You can go your own way, go your own way. (Fleetwood Mac’s Go Your Own Way) (Written by Lindsey Buckingham) This is the last in the “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” nine-part series exploring dispute resolution for business divorces. After working through emotions, grief, and valuation, if unable to…
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Attorney with over 30 years of experience in courts nationwide. Arbitrator and mediator with over 10 years of experience as a neutral. As a National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals member and a TMCA Credentialed Distinguished Mediator, Sylvia Mayer has served as counsel or neutral in thousands of disputes spanning a breadth of industries and a wide variety of issues. She serves on several arbitration and mediation rosters for civil, commercial, consumer, energy, employment, and healthcare disputes. As a neutral, she has resolved disputes with damages ranging from several thousand dollars to multi-million and billion dollars. As an arbitrator, she has served as an emergency, chair, panel, and sole arbitrator. As a mediator, she has mediated two-party disputes and complex multi-party disputes. Sylvia is available to assist parties throughout the U.S. with online, in-person, and hybrid mediations and arbitrations.
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: Reunited and It Feels So Good (Part 8 of 9)
Reunited, and it feels so good Reunited ’cause we understood There’s one perfect fit And, sugar, this one is it We both are so excited ’cause we’re reunited. (Peaches and Herb’s Reunited) (Written by Dino Fekaris and Freddie Perren) This is the eighth in the “Breaking Up is Hard to…
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: Money, Money, Money (Part 7 of 9)
Money, money, money, must be funny in the rich man’s world. Money, money, money, always sunny in the rich man’s world. (ABBA’s Money, Money, Money) (Written by Benny Goran Bror Andersson and Bjoern K. Ulvaeus) This is the seventh in the “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” nine-part series exploring…
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: You Lost that Lovin’ Feelin’ (Part 6 of 9)
You lost that lovin’ feelin’ Whoa, that lovin’ feelin’ You’ve lost that lovin’ feelin’ Now it’s gone … gone … gone…woah. (The Righteous Brothers’ You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling’) (Written by Phil Spector, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil) This is the sixth in the “Breaking Up is Hard to Do”…
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: Hit Me With Your Best Shot (Part 5 of 9)
Hit me with your best shot, Why don’t you hit me with your best shot, Hit me with your best shot, Fire away. (Pat Benatar’s Hit Me With Your Best Shot) (Written by Eddie Schwartz) This is the fifth in the “Breaking Up is Hard to Do” nine-part series exploring…
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: I Heard It Through the Grapevine (Part 4 of 9)
Ooo I heard it through the grapevine Not much longer would you be mine Ooo I heard it through the grapevine And I’m just about to lose my mind. (Marvin Gaye’s I Heard It Through the Grapevine) (Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong) This is the fourth in the…
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: Choices (Part 3 of 9)
I’ve had choices, since the day that I was born There were voices that told me right from wrong If I had listened, I wouldn’t be here today Living and dying with the choices I made. (George Jones’ Choices) (Written by Billy Yates and Mike Curtis) This is the third…
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: Make a New Plan, Stan (Part 2 of 9)
You just slip out the back, Jack Make a new plan, Stan You don’t need to be coy, Roy Just get yourself free. (Paul Simon’s 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover) (Written by Paul Simon) This is the second in the “Breaking up is Hard to Do” nine-part series exploring…
ADR Insights on Business Divorces: Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Part 1 of 9)
They say that breaking up is hard to do. Now I know, I know that it is true. (Neil Sedaka’s Breaking Up is Hard to Do) (Written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield) Welcome to “Breaking up is Hard to Do.” This is the first in a nine-part series exploring…
Mediator Insights: The Give and Take of Mediation
Mediation is a give and take. It requires listening and sharing. It requires understanding wants and needs. To illustrate, let’s consider Karen Kaufman Orloff’s “I Wanna Iguana.” In this story, young Alex’s friend Mikey is moving away and cannot take his pet iguana with him. Alex really, really, really wants…