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Patrick R. Nichols
Associates in Dispute Resolution, LLC
5200 Bob Billings Parkway, Suite 302
Lawrence,
KS 66049
Phone: 785-865-3700
Fax: 785-865-1331
Email: adr@sunflower.com
Other URL http://www.adrmediate.com
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INTRODUCTION:
Patrick Nichols is a trial lawyer / mediator and partner in Associates in Dispute Resolution LLC (ADR) whose primary office is in Lawrence. The firm has offices in Topeka, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri. He is a 1977 graduate with honors from Washburn School of Law where he continues to serve as an adjunct professor. Patrick's approach to mediation views conflict as a multidimensional process and strives for an approach that will offer the parties resolution beyond the primary issue. Such resolution may include a greater understanding and acceptance of outcomes in civil litigation where the parties will have no further contact thus increasing party satisfaction with the process and the case. In other situations such as employment, workplace, construction and related matters, the parties' ongoing relationship may require additional attention to identify the source of the conflict and help the parties find a deeper resolution to prevent new issues from arising in the future.
Patrick's mediation experiences include over 400 cases in a wide range including construction, consumer law, malpractice, personal injury, employment, civil rights, workplace, divorce and family law, insurance claims and coverage.
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Areas Of Practice |
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Accident / Personal Injury |
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Arbitration |
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Civil |
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Commercial |
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Divorce |
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Employment |
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Family General |
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Insurance Bad Faith |
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Insurance Claims |
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Professional Malpractice |
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Technology |
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Wills, Trusts & Estates |
IAM Member since
2004
Background
Patrick is a trial lawyer / mediator whose primary focus was civil litigation from graduation in 1977 until becoming a full time dispute resolution professional in 2004. As a trial lawyer he was board certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, taught at both Kansas law schools, and was recognized in Best Lawyers in America for over fourteen years.
As a mediator he is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, has participated in settlement conference training for judges of the Kansas District Court and addressed multiple national gatherings on issues ranging from mediation advocacy to the psychology of conflict and managing difficult personality types in mediation. He has presented twice to the American Bar Association Annual Meeting of the Section of Dispute Resolution including a program on improvisation in mediation where he used his talent for blues guitar to demonstrate how musical improvisation can be used as an analogy for the flexibility necessary for improvisation in mediation and negotiation. He is a Kansas / Missouri Super Lawyer listed in the area of mediation and arbitration beginning in 2006 to present.
Education/Training
Over the course of his practice Patrick has attended Pepperdine Law School Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution Mediating Personal Injury, Employment and Malpractice cases (2004) and The Proteau Leader as Mediator (2006), Harvard Negotiation Insight Initiative, Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School, Master Mediator Magic, International Academy of Mediators, San Antonio Texas 2006, Dialogue at Harvard Master Thinkers meet Master Practitioners, Cambridge Massachusetts 2006.
A full resume can be found online at www.adrmediate.com.
Fees
Further information is available upon request.
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