APPLE PODCAST | THE TRIAL BRIEF: “MEDIATION IN THE AGE OF COVID” (WITH JUDGE PETER SKELOS)
Pre-recorded Apple Podcast: The Trial Brief: Mediation in the Age of Covid
Date Recorded: July 1, 2020
Join NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) neutral, Honorable Peter B. Skelos, J.S.C. (Ret.) in a pre-recorded Apple Podcast, as he addresses the changes and the challenges that Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) has gone through in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Host David Oddo, Esq. and Judge Skelos discuss the success of Virtual ADR when arbitrating or mediating a case, how NAM has met the challenge head on, and how the forum should be considered by both counsel and the client alike. Both professionals have real-world experience with an alternative way to settle some cases during a pandemic.
Topics discussed include:
- The benefits of Virtual ADR
- Cybersecurity when video conferencing
- Importance of pre-mediation briefs
- When will the courts fully reopen
- The future of Virtual ADR
About NAM's Neutral:
Hon. Peter B. Skelos, J.S.C. is a retired Associate Justice of the Appellate Division of the State of New York, Second Judicial Department. He is a member of NAM's (National Arbitration and Mediation) Hearing Officer panel and is available for mediations and arbitrations nationwide. For the fourth year in a row, Judge Skelos was voted a Top Ten Neutral in the New York Law Journal Best Of Survey. Further, in 2018, for the second year in a row, he was named a National Law Journal Alternative Dispute Resolution Champion, as part of a select group of only 46 nationwide. Judge Skelos is Of Counsel at Forchelli Deegan Terrana LLP, Garden City, NY.
Meet Hon. Peter B. Skelos, J.S.C. (Ret.)