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Post date: Monday, March 21, 2022

Just when we thought we were in the clear from this COVID thing, we have been experiencing another not-so-small blip; however, this go-around there has not been a shutdown (yet). Even with the stops and starts, our Mediation Committee remained active. We have increased our committee membership and participation in committee leadership.

Post date: Monday, March 21, 2022
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Morris S. “Mo” Bauer

In late 2020, I received a letter from the judge who presides over the New Jersey Bankruptcy Court’s mediation program inquiring as to whether I satisfied New Jersey’s annual mediation skills requirements. I immediately asked myself, “What requirements?”

Post date: Thursday, October 07, 2021

A little wheel is spinning on this exiting-the-pandemic thing. Many stops and starts. In person vs. Zoom. However, our committee will continue to plow forward with mediating in challenging times. Bankruptcy and mediation are continually changing, and our committee adapts accordingly with insightful programs, best practices and information.

Post date: Thursday, October 07, 2021
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Sylvia A. Mayer

Time and timing permeate all aspects of the mediation process, including:

Post date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Hon. Louis H. Kornreich

The Bankruptcy Code directs the trustee in “Subchapter V” small business debtor cases to “facilitate a consensual plan of reorganization.”[1] Earlier this year, the ABI Mediation and Reorganization Committees invited their members to participate in a survey to assess how this mandate has been implemented in practice.

Post date: Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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Hon. Louis H. Kornreich

As we exit the pandemic to a new beginning with soon-to-be-“in-person” events, the Mediation Committee is on a mission to join in on the happenings.

Wanted: Mediation Committee Leaders

Post date: Monday, March 01, 2021

The Mediation Committee continues to make things happen, notwithstanding the pandemic.

Education

Post date: Tuesday, December 01, 2020

The Mediation Committee has been working nonstop since our last newsletter.

Post date: Wednesday, November 04, 2020

In January 1918, a soldier stationed at Fort Riley, Kan., reported to the base hospital suffering from flu-like symptoms: a sore throat, fever and chest pain. By lunchtime that day, more than 100 soldiers had come down with the same mysterious malady. This was the beginning of the influenza pandemic that struck the U.S., and later the world, a century ago.

Post date: Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Notwithstanding the pandemic and to no surprise, the mediation committee has been active this summer. Kudos to our past and present committee leaders who are vested in building our membership and driving the practice benefits of an educated mediation process.

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Consumer Mortgage Modification Mediation: A Florida Success Story

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Mr. Ian Connor Bifferato
Co-Chair
The Bifferato Firm
Wilmington, DE
(302) 225-7600

Mr. Edward L. Schnitzer
Co-Chair
Womble Bond Dickinson
New York, NY
(332) 258-8495

Mr. Morris S. Bauer
Communications Manager
Duane Morris LLP
Newark, NJ
(973) 424-2037

Mrs. Emily S. Wall
Communications Manager
Cavazos Hendricks Poirot, PC
Dallas, TX
(214) 573-7307

Ms. Sylvia Ann Mayer
Education Director
S Mayer Law
Houston, TX
(713) 893-0339

Mr. Stephen W. Sather
Education Director
Barron & Newburger
Austin, TX
(512) 649-3243

Ms. Annmarie Chiarello
Membership Relations Director
Winstead PC
Dallas, TX
(214) 745-5410

Mr. Michael Kevin McCarrell, Esq.
Membership Relations Director
Fox Rothschild LLP
Mount Pleasant, SC
(864) 751-7652

Mrs. Kara E. Casteel
Newsletter Editor
ASK LLP
Saint Paul, MN
(651) 289-3846

Mr. Joseph Orbach
Newsletter Editor
Thompson Coburn LLP
New York, NY
(212) 478-7200

Mr. Michael John Riela
Newsletter Editor
Genworth Financial
Stamford, CT
(203) 708-3366

Mr. Francis A. Monaco, Jr.
Special Projects Leader
Monaco Mediation
Wilmington, MD
(302) 690-0757

Hon. Christopher S. Sontchi
Special Projects Leader
Sontchi, LLC
Wilmington, DE
(302) 252-2888

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