Late Spring 2021 we started a video podcast series with Tye Bourdony, a Florida primary mediation trainer and mediator in demand, bearing the title – “Mediating with or without lawyers”. In the video discussions Mac and I held together with Tye, based on ours and particularly Tye’s expertise, we showed examples of different cases how […]
Newsletter January 2022
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Houston Heights Mediation Center
Houston-area online mediators can get an extra 10% of their mediation-room bookings as part of their membership with InstantMediations.com. Register today for free with InstantMediations and get placed on the mediator directory map. Simply click “+” on the map to signup and get started. Inform the mediation center personnel when booking to apply your discount. […]
10 QUALITIES NEEDED TO RECONNECT WITH FAMILY: A CONVERSATION WITH MEDIATOR BRETT LOVETT
A recap of the 10-week series with Brett Lovett live on Saturday, October 2, 2021.
Conflicts in Immigration: A Spotlight on the Haitian Refugee Crisis in South Texas
During the Haitian migrant crisis in South Texas, a group of attorneys came to speak together with InstantMediations’s Mac Pierre-Louis to discuss conflicts in immigration.
ANNOUNCEMENT: October 2, 2021 LIVE EVENT “10 QUALITIES NEEDED TO RECONNECT WITH FAMILY – A CONVERSATION WITH BRETT LOVETT”
After witnessing loss and lockdowns from the pandemic, many people around the world began reexamining their relationships. In the new-normal after our global trauma, many began searching for ways to reconnect with family and rebuild their relationships, because as many have realized, life indeed is short and precious. What may have started out as a […]
Mediation As An Initial Option to Many Legal Disputes
A question I typically ask parties at the beginning of a mediation session is whether or not they had mediated before. The common response is no. But when it is a yes, I often learn that the party had previously participated at mediation at the direction of their attorney and/or by order of a court. […]
Mediations In the Times of Pandemic
APRIL 2021 – Three prominent mediator trainers from Florida, Virginia, and Vietnam, joined Instant Mediations to discuss the changes that have occurred in the filed of mediations specifically and alternative dispute resolution in general, as well as the changes that continue to occur due to the pandemic-induced lockdowns that still affect many mediators around the […]
Who Needs a Mediation App & Other Frequently Asked Questions About the New Instant Mediations App
First, to bring some clarity, what is the App NOT? It is not another expensive and closed dispute resolution platform for mediators to adopt and learn, and train to their parties. That model has been attempted for years, but has never truly taken off on a large scale.
January 2021 Tips by Fran – New Year Reflections on Zoom Mediations After 2020
Mediator and InstantMediations.com Advisor Fran Brochstein, whose mediation experience spans decades, provides mediation tips to mediators and parties engaged in dispute resolution. She is based in Marble Falls, Texas and can mediate online with parties from anywhere. Contact her through her site Familylaw4u.com at Fran@Familylaw4u.com. If you have any suggestions for future columns, please feel free to contact […]