WSBA Alternative Dispute Resolution
Promoting Informed Use and Best Practices for ADR in Washington
The network of dispute resolution professionals hosted by the Washington State Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
Lawyers are, at least in large part, problem solvers. As litigators we deal with vibrant conflict, disputants who want to resolve their differences ... or not. As transactional lawyers we deal with the possibility for conflict in the future and…
ContinuePosted by John Shaffer on July 8, 2011 at 4:30pm
It’s an issue every family law attorney and mediator has seen: one spouse owns a separate property house, but sometime during the marriage the couple refinances and in their pile of closing papers is a quitclaim deed that transfers title to the…
ContinuePosted by Web Admin on April 29, 2011 at 12:30pm
Billions of dollars are traded by millions of people in the securities industry each year, and each year there are winners and losers. Unfortunately, in recent years there have been infinitely more losers than winners. The inevitable disputes…
ContinuePosted by Web Admin on April 29, 2011 at 12:00pm
The Uniform Collaborative Law Act, adopted unanimously by the Uniform Law Commission, was poised for consideration by the ABA House of Delegates at its February 2010 meeting. It was withdrawn however, due to some opposition. In Washington,…
ContinuePosted by Web Admin on April 29, 2011 at 12:00pm
The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009 is pending in both the Senate and the House. S931 is in the Senate Judiciary Committee and HR1020 is pending in the Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee of the House Committee on the…
ContinuePosted by Web Admin on April 29, 2011 at 12:00pm
Welcome to the WSBA ADR Section's website and to your ADR network! This is a valuable resource, not just for members of the Section, but for anyone interested in dispute resolution.
It's a place where anyone can learn more about dispute resolution options. Then you can search for a dispute resolution professional, review the profiles of any member and find a professional that you'd like to work with.
It's a place where professionals can come together as colleagues to share ideas and information. Sign-up here on the network, take a look around and see the value in it for you and your practice. Add your voice to the discussions in the members' Forum. Join a group. Participate in the events. Read the newsletters. Learn more about how to use this network. Visit your colleagues' member pages. And be sure to tell us all about yourself in your own profile page. Participate and be a contributor.
This website is also the tool by which the section's committee members communicate with each other and do the work of the section. Everyone else in the section can stay on top of what's going on - seeing what's happening in the various committees and joining in on their work.
ADR Section members do have exclusive resources available only to them. If you're a dispute resolution professional - a lawyer, a mediator, an arbitrator, or something else - join the section if you haven't already and become a member.
This website will be constantly changing as we continue to grow and as we all add content, upload resources, and become active in the discussions. The more it's used the more valuable it will be.
So come on in, take a look around, and make yourself at home.

Jeff Bean commented on Jeff Bean's page 'John Medina: What Mediators Can Learn from the Brain Science of Grief Counseling'
Jeff Bean commented on Jeff Bean's page 'Neil Denny: Grudgeology - The Art of Holding a Grudge'
Judy Brodkey posted an event
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Jeff Bean updated an event
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Donna Lurie joined Paul W. McVicker's groupAfter a hiatus of several years, the ADR Section is once again funding a summer Research Scholarship, this time for the summer of 2012.The scholarship was authorized to provide academic research and preparation of a written report regarding…Continue
Tags: Act, Scholarship, Fairness, Foreclosure, Committee
Started by Jeff Bean May 20.
Interested in the ADR Section's Early Dispute Resolution Task Force? Drop a comment below or contact Paul McVicker, Legislative Committee Chair. We may be creating a more…Continue
Tags: Resolution, Dispute, Early
Started by Jeff Bean May 5.
The King County Superior Court Clerk's Office has circulated proposed amendments to LMAR 3.2 and 6.2. The change to 3.2 strikes the provision for award of attorney's fees (except as sanctions for failing to obey an order), but leaves in the…Continue
Tags: Rules, LMAR, attorney fees, County, King
Started by Melvyn Jay Simburg. Last reply by Melvyn Jay Simburg Mar 26.
We are excited to announce the forming of the Academy of Professional Family Mediators - a new international organization. The Academy of Professional Family Mediators is seeking founding members. I am on the board of APFM, along with a dozen other…Continue
Tags: Mediators, Family, Professional, of, Academy
Started by Mark Baumann Apr 9.
It has always seemed strange to me that while we talk about "the spirit of the law" I've never really been able to pin down in my own mind just what that might be. Is fairness spirit? Justice? Due process? How about competitive instincts? A win or…Continue
Tags: Healthy, Lawyering, Attitude, Law, of
Started by John Shaffer Jul 8, 2011.
Focus/Listening Groups ProjectFor the last two years the WSBA ADR Section, together with the KCBA Collaborative Law and Dispute Resolution Sections, has been convening focus/listening groups of lawyers, mediators and other ADR practitioners. These…Continue
Tags: Listening, KCBA, Groups, Focus
Started by WSBA ADR Apr 28, 2011.
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