Insurance Series for Lawyers: 5 Tips For Mediating When Insurance Pays The Settlement

ROADS TO Resolution ~ Closure ~ Certainty

11/21/22 • 8 min

In this fifth episode of the mini-series on insurance and mediation, Host, Jean Lawler–commercial + insurance mediator and arbitrator–draws from her deep knowledge of the insurance industry, insurance policies and the various risks they insure against to talk about her five tips for mediating where insurance–an insurer–is going to be paying the settlement money. Episode highlights include:

Why lawyers should prepare early and share information in mediation
Why lawyers should draft a mediation brief that can be shared with the other side
Why civility matters
Why it’s important for the mediator to understand what a lawyer’s client needs in mediation
What to do if the case hasn’t settled at the end of mediation

To read the full episode transcript please see the Podcast Website.

About the Host:

Based in Los Angeles, CA, Jean Lawler is an attorney and mediator, focusing on commercial, insurance and civil litigation matters pending at the trial and appellate levels - wherever filed. She regularly mediates a wide variety of insurance, business, and tort matters, as well as federal ADA accessibility lawsuits re architectural barriers and websites. CIPP/US (Certified Information Privacy Professional) certified, Jean also mediates matters involving data breaches, ransomware, and cyber losses. She has mediated hundreds upon hundreds - thousands - of cases over the years with a myriad of issues. For a more detailed sampling of the types of mediations that she has conducted and participated in, both when in practice and as a full-time mediator, please refer to her web page detailing Representative Matters.

Prior to becoming a full-time mediator in 2017, Jean was a Senior Partner in a Los Angeles based litigation firm, representing corporations, professionals, non-profits, individuals, and insurers in a broad range of matters, at trial and on appeal - mediating hundreds upon hundreds of cases over the years. Her legal experience has been diverse and international, and she has a deep knowledge of the insurance industry, insurance policies and the various risks they insure against (primary, excess, reinsurance, program, surplus lines, London Market, and international insurers). She also served as a Managing Partner of her former law firm, at times chairing the firm’s Insurance Law, Cyber & Privacy Law, International Law, and Business & Real Estate Transactions practice groups and, ultimately, served her many clients as counselor and trusted advisor.

As she would tell you if asked: “I absolutely love what I do! I would be honored to serve as your Mediator or Arbitrator.”

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11/21/22 • 8 min

ROADS TO Resolution ~ Closure ~ Certainty - Insurance Series for Lawyers: 5 Tips For Mediating When Insurance Pays The Settlement

Transcript

[intro music]

JEAN LAWLER:
Hi, I’m Jean Lawler, your host of the ROADS TO Resolution ~Closure and ~Certainty podcast. It’s a pleasure to be here with you today. You know, as a mediator, as I’ve often said, I’m invited into other people’s lives for a few hours, and it certainly opens the door or opens a window into many many worlds. So what I wanted to talk about today as the fifth and final episode of my little mini-series on insurance and mediation is:

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