Water Cases: Negotiation and Mediation - Webcast
A Series of Courses Sponsored by the Colorado Supreme Court and the Colorado Bar Association
A significant number of water cases do not go to trial (but you know that!). Trials are expensive, appeals are always a factor, and outcomes are uncertain.
Save your clients, and yourself, time and money by developing and polishing your negotiation and mediation skills. Accomplished faculty will provide the essentials of meaningful settlement negotiations, and how to use mediation as a negotiation tool in resolving water rights and water-related disputes.
- Resolve your water cases with thoughtful and skillful negotiation and mediation strategies and techniques
- Identify decisions that lead to cost-effective, timely, and more certain resolution of your clients’ disputes
- Gain insights from a variety of perspectives, including water law practitioners, a former Chief Judge and now mediator, water engineers, and state officials
The Mediation and Negotiation chapter from the next edition of the Colorado Water Law Bench Book will serve as our course materials. Pre-order the next edition of the full book when you register and save 30%!
9:00 – 9:05am
Welcome, Introductions, and Overview
Extended by William Caile, Esq., Holland & Hart LLP, Program Moderator
9:05 – 10:45am
Negotiation and Mediation Hypothetical Scenarios
Administrative Hypothetical: Negotiation
- When to negotiate
- Mechanics of negotiation
- Participants in negotiations
- Negotiation strategies
- When to take the deal
Transactional Hypothetical: Negotiation
- When to negotiate
- Mechanics of negotiation
- Participants in negotiations
- Negotiation strategies
- When to take the deal
Litigation Hypothetical: Negotiation & Mediation
- When to negotiate and mediate
- Mechanics of negotiation and mediation
- Negotiation strategies
- When to take the deal
Presented by Leila C. Behnampour, Esq., Tracy Kosloff, P.E., Deputy State Engineer, Colorado Division of Water Resources, Ema I. G. Schultz, Esq., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources and Environment Section, Colorado Department of Law, and Rachel Zancanella, P.E., Assistant Division Engineer, Div. 2, State of Colorado, Division of Water Resources
10:50 – 11:20am
Ethical Considerations
- Duty to clients
- Duty of truth and candor
- Value of building relationships
Presented by the Honorable Thomas W. Ossola, Senior Judge, former Chief Judge, 9th Judicial District
11:25 – 11:55pm
Measure of Success
- Negotiated stipulations and stipulated decrees
- When failure constitutes success
Presented by Ema I.G. Schultz, Esq., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Natural Resources and Environment Section, Colorado Department of Law
11:55
Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $369.00 |
| CBA Member | $289.00 |
| Engineers | $229.00 |
| CBA Water Law Section Member | $229.00 |
| Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $159.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Member | $144.50 |
| CLE Elite Pass Holder | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 3.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.50
- EDI Credits:
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