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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