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Mediation 2025: What You Must Know

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Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
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Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
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Kansas Continuing Mediation Education Approved 7 Total
Tennessee Continuing Mediation Education Approved 6 Total
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5 hours 49 minutes
Robert Kasieta
James McEntarfer
James Susag
With Robert J. Kasieta from Kasieta Legal Group, LLC + 2 others
Recorded June 26, 2025
Product ID 100360

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Overview

Learn How to "Win" at Mediation

Mediation requires a completely different set of skills than direct negotiations and trial advocacy. Do you have what it takes to win? Join our experienced faculty for a full, focused day of techniques that every advocate and mediator must know in 2025. Secure the best outcome for your clients with these real-world mediation and negotiation insights - register today!

  • Learn how to fine tune your mediation statements and avoid common mistakes.
  • Discover ways to remain effective when participating in mediations video-conferencing style.
  • Uncover creative negotiating strategies for joint session and caucus mediation.
  • Review the various techniques mediators use to spur cooperation and move parties toward "yes."
  • Get tips for dealing with impasse, difficult people, and other challenges in mediation.
  • Examine current best practices for drafting settlement agreements.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. As Mediators See it: Top Preparation Mistakes Attorneys Make
  2. Remote Mediation: Rethinking Your Techniques
  3. Negotiation Techniques: Effective Advocacy in Mediation
  4. Bracketing, Reframing, and Other Tools of the Mediator's Trade
  5. Solutions to Impasse and Other Stumbling Blocks
  6. Mediation Settlement Agreements 2025
  7. Ethical Considerations in the Mediation Process

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Product ID 100360

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida Continuing Mediation Education Approved 7.2 Total
Kansas Continuing Mediation Education Approved 7 Total
Tennessee Continuing Mediation Education Approved 6 Total
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Agenda

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  1. As Mediators See it: Top Preparation Mistakes Attorneys Make

    1. The Unwritten Rules and Guidelines of the Mediation Process
    2. Choice of Mediator
    3. Timing Problems
    4. Inadequate Research
    5. Client Preparation Oversights
    6. Planning Your Presentation and Organizing Documents
    7. Common Mediation Statement/Brief Mistakes
    8. What Are You Going to Disclose?

  2. Remote Mediation: Rethinking Your Techniques

  3. Negotiation Techniques: Effective Advocacy in Mediation

    1. Opening Statement Dos and Don'ts
    2. Tips for "Winning" in Mediation
    3. Cooperative vs. Competitive Negotiation
    4. Key Negotiating Tactics (and Mistakes to Avoid)
    5. Joint Session vs. Caucus Mediation: Adapting Your Strategies
    6. Sending Messages
    7. Ways Numbers Distort Decision-Making: Anchoring and More
    8. Offers and Demands
    9. Using the Mediator to Your Advantage
    10. The Art of Listening
    11. Dealing With Surprise Information
    12. Know When and How to Walk Away

  4. Bracketing, Reframing, and Other Tools of the Mediator's Trade

  5. Solutions to Impasse and Other Stumbling Blocks

    1. Breaking Through Impasse
    2. Lack of Authority Issues
    3. De-Escalating Strong Emotions
    4. Cultural and Communication Issues in Mediation
    5. Unreasonable Expectations
    6. Dealing With Difficult People and Bad Faith in Mediation
    7. Multi-Party Mediation Issues

  6. Mediation Settlement Agreements 2025

  7. Ethical Considerations in the Mediation Process

    1. Conflicts of Interest
    2. Dealing With Unrepresented Parties
    3. Maintaining Confidentiality
    4. Mediator Impartiality
    5. Fees
    6. Addressing Client Expectations

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys and mediators.

Speakers

Robert J Kasieta
Robert J.
Kasieta
Kasieta Legal Group, LLC
James A McEntarfer
James A.
McEntarfer
McEntarfer Law Office
James M Susag
James M.
Susag
Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.
Speaker bio
Robert J Kasieta

Robert J. Kasieta

Kasieta Legal Group, LLC
Robert Kasieta

is the founder of Kasieta Legal Group, LLC in Madison, Wisconsin. He is a certified civil pre-trial and trial specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocates. Mr. Kasieta practices in civil litigation, with an emphasis on plaintiff personal injury and employment cases, as well as commercial litigation. He has written and taught extensively in the areas of trial practice, personal injury law and insurance law, and is an instructor of trial practice at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Kasieta is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eleventh circuits, and all Wisconsin courts. He is a member of the Dane County Bar Association, State Bar of Wisconsin and the American Association for Justice. Mr. Kasieta earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Northern Michigan University and his J.D. degree from Marquette University Law School.

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James A McEntarfer

James A. McEntarfer

McEntarfer Law Office
James McEntarfer

is the founder of McEntarfer Law Office in Angola, where his focus areas include civil and domestic mediation, litigation, real estate, estate planning, and probate. He is a registered mediator in both civil and family law. Mr. McEntarfer is a member of the Indiana State Bar Association and treasurer of the Steuben County Bar Association. He earned his B.S. degree from the University of Evansville and his J.D. degree from Indiana University in Indianapolis, and has also completed the Indiana Graduate Program for Judges.

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James M Susag

James M. Susag

Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren Ltd.
James Susag

is a seasoned trial attorney with a focus on franchise and dealer disputes, real estate, and complex commercial matters. He has been the lead attorney in over 100 trials and arbitrations in state and federal courts across the country, and in domestic and international arbitration forums. Mr. Susag has the unique perspective of a trial lawyer who has also managed complex litigation and developed strategic legal plans as in-house counsel. Clients appreciate his boardroom-to-courtroom experience in crafting resolutions for their business disputes. Mr. Susag is admitted to practice in state and federal courts in Minnesota, Washington and Wisconsin, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh, Fourth and Eighth circuits. He earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of St. Thomas and his J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from William Mitchell College of Law.

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