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.
Committees
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?”
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.
Time and timing permeate all aspects of the mediation process, including:
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.
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
The Mediation Committee continues to make things happen, notwithstanding the pandemic.
Education
The Mediation Committee has been working nonstop since our last newsletter.
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.
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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