{"id":9473,"date":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/make-pre-litigation-mediation-successful\/"},"modified":"2023-01-18T12:46:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T12:46:12","slug":"make-pre-litigation-mediation-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/news\/make-pre-litigation-mediation-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Pre-Litigation Mediation More Successful"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><a href=\"\/attorneys\/emil-giordano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hon. Emil Giordano (Ret.)<\/a>, Co-Chair of the firm\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"\/services\/litigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Litigation Practice Group<\/a>,\u00a0recently wrote the article &#8220;How to Make Pre-Litigation Mediation More Successful&#8221; which was published by <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Legal Intelligencer<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Make Pre-Litigation Mediation More Successful<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2022\/01\/05\/how-to-make-pre-litigation-mediation-more-successful\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9681 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Click-here-to-read-the-full-article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Click-here-to-read-the-full-article.jpg 449w, https:\/\/norrismclaughlin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Click-here-to-read-the-full-article-300x73.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About <em>The\u00a0Legal Intelligencer<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The\u00a0<em>Legal Intelligencer<\/em>\u00a0provides news and trends towards legal practices for Pennsylvania, with emphasis on mass torts and pharmaceutical litigation.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About Judge Giordano<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Judge Giordano focuses his practice on estate and commercial litigation, as well as mediation and arbitration. He was a presiding judge on the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County, Third Judicial District, from 2004 through 2018, and was Northampton County\u2019s first administrative judge of the Orphans\u2019 County Division, where he oversaw estates and trusts of the county. Judge Giordano was named to the Statewide Orphans\u2019 Court Task Force, an organization charged with implementing changes to the Orphans Court, and was the first judge in Pennsylvania to institute guardianship certification requirements for the protection of senior citizens. He previously served as Vice-Chair of the Orphans\u2019 Court Procedural Rules Committee.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>For 15 years, Judge Giordano presided over jury trials and non-jury trials, hearings and motions, and a wide range of disputes under Pennsylvania and federal law, including construction, commercial litigation, professional malpractice, CERCLA, Civil Rights, condemnations, labor and land use appeals, criminal, and domestic relations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Judge Giordano is an arbitrator and mediator and is certified through the Harvard Law School Negotiation Institute in Advanced Mediation. He is a fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, and is affiliated with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Mediation. A graduate of Villanova University School of Law, Judge Giordano earned his undergraduate degree from Moravian College where he currently serves as an Adjunct Professor. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Notre Dame CYO and of the Board of Governors for the Saint Thomas More Society, and is the Northampton County Bar Association Wills and Trusts Committee Lecturer. In 2005, he was the first judicial recipient of the Lehigh Valley Crime Victims Council Award for Outstanding Commitment to Victims\u2019 Rights.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hon. Emil Giordano (Ret.), Co-Chair of the firm\u2019s\u00a0Litigation Practice Group,\u00a0recently wrote the article &#8220;How to Make Pre-Litigation Mediation More Successful&#8221; which was published by The Legal Intelligencer. How to Make Pre-Litigation Mediation More Successful About The\u00a0Legal Intelligencer\u00a0 The\u00a0Legal Intelligencer\u00a0provides news and trends towards legal practices for Pennsylvania, with emphasis on mass torts and pharmaceutical litigation. 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