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Why
Trial by Special Judge?
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Parties agree on time, place and Presiding Special Judge
for
conduct of
bench trial in a civil case, and request referral from trial
court.
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Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Texas Rules of Evidence
control.
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Judgment is appealable.
Why Arbitration?
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Closed and confidential proceeding.
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Parties choose Arbitrators with expertise in the area of
dispute.
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Final, non-appealable disposition in most cases.
Why Mediation?
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Confidential procedure.
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With the aid of a neutral Mediator, the parties attempt to
settle the
dispute on terms agreeable to all parties.
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Binding only if parties reach an agreement.
Why Consultation?
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Neutral evaluation of merits of your case, and your
chances of
success at appellate level, as well as at trial
court and
pre-litigation levels.
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Confidential.
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Non-binding.
Margaret
Mirabal has been a proponent of ADR since 1980,
when she took the first 40-hour mediation training course
offered in Texas. She has served the community not only as an
ADR Provider, but also as an instructor teaching ADR skills to
numerous attorneys and non-attorneys.
Additionally, she has been involved for years
in teaching peer mediation skills to junior high and high school
students.
Margaret
Mirabal has also been active in the development of ethical and
qualification standards for mediators through her service on a
Texas Supreme Court Task Force and on the Council of the State
Bar ADR Section, as well as through her service as President of
the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute and her membership
on the Board of Directors of the Dispute Resolution Center of
Harris County. She chaired the mediation program at the First Court of
Appeals for many years.
ADR
Areas
Margaret Mirabal has
acquired valuable experience
in the following areas that often are the subject of ADR:
Contracts,
Business, Commercial, Real Estate, Creditor/Debtor, Eminent
Domain, Franchising, Probate, Insurance, Banking/Finance,
Construction, Consumer, Estates and Trusts, Energy, Government
Contracts, Healthcare, Labor/Employment, Libel/Slander/
Defamation, Oil and Gas, Personal Injury, Products Liability,
Professional Liability - Legal, Professional Liability - Medical,
Professional Liability - Other, Taxation, Workers' Compensation,
Community.
The
following information is Provided as a Public Service:
Non-Profit
Organizations that Provide
Low-Cost or Free Mediation Services
in Appropriate Cases
The
following non-profit organizations provide mediation services for disputes that include family, neighbors, auto repair,
landlord and tenant, consumer and merchant, homeowner
associations, employment, etc.
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION CENTER
(Houston, Harris County)
www.co.harris.tx.us/drc
713-755-8274
(Margaret
Mirabal served on the Board of Directors of the Dispute
Resolution Center of Harris County for over 8 years,
1993 to 2002)
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION CENTER
(Amarillo, Potter and Randall Counties)
www.prpc.cog.tx.us/program.htm
806-372-3381 or 800-642-6008
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION CENTER
(Austin, Travis County)
www.realtime.net/drc
512-371-0033
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION CENTER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, INC.
(Beaumont, Jefferson County)
www.co.jefferson.tx.us/med_cntr/med.htm
409-835-8747
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION CENTER-CENTRAL
BRAZOS VALLEY, INC. (Bryan/College Station, Brazos County)
www.drc-cbv.org
979-779-3743, extension 229
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION CENTER
(Conroe, Montgomery County)
936-760-6914
NUECES
COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES
(Corpus Christi, Nueces County
361-888-0650
DISPUTE
MEDIATION SERVICE, INC.
(Dallas, Dallas County)
www.adrr.com/dallasadr/Website.htm
214-754-0022
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION SYSTEM OF DENTON COUNTY
(Denton, Denton County)
940-565-3445
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION CENTER
(El Paso, El Paso County)
915-533-4800
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION SERVICES OF TARRANT COUNTY
(Fort Worth, Tarrant County)
817-877-4554
SOUTH
PLAINS DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER
(Lubbock; Lubbock, Hockley, Cochran,
Terry, Yoakum, Garza and Dickens Counties)
www.interoz.com/spag/arbit.htm
806-762-8721
THE
ADR PROJECT OF LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTH TEXAS
(McKinney; Collin, Rockwall, Kaufman and Ellis Counties)
972-562-6001
DISPUTE
RESOLUTION SERVICES (Paris, Lamar County)
903-783-9839
FORT
BEND DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER
(Richmond, Fort Bend County)
281-342-5000
BEXAR
COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTOIN CENTER
(San Antonio, Bexar County)
www.co.bexar.tx.us/drc_home.htm
210-335-2128
MCLENNAN
COUNTY DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTER
(Waco, McLennan County)
254-752-0955
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