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Mediator: Mr. Daniel Margolis Reviewer: AAA/ICDR Staff imireviewer@adr.org Last Update: April 20, 2011 This Feedback Digest has been updated to include 14 Feedbacks in 14 Mediations as of April 20, 2011. Parties and counsel who have used Daniel Margolis would overwhelmingly use his services again and would, without hesitation, recommend him to others. Typical of the comments reflecting Mr. Margolis’ acceptability are: (i) I would be pleased to use Dan Margolis again. Mr. Margolis was very professional, knowledgeable, and hard-working. He has a calm, unflappable disposition; (ii) Dan is very able in identifying legitimate areas of disagreement; (iii) Mr. Margolis is an extremely fair negotiator. In addition to being a consummate professional and extraordinarily cordial human being, he is quite deft at helping parties appreciate the relative strengths and weaknesses of their positions; (iv) He was thoughtful and patient. He understood the complicated issues and interests, and proposed workable solutions; (v) Mr. Margolis is an experienced mediator whose skills are of the highest quality; (vi) In my experience with the mediation process, I would rank Mr. Margolis among the very best of mediators; (vii) He is one of the hardest working mediators around. He worked hard to dissect the issues while following steps to analyze the dispute; (viii) He was very thorough, diligent and helpful; and (ix) Dan was very easy to work with, nonthreatening and patient. Mr. Margolis’ mediation skills and abilities are rated as highly effective. Typical of feedback received in this regard are: (i) He had the ability to see strengths and weaknesses in each party’s position; (ii) In a very contentious matter with difficult parties, Mr. Margolis showed an ability to engage with each of the parties and to keep the parties talking, thus facilitating a resolution; (iii) His patience and willingness to stick with the case for as long as it took to reach a resolution were particularly helpful; (iv) Mr. Margolis was extremely diligent. He listened well, understood the issues, and made constructive suggestions concerning settlement possibilities; (v) He quickly mastered a complex set of facts and provided some very creative thinking on potential resolutions; (vi) He was good at thinking outside the box and solution-oriented, bringing a breadth of knowledge and taking a common sense approach; (vii) He was calm and patient and brought a good perspective to the situation; and (viii) He was very smart and helpful, and really understood the case. He had good suggestions that inspired confidence. Mr. Margolis is also highly regarded for his ability to effect a positive outcome. For example, one provider of feedback noted that even when the parties were at an apparent impasse, he continued to work with us and make himself available for subsequent conferences by phone and in person. While another noted that Mr. Margolis’ most decisive trait that led to a settlement was his persistence. In a very kind way he just kept at it, and when one or more of the parties seemed to reach an impasse, he did not give up. He kept making constructive suggestions that eventually led to a complete resolution. I doubt that this case would have settled when it did, but for the skill of Daniel Margolis. It was also noted in another matter that Mr. Margolis was absolutely amazing in his dedication and creativity. This was one of the hardest groups of parties and lawyers to work with, but he brought together an agreement where all the parties thought it to be impossible. Costs were widely reported as reasonable in the context of the value of the disputes mediated by Mr. Margolis, and in general a very high degree of satisfaction was reported. No reportable negative comments have been received since Mr. Margolis’ designation as an IMI Certified Mediator.
This feedback digest was last updated 20 April 2011.
This feedback digest was last updated 20 April 2011.