Attorney Glenn Reisman took his mediation skills to the next level by receiving Mediation Intensive Training at The Center for Understanding In Conflict. In the “Understanding” model of conflict resolution, the mediator helps disputing parties to make informed decisions together, based on a deeper understanding of what is important and meaningful to them. Traditional mediations are conducted with
the parties in separate rooms. The Understanding-based model of mediation believes that people in conflict should remain in the same room, with or without their attorneys. The “Understanding” mediator doesn’t favor one party over the other. Understanding-based mediation is suitable for business disputes, workplace disputes, and family disputes, including employer vs employee, manufacturer vs vendor, buyer vs seller, dissolution of a business partnership, termination of employment, inheritance disputes, school vs parent, and homeowner vs contractor, to name a few. If successful, the parties avoid the financial and emotional expense of the court system, and the parties fashion an outcome that satisfies both. If the parties don’t reach a resolution during mediation, they can still sue each other or continue to do battle in court, until a judge declares one of them to be the winner
Mediation Intensive Training Program by The Center For Mediation In Law
Albany Law School of Union University
Hamilton College
Horace Mann School
