Michael Brophy

Michael Brophy

April 22, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Role of Appellate Mediation in an Era of Thermonuclear Verdicts and Continuing Challenges to Settled Precedent

With the value of stare decisis now open to question, and the potential of significant personal injury matters now unpredictable at best, the value of informed decision-making facilitated by experienced appellate mediators has become increasingly self-evident. It is an alternative to the expense, duration and uncertainty of appellate decisions well worth consideration.

By Michael Brophy

8 minute read

January 06, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Enhanced Role of Mediation as Courts, Counsel and Litigants Confront Delayed Trial Listings

Beginning in March 2020, trial courts nationwide were impacted by COVID-19 shutdowns and scheduling delays which continue to affect the pace of civil litigation in Pennsylvania and throughout the United States.

By Michael Brophy

8 minute read