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Preparation, Perspective, and the Reality of Mediation

I prepare meticulously. I study. I research. I know the case. Before every mediation, I spend time understanding the facts, the personalities, the pressure points, and what matters to each side. And when the mediation begins, I listen. Parties want to be heard. Lawyers want to know their arguments were understood. Mediation is not simply carrying numbers from one room to another. The work is in understanding the case deeply enough to help people evaluate risk, find movement,

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Jun 41 min read

Why I Keep Doing This

Because mediation is confidential, I can never discuss specifics. Just recently, we had an in-person mediation involving outstanding lawyers and numerous international carriers - the best of the best. Everyone in the room cared deeply about serving their clients’ interests. They advocated passionately. It was long. It was difficult. It required patience, persistence, and trust in the process. And in the end, we resolved the case. Great work by the lawyers. People occasionally

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Apr 91 min read

Law.com Features a Landmark Texas Employment Law Decision: ‘Sabine Pilots v. Hauck’ by Greg Thompson

It was early morning at Provost & Umphrey, and like many days, I showed up before 7:00 a.m., hoping to catch our boss, the legendary Walter Umphrey, over coffee before the workday began. That day, he had a client he wanted me to see: Michael Hauck, a deckhand who had been fired for refusing to perform an illegal act. I had just enough time to review the law on at-will employment. In Texas, for over 100 years an employer could fire an employee for good reasons, bad reasons, or

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Dec 13, 20255 min read