Many mediation skills come naturally, but others come with training, experience and feedback.​

     Training.  Paul continues to hone his skills with programs like AAA Advanced Training on "Managing the Dynamics of a Multi-Party Case" and with participation in leading ADR groups.

      Experience.  Paul has mediated hundreds of major coverage disputes of all types in over a dozen states and under a multitude of jurisdictions' laws. Each mediation is a teacher.

     Feedback.  Paul is grateful that counsel on both sides of the coverage docket commend him for mediation skills and seek him out to mediate their disputes. Nationwide references available on request.

​A SKILLED mediator:

Paul is 2023-24 President and a "Distinguished Fellow" of the prestigious International Academy of Mediators and sits on its Board of Governors. He is a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and 1 of only 105 US mediators listed in British-based Who's Who Legal: Mediation. He has authored many articles on coverage mediations, including "The Art of Mediation of Coverage Disputes" published by the American Bar Association [download here] and is a frequent speaker at national programs on settling coverage disputes. 

​A RECOGNIZED mediator:

A SPECIALIZED mediator:

Paul's background gives parties confidence that he understands the issues (so they pursue settlement instead of educating a mediator) and that their positions are intelligently conveyed and challenged.

         He understands insurance.  Before becoming a neutral, Paul tried cases seeking and opposing coverage and dealt with a wide-range of issues and policies.  His hundreds of coverage mediations and arbitrations as a neutral have exposed him to even more. Paul has been a leader in the national coverage bar and is repeatedly listed in "Best Lawyers in America®" in Mediation and in Insurance Law, and as a "Super Lawyer®” honoree in both Insurance Coverage and ADR.

     He understands business disputes.  As partner in a major firm, Paul tried cases ranging from securities, tax, antitrust, copyright to corporate control before beginning a coverage practice in the 1990s. The Austin Business Journal once named him a "Best in the Bar" in Business Litigation.  

         He understands trials.  From a federal clerkship, through cases around the country as a trial lawyer, and now as a neutral, Paul has a keen sense of trial strategies and evaluations affecting settlement.