sonal injury, med­ical mal­prac­tice, truck­ing acci­dents, and set­tle­ment issues. Lee has represented thousands of clients who have been injured and has obtained settlements and verdicts as high as $30.5M.  Lee is highly civically engaged  with several Indiana organizations, including the Walker Foundation (founding board member and officer) and Indianapolis Bar Foundation (board member and officer), and is a patron of the YMCA.  He is past president of the Lawrence Township Girls Basketball League and continues to work with youth in the inner city of Indianapolis.

Online Via Zoom
Zoom link and seminar materials will be sent in a separate email the week of the seminar. 

Written cancellation postmarked two weeks prior to the seminar will be refunded, less a $50 administrative fee, as a credit toward another ITLA seminar, good for one year. If notice of cancellation is received after that date, the administrative fee increases to $100. Full refunds will not be given, but upon request we will send you the materials distributed at the seminar.