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    rr queerron of cxpeelauorl. Wlrar dorlrore people errrrrlrrg ra rlur rrrerlrarrrrrrreally erpeer .rrrd is lr realrrrla Arrrllrrrpelrrlly, rlrere are Serrre grrrrel lawyerrwho .rre rerrrererrrlrrg rlrrrre peoplewlrrr rrlle .rlrerrr erpeerrrrrrrro rrrrrl lowerpeoplek erepeerrrrrerre If rrrrr, ir errrlrup being rlre rnelllalor\ rolr ro play rherule ro dlscllss Cxpc¢l;\liun\,.Al\r|a|nl1grhe process, ur prepare people wlrar`sgoing ru happen rrexr. So rlrar peoplellou \\irl-r rhe proeess,MCGOWAN: You should have rl wmelrulfway into rlre proeesr uhelher aparrieular party rep rs cllled in lu theeeue and rlae i\>ue\ upon which scllle-rrrerrr rr likely rn rrrrn, Arrrl ir`5 rreurrllyrwo or rlrree. les usually nor lhal hard.Errerr rrr .r rrrrrrpler elle lr rrrlrerllyeunle\ down ro a low doculnellll anda Few erue< and ll few l>>uu> And lr\your lob ro pick rlrrouglr rlre hayrraekand llncl lhose rreeellel. Arrrl il' yourserrre rs rlre elrerrr lr really rrrrr errplrrerlcaxcd or lhey may he sophlrrlcaredbum lhelr lawyer hasrfr really ralkedmuch alrour rhoee iwre\, you aslc rhelawyer p:>lr\[b|. rr rlrerleerrrrrrr rr .lererrrrrrreel re be arlrlrraryarrrl reprrerorrr lr re rr rrerrr elllllerrlr~rrrrrlrrrl_ If rrr rr arsrrerllry prrlrey, lrrreerrrrple, .rrrrl rlre plrrrrrrrfl really errrrrrr lrrrreer rrrrrle, lrar reeerrerl ellulrrlrryrerr _r errrrrrle of verrr. rrrel all of r yrrrleden rlre rlrr.rerllr,» errrrrer rarer, wrrrrlerrrrrrr rrlrare rlrrrrle yrrrr errrr err lrrelrrr rmrle." ,err lrrrre rr ulffrerrlr _rrrrlerrrerrerrerl case rrr rrrerlrrre. we lore rebe ryrrrprrrlrerre rrrrl errrprrlrerre. lrrrr we,rlre lrrrre rr, lrrrrrw rlre law. lrrrr errerr l

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    now, an increase in lirigariou in resi-deniinl and eommereial eonsrrucrioneases. lease dispuies, conrracr dispuresrelared ru rhe consrruerion indusiry,And Mel is ahsolurely righr. ThoseCmes need ro be rneoisreei early beforethe cosrs and expenses get ro rhe poinrwbere you enn‘r settle rlie case. nur irrhen becomes ineunibenr on rhe medi-aror ro bc erearive because we don'rhave all rhe numbers. We don'r haverhar level of prepararion rhar we'd alllove ro see in a ease before we mediareir, And ir takes ereariviry ro convincerhe parries ro .xeeepr some .iddinonalrisk, as opposed io aeeepring addi-rronal expense in rhe developnreni ofthe litigation.MORGAN: Ynu`re abvolurely rigl-ir.I rbink youre also going ro see rnorebiisiiiesi-ro-business disputes. Texasexpeiienreii rbe savings and loans cri-sis and we gbr rn iieai wirh Resnlurirrn'liusr Corprrrnrinn. We gor ro rieaiwith the FDIC. A lor of our media-rion inirially was our ol bankruptcyeourr. We did dispures involving someofrhe seeuiirizarion of morrgage debr,I ihink wc’re going ro see .1 rise inborli eommereial and residenrial realestate eases ar rhe same lime. Thereare several state programs, ineludinga new prograrn in New Jersey, ro dumediation uf homeowner foreclosuredispures Bur on rhe eommereial side,I rbink were going ro see the govern-nienr haek inro the fray, and welregoing rn be dealing with rbe~e govern-nrenr ennriee llvhe biggesr problem

