PALOS VERDES, CA – Giovanni M. Ruscitti presented at the Construction Super Conference, December 17, 2019. Ruscitti presented about customizing mediation techniques for complex construction disputes and avoiding the mediator shuffle.
Participants in large infrastructure projects are recognizing the benefits of individually tailored mediation procedures for appropriate disputes. The session focused on how sophisticated advocates and in-house counsel can work with experience mediators to resolved high dollar, multi-party, complex construction disputes.
Joining Ruscitti on stage:
(Moderator) Michale Marra, vice president construction division, American Arbitration Association
Robyn Miller, senior vice president and general counsel, CallisonRTKL Inc.
Ty Holt, managing principal, The Holt Group LLC
The attendees left the session with:
An understanding of how to use ex-parte sessions with the mediator in advance of the mediation conference to maximize chance of succes in the mediation process.
An understanding of how structured presentations iwth experts followed by informational questions and “hot tubbing” of experts can set the stage for resolution.
And an understanding of how to adapt innovative mediation approaches to parties locked into intransigent factual/legal positions through evaluation mediation in which the mediator reviews and evaluates technical and legal positions and issue a detailed settlement proposal.