12 2 21 Adr Presentation Rotary

Alternative Dispute ResolutionADR

February 21 ,2012

Rotary International – Parole, Maryland

Judge Arthur M. Monty Ahalt (Ret.)

What is Alternative Dispute Resolution ?

• But First a Little History

• Where did disputes come from?

• Methods of Resolving Conflict

– Force- War

– Negotiation

– Moses

– Authority

• 50 Years of Alternative Dispute Resolution

– 20th to 21st Century

Court

Lawyer’s Office

Dispute Birthed - 2 or more parties

Traditional Peer Resolution Family - Church - School - Customer Service

Claims Recognition

Claims Negotiation

Dispute Resolution Universe

Impact of Legislation

• Uniform Arbitration Act

• Federal Arbitration Act

• Commercial Abuse

Methods

• Mediation – Facilitative

• Mediation – Evaluative

• Mediation – Transformative

• Settlement Conference Facilitation

• Neutral Case Evaluation

• Arbitration

• At least 20 more – see ADR Tool Box Decision Tree

Online Dispute Resolution The VirtualCourthouse Way

• Introduction

• New Case

• Online Cases

• Offline Cases

• Messages

• Meetings

• My Account

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Introduction

Confidential and Privileged VirtualCourthouse LLC 2012©

New Case

Confidential and Privileged VirtualCourthouse LLC 2012©

Online Cases

Confidential and Privileged VirtualCourthouse LLC 2012©

Off Line Cases

Confidential and Privileged VirtualCourthouse LLC 2012©

Messages

Confidential and Privileged VirtualCourthouse LLC 2012©

Meetings

Confidential and Privileged VirtualCourthouse LLC 2012©

My Account

Confidential and Privileged VirtualCourthouse LLC 2012©

Success• Vision

• Strategy

• Enthusiasm

• Work

My Time Is Up !!

I Thank You For Yours