Reviews
Don recently partnered with Martindale-Hubbell’s® new Client Review service to collect anonymous feedback through a quick and simple online survey. Although the survey asks for identifying information, Martindale-Hubbell keeps this information completely confidential. To see these Client Reviews and the AV™ Peer Review rating assigned by Martindale-Hubbell as a result of its canvas, click here. These Martindale-Hubbell Client Reviews are included with feedback from other anonymous sources below.
- “Great “out of the box” thinking.” — Enterprise Party
- “Don is a fabulous mediator.” – Law Firm
- “Don is a gifted presenter and mediator.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Great job again!” – Law Firm
- “A Siskel and Ebert 4 star review!” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Don stepped in to mediate a case with interesting legal issues and emotionally charged parties. He did a great job realistically evaluating the potential legal outcomes from both perspectives. In a single session with Don, we were able to reach a settlement agreement that included a novel, non-financial element neither party had previously considered. It was a creative solution that enabled the parties to resolve their differences without further litigation.” – Large Law Firm
- “One of the best lectures using humor and factual information I’ve ever attended.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Mr. Philbin is skilled, conscientious, and responsive. I highly recommend his services.” – Law Firm
- “Best and most entertaining statistical analysis I’ve ever seen.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Don successfully settled a complex partnership dispute after 18 hours of mediation. He did an exceptional job of building rapport with emotional parties and he kept everyone at the table until a compromise could be reached.” – Large Law Firm
- “Well documented and smoothly presented.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Excellent job by Don as always!” – Law Firm
- “Have him again!” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Mr. Philbin was exceptional and professional in dealing with this mess. Thank you!” – Law Firm
- “Great job – great info and presentation.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Don is a great mediator.” – Law Firm
- “Don was able to really understand a very complex business “divorce” and help the parties dissolve a 14 year business relationship. He kept pushing the parties toward resolution and was able to obtain a great result for my client.” — Law Firm
- “He was superb and info excellent. He knows his stuff.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Don Philbin was very effective” – Law Firm
- “Original” “Interesting stuff.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Great and clear approach to resolution.” – Law Firm
- “We invite you to read the Harvard Negotiation Law Review lead article entitled “Decisional Errors – On the Field, On the Bench, In Negotiations” written by Don Philbin. Anything Don writes is worth reading.” – ADR Blog
- “Great. Entertaining and informative!” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Excellent speaker.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Great slides, good materials, great presentation.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Kept us going after lunch! Deal or no deal metaphor and show was brilliant! Of course a wonderful presentation with engaging visual aids.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Have him again!” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Impressive; insightful; good speaker.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Really excellent presentation.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Outstanding presentation. Lots of useful information provided in an entertaining package.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Don always is entertaining while informing.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Thought provoking.” – Advanced Training Participant
Mediation
- “Don is a fabulous mediator.” – Law Firm
- “Mr. Philbin was exceptional and professional in dealing with this mess. Thank you!” – Law Firm
- “Don stepped in to mediate a case with interesting legal issues and emotionally charged parties. He did a great job realistically evaluating the potential legal outcomes from both perspectives. In a single session with Don, we were able to reach a settlement agreement that included a novel, non-financial element neither party had previously considered. It was a creative solution that enabled the parties to resolve their differences without further litigation.” Large Law Firm
- “Mr. Philbin is skilled, conscientious, and responsive. I highly recommend his services.” – Law Firm
- “Don successfully settled a complex partnership dispute after 18 hours of mediation. He did an exceptional job of building rapport with emotional parties and he kept everyone at the table until a compromise could be reached.” – Large Law Firm
- “Don is a great mediator.” – Law Firm
- “Don was able to really understand a very complex business “divorce” and help the parties dissolve a 14 year business relationship. He kept pushing the parties toward resolution and was able to obtain a great result for my client.” — Law Firm
- “Don is a great mediator.” – Law Firm
- “Don Philbin was very effective” – Law Firm
- “Great job again!” – Law Firm
- “Mr. Philbin was exceptional and professional in dealing with this mess. Thank you!” – Law Firm
- “Don is a fabulous mediator.” – Law Firm
- “Excellent job by Don as always!” – Law Firm
- “Great and clear approach to resolution.” – Law Firm
- “Don is a gifted presenter and mediator.”
Teaching
- “We invite you to read the Harvard Negotiation Law Review lead article entitled “Decisional Errors – On the Field, On the Bench, In Negotiations” written by Don Philbin. Anything Don writes is worth reading.”
- “Best and most entertaining statistical analysis I’ve ever seen.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “A Siskel and Ebert 4 star review!” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Don is a gifted presenter and mediator.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Great. Entertaining and informative!” – Advanced Training Participant
- “One of the best lectures using humor and factual information I’ve ever attended.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Excellent speaker.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Original” “Interesting stuff.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “He was superb and info excellent. He knows his stuff.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Great job – great info and presentation.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Great slides, good materials, great presentation.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Kept us going after lunch! Deal or no deal metaphor and show was brilliant! Of course a wonderful presentation with engaging visual aids.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Have him again!” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Impressive; insightful; good speaker.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Well documented and smoothly presented.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Really excellent presentation.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Outstanding presentation. Lots of useful information provided in an entertaining package.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Don always is entertaining while informing.” – Advanced Training Participant
- “Thought provoking.” – Advanced Training Participant










