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Surprising GPC Voting Trends: Strong Preferences for Cooperation, Prevention, and Flexible, Non-Adjucative Processes

By Thomas D. Barton The publication of two recent Summaries of GPC voting patterns through the end of 2016 gives us the data to venture some preliminary observations about trends for the future of dispute resolution. The voting so far on two critical Core Questions indicates somewhat surprising but consistent emerging preferences for cooperation and […]

Encouraging Results of the Voting at GPC Conferences:

Twenty-nine Global Pound Conferences, exploring ways to improve dispute resolution, have been held between March 2016 and July 2017. A recent compilation of the results of the voting at all of these Conferences revealed a most encouraging result: “Pre-dispute or pre-escalation processes to prevent disputes” were overwhelmingly voted by the delegates as the processes which should be most highly prioritized to improve the future of dispute resolution.

Here is Professor Tom Barton’s assessment of the voting results so far:
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Jim Groton is a retired partner of the law firm of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan LLP, where he formerly led the Construction Practice and Dispute Prevention and Resolution practices of that firm.

As a practicing lawyer during Atlanta’s building boom in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he specialized in construction matters, transitioning from trial lawyer, to troubleshooter, to behind-the -scenes counselor, to problem solver, to pioneer in the application of proactive techniques for preventing, controlling, de-escalating, and achieving the earliest possible resolution of disputes.

In his practice he achieved a remarkable record of success in helping to “keep the peace“ on numerous construction projects and in other business relationships and transactions.

He was an early student and advocate of newly-invented dispute prevention processes such as partnering, dispute review boards, and incentives to encourage cooperation, and he has sponsored research into documenting the relative transaction costs of various methods of addressing disputes, to provide empirical data for business executives making decisions about selecting the most appropriate methods for dealing with potential disputes.

Over time his experience has convinced him that proactive pre-dispute processes that prevent and de-escalate disputes are the most cost-effective and time-saving ways to prevent disputes and strengthen business relationships.

Since his retirement from law practice he has remained as active as ever, enjoying the luxury of freedom to pursue a variety of interests that are an extension of his career long passion of providing, mitigating, and finding efficient ways of addressing problems and potential disputes

Surprising GPC Voting Trends: Strong Preferences for Cooperation, Prevention, and Flexible, Non-Adjucative Processes

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