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    we had during rbe no big eronnrniedownturn was getting rhe rigbr personfrom rhe RTC to cnme rn rhe media-rion. Somebody from Washingron hadro help us figure our how we are goingro resolve the dispure when thcrels mil-lions ol dollars involved rhar nnpaerall rhese dilferenr layeis of people. lrlsgoing ro pereolare through the sysreni.I ins: don`i know when ir`s going rohappen, bur ir`s going ro happen.SOUSSAN: llve already had several

    a lender, a developer, a mnrrgagebroker and a title company. `l`he our-of-srare lender gives money ro a devel-oper who finds a srraw buyer andrakes him io rhe mongage broker, Thedeveloper and niorrgage broker arein sal-ioors wirh [lie mortgage brokergiving kickbaeks ro rhe developer.Then the buyer debaulrs, of eourseand the developer vanishes wirh all ofthe money, Our-of-srare lender rhensues the rirle eompany, the only deeppoeker, elainiing irs Closer did nur seerhar rhe rransacrinn between rhe devel-oper, inorrgage broker and buyer aidnor pass rhe smell resr, Very diFl`ieulrcases because niosr of rhe players arein iail.MCARTHUR: A lm of [har was neweonsrruerion ai rhe marker eniry level,so you also have in rhe middle ofrhaiai bankrupr builder and a house wirhronsrrnerion or foundarion issues. Thehomeowner has very lirrle reeoursebecause rhere are no resourees ro senilerhe cave,

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    have been the leaders in the wholemediation process, and they`ve takenit a long way. So that's good,MCARTHUR: Even thc internationaleornmtmity is now looking to theU.§. and our mediation and arbitra-tion processes, as their legal systemsdevelop and liecorne rnore like ours.I’ye had inquiries from the interna-tional tnrnrnnnity ahout hnw eltr ynngo ahtnit elning this. what are theethical rules, how do you deal withtnnntientinlity,NEVITT: lnteternrtg. 0/my we haveufmuz ten mrnrlrer [qi And I itwlr rn/and nfda 11 eqvsm/ ball quesiznn fmtu/rtuyau/rrresee med:/rznzn _grnrwrrg mmnr /my r//fer trend; 1/rar are _grrng rr /rrearning up rn /he new /more wh/rr wehar/1-ni lrurb/-tl un.MORGAN: This financial situation isgoing io impact what we do. We willsee more coniniercrttl cases. I, like Mel,hope that we see them earlier, ratherthan later. because I think there’> anopportunity to help the parties crafta resulutitm early without so rntith ofthe expense involved. Litigation hud-gets are decreasing as organizationsand companies ofall types are tighten-

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    ing their heirs. Nlecliation and arlntra-tion will provide attnrneys` clients withthe most cost-effective way to resolvetheir disputes early, ln Austin reeently,there was a conference and one of thethings they tallted about was "deal"mediation, And I do think that there itsome opportunity for some deal nieelia~tion that is essentially workout rnedIa»tion. I anticipate we will start doingsome of that financial reorganizationworkout mediation.W/OLOVITS: A trend can be for cor-porations or institutions to he risingmediators in a lot of different ways.Deal nietliation, where parties are tryeing to reach an agreement, and forsome reason, they iust ean’t reach thatagreement, tn hring in a ntetliator wht:is knowledgeable about the process ofbringing people together to consum»mate the deal, And employment cases,tliere’s a place for mediators early in theprocess, and corporations to facilltatcdisputes even ai the board levels of cor-portttiotis, tlitrt nrt opportunities formediators to be working with boardsto help resolve problems at the boardlevel. And so I think that in the future,torpurations and institutions will find

    that .ning rneeliattitr will cent themless, financially. emotionally, from asan opportunity etnt, anti rnetliarinnis more eilitient than ettntinning thetlispntet, en not getting retnlntittn nncertain disputes which are very itnnnretant to their institution.FITZENHAGEN; l think too, thereis going to he a trend to continueenhancing and standardizing mediatorcredentialing and standards of profes-\il>nalism.WOLOVITS: Tl-lat’s certainly true inTexas. Texas has the Texas MediationCredentialing Association. I ltnotvCecilia and I are distinguished rnedia-tors on that panel.MORGAN; It attually grew tint nf theTexas snnrenie ctnirt suggesting ina very positive way to the ntetliationcommunity that if we didn't policeourselves. they might police us, Andso the Ibxas Mediator CredentialingAssociation is alive and well and hasbeen publishing the list ofcredentialetlmediators now in the Bar iotirnal andin different publications over the lasttwo years.FITZENHAGEN: In Florida wcdon’t have guidelines but rather rules,hard and fast. The snprenie Court ofFlorida administers and oversees thenietliatnr certification process (in lieuor eretlentialirtgl enntinning eeltitaetion for certified mediators and adher»ence to a mediator code of ethics andprofessionalism. lclorida requires thatyou nieer specific certification ertreriabefore you may be referred any easesfrom the courts.WOLOVITS: 1 suppose nntsrhei trendis triediarnrs providing pro bono scr-yices to those people who in otir eco-nomic times won`t be able to affordlawyers, let alone mediators. And eer-tainly, I`n-i president ofthe AssociationAttorney Mediators here in Dallas, andwere intt tleyelnped a program alongwith the Dallas Volunteer AttorneyAssociation, \Ve"re going to providegtn htsnn services tn those people. AndI assume based upon the economics.that we're going to he used alot morethan we have before. So that's .i oneother trend.MCGOWAN: I don`t lsnow if lt's a

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