Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals deliver efficient and effective resolutions in even the most complex matters.
Delaware ADR has the experience, resources and infrastructure to assist parties with resolution of the most complex disputes, including multi-party disputes with numerous independent claims. Delaware ADR provides efficient administration of mediation and arbitration proceedings, including arbitration pursuant to the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act.
Carefully crafted solutions for complex disputes.
Delaware ADR, LLC is led by Judge Andrea L. Rocanelli, a retired Delaware jurist, with extensive experience in mediation of complex commercial and corporate disputes, as well as arbitration pursuant to the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act.
Retired Vice Chancellor Sam Glasscock III brings decades of experience as a jurist to Delaware ADR. Vice Chancellor Glasscock focuses on arbitration, including expedited arbitration under the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act. If the parties wish to consult with Vice Chancellor Glasscock as a co-mediator, Vice Chancellor Glasscock is also available in mediation as a neutral subject matter expert to address discrete issues, promoting principled negotiation, allowing for a more robust discussion of litigation risks and encouraging a more realistic assessment of the parties’ respective positions.
Retired Delaware Superior Court Judge Mary Johnston, the longest serving judge on the Superior Court’s preeminent Complex Commercial Litigation Division (CCLD), joins Delaware ADR to lend her expertise and skills to resolution of complex commercial and corporate disputes as a Mediator and as an Arbitrator.
David A. White honed his skills as a mediator and manager of complex and mass tort litigation as a Superior Court Commissioner. In private practice, Commissioner White continued to develop his ADR skills. After several years of service as Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Commissioner White returns to the ADR space with Delaware ADR. Many years of responsibility in highly charged situations makes Commissioner White uniquely positioned to serve your clients’ needs as an excellent Arbitrator, Mediator and Court-Appointed Special Magistrate/Discovery Facilitator.
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) for complex legal disputes.
Services include mediation and arbitration to achieve efficient, effective and durable resolution of disputes. Even where disputes seem intractable, Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals employ their extensive legal and judicial experience to achieve durable agreements that advance business goals by identifying creative solutions beyond those typically available in contested litigation. Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals collectively have served more than 70 years on the Delaware bench. As a result of this vast judicial experience, they have substantial insight into potential responses and rulings of Delaware state and federal judges and can reasonably forecast the reaction of Delaware juries, which is especially helpful to parties’ realistic assessment of their positions in Delaware litigation.
A team approach is available at Delaware ADR for matters involving especially complex issues, multiple parties and/or disputed insurance coverage.
The parties in a Delaware ADR mediation may consult with Hon. Sam Glasscock III (Ret.) as a neutral subject matter expert to further principled negotiation, allowing for a robust discussion of litigation risks and more realistic assessment of the parties’ respective legal positions.
Services
Mediation
Mediation offers an opportunity for rational exploration of possible solutions and creative reconciliation of differing interests. The Professional Neutrals of Delaware ADR, LLC are uniquely qualified to foster principled negotiation, identify options for mutual gain and guide parties to craft durable agreements for resolution of complex disputes.
Delaware ADR’s comprehensive dispute resolution services increase the likelihood of successful mediation. Co-mediation is available for matters that involve especially complex issues, multiple parties and/or disputed insurance coverage. Vice Chancellor Glasscock will co-mediate as a neutral subject matter expert to address discrete issues, promoting principled negotiation, allowing for a more robust discussion of litigation risks, and a more realistic assessment of the parties’ respective positions.
Arbitration
Arbitration services are available for rulings on the merits of complex legal disputes, including expedited arbitration pursuant to the Delaware Rapid Arbitration Act. The Professional Neutrals of Delaware ADR, LLC offer well-reasoned, evidence-based decisions consistent with principles, law and precedent. Delaware ADR, LLC has as a well-established process for administration of arbitration proceedings pursuant to the DRAA, offering efficient and effective administration of arbitration proceedings at no additional cost.
Neutral Subject Matter Experts
Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals are available as subject matter experts provided that the Professional Neutral is engaged by all parties to a dispute.
Court-Appointed Neutrals
Delaware ADR’s Professional Neutrals serve as judicial adjuncts in various roles as court-appointed neutrals, including in Delaware’s Court of Chancery and the Complex Commercial Litigation Division (CCLD) of Delaware’s Superior Court.