James Alfini shares an account of when he was able to give someone voice in a situation where there was a power imbalance. It involved a female vs corporate heavyweights. He was successful in giving her voice. He talks about the power of her voice and how once she told her story how strongly it affected the other side.
The plaintiff side ran a very, very narrow and technical legal argument. They argued that a court would never - read my lips - ever - find that the plaintiff...
By Geoff SharpMalibu, California – January 23, 2006 – Pepperdine University has named Thomas Stipanowich as academic director and Peter Robinson as managing director of the School of Law’s Straus Institute for...
By Peter Robinson, Tom StipanowichThe Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"),[1] was the first civil rights statute to explicitly encourage the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") in the settlement of disputes arising under...
By Judith Cohen