Alan Petlak, the mediator that gets results.

Alan S. Petlak

Exclusively with Judicate West

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Alan, a mediator on Judicate West's exclusive mediation roster, provides creative solutions to the most complicated business disputes. He uses both a facilitative and evaluative approach to narrow the issues and focus the parties on settlement.

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Mediation – Tell Me More

Mediation is all about the sharing of information. Each offer and counteroffer provide more information to the other side about the prospects of reaching an agreement. In a recent case, the parties were hopelessly apart. The plaintiff had sustained severe injuries and was seeking a settlement in the high-seven figures. Defendant had signaled through its offers that its maximum authority was right at $1 million. As we were nearing the end of the day, the defendant’s counsel provided me with the information I needed to settle the case. Read More

Mediation – I Get by With a Little Help from My Friends

Even the best mediator needs help from counsel to resolve a case. The attorneys who I mediate with are my best resource. I will always convene a Pre-Mediation call so I can obtain counsels’ insights into the case and the parties. I encourage this open communication even during mediation. Nothing helps me more than an attorney pulling me aside during mediation to provide me with his or her thoughts on how I can better connect with the parties. It is no coincidence that in every case where an attorney approached me privately to indicate that I was being too hard or too easy on the client, the case settled. Read More

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Alan did a great job of bringing the parties together to settle a matter that I did not believe would settle.

Alan understood the legal issues from the get-go which allowed the parties to focus on resolving the matter instead of educating the mediator.

Alan put my client at ease and his calm demeanor and patience were instrumental in bringing about the settlement.

Alan brought up issues that I had not even focused upon which helped bring the parties together.

Alan, thank you for resolving this case. My client and I were both overjoyed with the result!

Alan blends legal insight with a practical business approach which my business clients appreciate.

I would definitely use Alan again particularly for my most difficult mediations.