Adler Mediation / ADR

A San Diego-based mediation and arbitration practice.

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Adler Mediation/ADR

Providing Employment/Labor Law and Business Law Solutions
For Trial Attorneys And Their Clients

Professional Services

Cases administered by Judicate West, where John Adler is a panel member.

About Adler Mediation/ADR

John Adler, Esq.

John S. Adler is a full-time mediator and arbitrator who brings over 40 years of business and employment law counseling, litigation, trial, and ADR experience to his mediation and arbitration practice. John has represented hundreds of individual plaintiffs, as well as Fortune 500 companies, labor unions, public employers and non-profits, during a career that focused on handling employment, labor, and business matters with dedication, distinction, and great success.

John has successfully arbitrated cases for the American Arbitration Association since 1990, and conducted his first mediation in the 1990s. John is a graduate of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University.

Your “Been There” Mediator™

Professional Services

Mediations

Resolving disputes through mediation.

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Arbitrations

Resolving disputes through arbitration in a timely, cost-effective and equitable manner.

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Discovery Referee

Resolving issues between parties relating to discovery scope and subject matter.

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Mediation Journal

Mediations Via Zoom: Resistance, Reluctance, Reality

This article has been published in the PLI Chronicle, https://plus.pli.edu. Early in the pandemic, I posted a blog with my thoughts on Zoom Mediations. In short, and not surprisingly, as a full-time mediator I was concerned about the impersonalization that threatened the process. My acronym, HINT, provided some guidance to Humanize, Individualize, Navigate, and Triangulate the Zoom Mediation. My hope was that participants, including the mediator, would self-correct for the lack of …

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Zoom Mediations – My HINT for Success

I like acronyms.  They helped me pass Geology in college because memorizing layers of rock formations didn’t come naturally.  They also helped me pass the bar exam, because IRAC (issue, rule, application, conclusion) was a proven formula for tackling essays.  So, HINT is my acronym for Zoom mediations, based on my experience as a mediator handling these during the past few months. HUMANIZE.  Zoom mediations are inherently “cold.”  Typical mediations cause folks to …

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Mediation Strategy: Past Negotiations Can Help Current Preparation

Years ago, I was involved in contract negotiations with an NFL Team. We were negotiating on behalf of a defensive lineman — a position that generally gets little recognition or respect. Yes, it might have been easier and more lucrative to be negotiating for the quarterback. If this was an inherent shortcoming in our situation, we accepted it. Our financial demand was based on comparative analyses and perceptions of value, both current and future, given we were negotiating a multi-year deal. …

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