# Publications

*Articles, publications, and presentations from Michael J. Bayard Construction ADR.*

## Publications

### The Ten Most Important Insurance Coverage Issues For a Mediator to Know, Understand, and Focus on in Resolving a Construction Dispute

*CLA "Resolution of Construction Liability Issues — September 5, 2018*

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### Building from Scratch

*Daily Journal — December 5, 2014*

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### Potential Revisions to Construction Arbitration Rules

*American Arbitration Association - Neutrals' Focus Group — October 21, 2014*

With Michael R. Powell

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### 10 Fundamentals for Mediating: The Large, Complex Multi-Party Construction Dispute

*Dispute Resolution Journal — May 1, 2010*

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### Sex, Drugs, & Construction ADR: Effective Advocacy in the Real World of Construction Mediation

*CLE International: Construction Claims in Public Works Projects — February 29, 2008*

With Judith B. Ittig

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### An Inside View of Mediation: How To Advance Your Interests

*ABA Forum — May 18-19, 2006*

With Judith B. Ittig, Esq.

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### Front and Center: Chairing an Arbitration

*Dispute Resolution Journal — August 1, 2005*

With Judith B. Ittig

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### Thirty Steps to a Better Arbitration

*Dispute Resolution Journal — August 1, 2004*

With Judith B. Ittig

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## Expert Seminar Guest Speaker / Presentations

### The Top 25 Negotiation Truths and Strategies I Have Learned In Forty Years

*Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA — March 30, 2022*

### USC - The Top 25 Negotiation Truths I Have Learned in 40 Years

*USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA — March 9, 2022*

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### Arbitration Tips & Techniques: Dealing with Three Key Challenges for Arbitrators After the Evidentiary Hearing

*AAA West Coast Roundtable, San Francisco, CA — June 14, 2017*

### Skillfully Develop Ethical Mediator's Proposals

*3rd Annual California Construction Law Conference, Santa Monica, CA — January 20, 2017*

### Construction Mediation: Effective Advocacy in Construction Mediation to Settle Your Case -- What Works and Does Not Work

*California Construction Law, Santa Monica, CA — September 18, 2014*

With Lubke

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### Effectvie ADR Advocacy: “Legal Aspects of Construction Projects and Contracts”

*UCLA Extension, University of California, Los Angeles, CA — March 20, 2013*

### Arbitration Discovery, Delay and Motions

*AAA / ICDR Neutrals Conference, Scottsdale, AZ — March 9-10, 2012*

### Arbitration Discovery, Delay and Motions in Three Acts

*AAA Seminar, Scottsdale, AZ — March 9, 2012*

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### Beyond Settlement Broker: Enhancing Your Value as a Mediator

*Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute In collaboration with The American Arbitration Association and The American Institute of Mediation, San Francisco, CA — October 12, 2011*

### Lean and Focused: Using Arbitration to Cut Costs of Handling CD Cases

*West Coast Casualty's Construction Defect Seminar, Anaheim, CA — May 14, 2009*

With Michael R. Powell, Les Robertson

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### The Absolute Mediator: Being Effective in Mediating Construction Disputes

*Southern California Mediation Association 17th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA — November 5, 2005*

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### What's Hot in Construction ADR Innovations on the "Front End" and the "Back End"

*Arbitration Symposium on B2B Disputes, Los Angeles, CA — October 2, 2003*

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### Avoiding & Resolving Construction Claims

*Pepperdine School of Law, Malibu, CA — September 13, 2003*