Alternative Dispute Resolution – a Conflict Resolution Smorgasbord

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Hawkins Elder Law.

[See our Disclaimers page about relying on this website’s contents.] Unless you are a lawyer or judge, you probably do not think much about alternative dispute resolution (commonly abbreviated as “ADR”). Most people have experienced or heard about ADR, but many people misunderstand, misuse, or entirely miss creative dispute resolution opportunities that ADR systems provide. […]

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Straight Talk About Contracts

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Hawkins Elder Law.

[See our Disclaimers page about relying on this website’s contents.] We wonder sometimes whether we will run out of topics for our blog and newspaper columns, but we always find more legal subjects that people misunderstand. People misunderstand contracts more frequently than they misunderstand many other subjects, so we are shining a light on them […]

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Conciliation: Bridge-Building When Relationships Matter

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Hawkins Elder Law.

[See our Disclaimers page about relying on this website’s contents.] When someone disagrees with you, the disagreement threatens to deprive you of something you that want or load a burden upon you that you do not want. Disagreements end in various ways, including physical violence, smoldering grudges, court orders, arbitration decisions, and negotiated settlements, but […]

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