Mediation Presentation

Francis McGovern

Professor of Law, Duke UniversityJoshua Gordon

Senior Associate, CBI

Juneau, AlaskaJuly 2008

Negotiation

Litigation

Mediation

Problem-Solving Paradigm

Problem-Solving Paradigm

Problem-Solving Paradigm

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Consensus-Building Model

Consensus-Building Model

Strategy Paradigm

HOW to get from HERE to THERE in TIME with the available RESOURCES

Civil Litigation

Standard Mediation Model

Parties Litigants

Issues Pleadings

Information Discovery

Procedure JointSeparate

Mediation Variables

• Mediation Paradigm– Consensus building

– Problem solving

• Mediation Process– Parties

– Issues

– Information

– Procedure

Mediation Variables

• Mediation Style– Facilitative/elective

– Evaluative/directive

– Empathetic

– Assertive

• Persuasion

• Economic– Interests and relative values

– Joint gains

– Differences orientation

Mediation Variables

Gains to Party B

Gains toParty A

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Mediation Variables

• Psychological/Cultural– Tendencies

– Communication

• Bargaining– Strategic opportunistic

– Deliberative

– Narrative

Mediation Variables

• Institutional– Incentives

• Rhetorical– Ethos

– Pathos

– Logos

Zone of Agreement

Reverse Induction

Reverse Induction

Dialectic

ANTITHESISTHESIS

SYNTHESIS

Mediation

Option 1

A

B

Zone ofAgreement

Option 2

Option 1

Option 2

Mediation

AOption 1

BOption 1

Zone ofAgreement

Option 2

Option 2

Mediation

A

B

Option 1

Option 1

Option 2Zone of

Agreement

Option 2

Mediation – Dialectic

Option 1

A

B

Option 2

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Zone ofAgreement

Option 3

Mediation – Dialectic

Option 1

A Option 3

Option 3B

Option 2

Option 1

Zone ofAgreement

Option 2

Mediation Strategy –Reverse Induction/Dialectic

Option 1

A Option 3

Option 3B

Option 2

Option 1

Zone ofAgreement

Option 2

Mediation Strategy

• Understand parties’ strategies

• Determine any possible zones of agreement

• Develop possible zones of agreement

• Develop a path to a zone of agreement

• Utilize mediation variables

• Update path as developments occur

Decisions

Problem

Process

Enterprise Narrative

Defining the Problem

Defining the Problem

Statute

Defining the Problem

Ownership, Tariff, and Tax

Defining the Problem

Entire State

Defining the Process

Defining the Process

Negotiation

Defining the Process

Litigation

Defining the Process

Mediation

Decision Tree

Complex Decision Tree

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Defining the Enterprise Narrative

Defining the Enterprise Narrative

Chess

Defining the Enterprise Narrative

Chicken

Defining the Enterprise Narrative

War

Defining the Enterprise Narrative

Value Creation

Snake River Basin AdjudicationSnake River Basin AdjudicationSnake River Basin Adjudication

• Parties• Issues• Procedures• Information

Strategic Mediation

Parties

US Department Of JusticeNez Perce Tribal Executive CommitteeNative American Rights FundBogus Basin Recreation AssociationLake Reservoir CompanyLittle Salmon Water UsersNewfoundland PartnersPayette River Water UsersPioneer Irrigation DistrictSettlers Irrigation DistrictSinclair Oil CorporationThousand Springs RanchState of IdahoBlack Canyon Irrigation DistrictPotlatch Corporation

Parties

Idaho Power CompanyAmalgamated Sugar CompanyBasic American Inc.Eastern Western CorporationKonkolville Lumber CompanyLamb-WestonLewiston Orchards IrrigationOre-Ida Foods, Inc.Port of LewistonRiverside Independent WaterShearer Lumber ProductsWeyerhaeuserCity of AshtonCity of BlissCity of Bovill

Parties

City of BuhlCity of BurleyCity of CascadeCity of ChallisCity of ChubbuckCity of CottonwoodCity of CouncilCity of CuldesacCity of DearyCity of DecloCity of DonnellyCity of EdenCity of Elk RiverCity of Emmett

Parties

City of FairfieldCity of FruitlandGarden CityCity of Glenns FerryCity of GrandviewCity of GrangevilleCity of HaileyCity of HeyburnCity of InkomCity of JuliaettaCity of KamiahCity of KendrickCity of KooskiaCity of KunaCity of Lapwai

Parties

City of LewistonCity of MackayCity of MeridianCity of MiddletonCity of MniidokaCity of Mountain HomeCity of Mud LakeCity of NampaCity of New Plymouth City of Nez PerceCity of OakleyCity of OrofinoCity of ParmaCity of PaulCity of Payette

Parties

City of PeckCity of PierceCity of PocatelloCity of Rigby City of RirieCity of RobertsCity of RupertSugar CityCity of SalmonCity of St. AnthonyCity of StitesCity of TroyCity of UconCity of Weiser

Parties

Allen Noble Farms, Inc.Allen T. NobleJeff BlanksmaC & T RanchesCottonwood Canal CompanyFarm Development CorporationGrindstone Butte Mutual Canal co.G. Patrick MorrisNampa & Meridian Irrigation DistrictSailor Creek Water CompanyWest End ProjectHecla Mining CompanyBoise Cascade CorporationA & B Irrigation DistrictAberdeen-Springfield Canal Co.

