Webinar: The Evolution of Dispute Resolution from a Courtroom to a Computer Screen

The interplay between courts and alternative dispute resolution (arbitration and mediation) has evolved in unprecedented ways during the pandemic. As judiciaries closed their doors, alternative dispute resolution practitioners opened their laptops. The results: efficiency, access to justice, and a strengthened rule of law. This panel reviews the evolution, issues and opportunities created from courtroom litigation to remote judicial settlement conferences and ADR proceedings.

Presented by the Federal Litigation Section & Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

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About the Presenters

Jo Colbert Stanley, Stanley Legal Services LLC (Moderator)

Licensed in Delaware and Florida, Jo has practiced law for more than 20 years, focusing on employment law, insurance defense, human resource diversity education, and sensitivity training. She blends this wealth of experience with her remarkable dispute resolution skills, crafted through years of additional specialized training and advanced education.

Jo is a Florida Supreme Court qualified arbitrator, certified circuit civil and county mediator, Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a public arbitrator for FINRA. A proud Penn State grad, she received her J.D. from Widener Law Commonwealth in Harrisburg, PA, and her LL.M. in Alternative Dispute Resolution from Shepard Broad College of Law in Davie, FL. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis & Resolution at Nova Southeastern University’s renowned Halmos College of Arts & Sciences. Jo was recently honored as a Fellow of the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section and currently serves on the Executive Board of the Federal Bar Association’s ADR Section. A published author and sought-after presenter, Jo regularly delivers training seminars to attorneys and other professionals. She also leads panels on topics such as ADR, employment law, and maritime-related themes.

Ava J Borrasso, Ava J Borrasso, P.A. 

Ava Borrasso FCIArb has served as arbitrator and counsel in numerous arbitrations. She sits as sole, panel and emergency arbitrator in international and domestic arbitrations in disputes involving international distribution and trade agreements, financial services, business torts, construction and sport. She is a panel member of the ICDR and the AAA complex and commercial panels, and registered with the ICC.

With over 30 years of experience, she has acted as lead counsel in complex commercial disputes before the ICDR, AAA, and ICC, as well as before state and federal courts. Before establishing the firm in 2015, she was a partner with a prominent international arbitration and litigation boutique for nearly a decade handling complex cross-border commercial disputes. She is admitted to practice in Florida (1994) and Illinois (1990 inactive).

She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of its North America Branch. She also sits on the Editorial Board of the ABA’s Dispute Resolution Magazine.

Her work has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal (arbitration), Legal500 Latin America (international arbitration), Best Lawyers in America (international arbitration – commercial and commercial litigation), Best Law Firms (commercial litigation), and Legal Elite and Super Lawyers (international).

Hon. Suzanne H. Segal (Ret.), Signature Resolution

After 18 years as a United States Magistrate Judge with the Central District of California, including four years as the Chief Magistrate Judge, Hon. Suzanne H. Segal (Ret.) joins Signature Resolution as a mediator, arbitrator and Special Master/Discovery Referee. During her tenure on the federal bench, Judge Segal presided over numerous trials, evidentiary hearings, motions and discovery conferences involving diverse subject matter. Judge Segal served as the settlement judge in hundreds of cases, settling business and insurance disputes, patent, trademark and copyright actions, and employment, civil rights, and tort cases. Judge Segal handled a wide range of motions and settlements arising out of class actions, particularly in the wage and hour context. Judge Segal has broad experience in securities litigation, including matters brought by private investors and the SEC. In addition, Judge Segal has extensive experience in matters involving the False Claims
Act and related actions involving the healthcare industry. Judge Segal has served as a Special Master or Discovery Referee in cases involving the False Claims Act, mass tort and insurance claims, patent litigation, and product liability claims. Before her appointment to the bench, Judge Segal served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Civil Division of the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office for 12 years. As an AUSA, Judge Segal handled a variety of cases, including contract, employment, civil rights, Medicare reimbursement and tort claims. She also brought consumer and civil rights actions on behalf of the Department of Justice. From 1999 to 2002, she served as the Chief of Civil Appeals for the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prior to serving in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Judge Segal was a civil litigator at Dewey, Ballantine and Adams, Duque and Hazeltine.

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