Best Lawyers in America® Names Don Philbin 2014 Mediation Lawyer of the Year
August 21, 2013

Attorney-Mediator Don Philbin was recently selected as 2014 "Lawyer of the Year" for Mediation in the San Antonio area. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130820/PH66194-a) (Logo:http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130820/PH66194LOGO-b) Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received...

Empowering the Growth of International ADR: Cries for Change
July 18, 2013

Part 1 of this post touched on rumblings for more transparency in arbitration. But there is more than the distant sound of thunder, and it’s coming closer. As arbitration and mediation are both highly competitive and fragmented fields, it is hard for providers to act collectively. Yet they must. The only forums where arbitration organizations come together at an international level conferences of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) and the International...

Part Two: Preparing for the 2011 Fortune 1,000 Survey of Corporate Counsel
May 1, 2013

As alternative dispute resolution quietly integrated into conflict resolution practices previously dominated by litigation,...

2011-12 U.S. Legislation on Arbitration and Mediation
January 28, 2013

2011-12 U.S. Legislation on Arbitration and Mediation http://www.karlbayer.com/blog/2011-12-u-s-legislation-on-arbitration-and-mediation/