Parties

Burley Irrigation DistrictFalls Irrigation DistrictMilner Irrigation DistrictWin Falls Canal CompanyFarmers Co-op Ditch Company, Ltd.Burgess Canal & IrrigationEgen Bench Canal, Inc.Enterprise Irrigation DistrictIdaho Irrigation DistrictNew Sweden Irrigation DistrictNorth Fremont Canal & IrrigationPeoples Canal & IrrigationProgressive Irrigation DistrictSnake River Valley Irrigation Minidoka Irrigation District

Parties

JR Simplot CompanyAgland, Inc.Agwild, Inc.Bar-U-Inc.Buck Creek Ranch, Inc.Glen Dale Farms. Inc.ML Investment CompanyPotato Storage, Inc.Simplot Cattle CompanySimplot Dairy Products, Inc.Simplot Meat Products, Inc.SSI Food Services, Inc.SSI Foods, Inc.Sunnyslope OrchardsTM Ranch Company

Parties

Big Bend Irrigation DistrictBoise-Kuna Irrigation DistrictCity of KetchumNew York Irrigation DistrictWilder Irrigation DistrictSunnyside Ditch CompanyWeisner Irrigation DistrictShoshone-Bannock Tribes

Other Potential Participants

State of WashingtonState of OregonState of MontanaBonneville Power AdministrationNorthwest Power Planning CouncilUmatilla TribeWarm Springs TribeYakima TribePacific Advocacy CenterLand and Water Fund of the RockiesAmerican RiversSierra ClubWWFInstitute for Fisheries ResourcesNMFSCOE

Other Potential Participants

BORBIABLMFWSFERCDOEDOA

Snake River Basin Adjudication Issues

Fact Law

Salmon Recovery Treaty ReserveWater Right

ISSUES

Other Idaho Specific Issues

Water Rights

Fact Law

Water Volume Snake River Basin Adjudication- Passage FERC License- Spawning Water Markets- Rearing State Water Statute- Maintenance - In-stream- Time - Pumping- Location - Future rights

Other Idaho Specific Issues

Water Rights

Fact Law

Water QualityChannel MaintenanceSurface Water RightsAquifer pumping rightsAquifer rechargeAccess to existing facilitiesConservationFlood Control

Other Idaho Specific Issues

Endangered Species

Fact Law

Water Volume Habitat Conservation PlanWater Temperature Water RightsOther Water Quality Water Quality StandardsWater Passage - TMDL

- Diversions - NPDES- Culverts ESA

Recreation Practices - Sec. 7Mining Practices - Sec. 4(d)Timber Practices Species Harvest RulesAgricultural PracticesHatcheries

Other Idaho Specific Issues

Water Quality

Fact Law

Volume Water RightsTemperature Water Quality StandardsGas - TMDLPollutants - NPDES

- Phosphorus Habitat Conservation Plan- Pesticides FERC License

Sediment Water MarketOther Chemicals Pollutant MarketForestry PracticesAgriculture PracticesMining Practices

Other Idaho Specific Issues

Water Quality

Fact Law

Recreations- Jet boats- Rafters- Fishers

Aquatic HabitatDiversionsAquifer Recharge

Other Idaho Specific Issues

Funding & Management

Fact LawWater Quality State EPA

- Wetlands Federal:- Riparian Buffers BPA- Diversion Removal BOR- Culvert Replacement COE- Irrigation Efficiency CREP- Land Acquisition Private:

Water Volume IPC- In-stream flow purchase Green Power

Irrigation Efficiency Water MarketWater ConservationHatcheriesEnforcementMitigation

Non-Idaho Specific Issues

Fact Law

4 Lower Snake DamsJohn Day ReservoirCommercial Fishing (non-Idaho)Recreational Fishing (non-Idaho)Pacific Ocean ConditionsFish Friendly TurbinesBarging and Other TransportationOther Columbia River Basin Issues

Other Treaty Rights

Procedure

Preliminary DiscussionsJoint Session/PresentationsPrivate CaucusMediator’s Techniques/Style

QuestioningSuggestionsEducatingProposing SolutionsEvaluating Claims“Agree to Disagree”“Brainstorming”

Procedure

Mediator’s Techniques/Style (cont’d)“Decision Trees”

Expand ResourcesOne-TextConditional OfferTwo-Step OfferMediator-proposed Settlement

Settlement Agreement

Information

Water RightsEndangered SpeciesWater QualityFunding and Management