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Mr. Donald R. Philbin Jr.
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Summary
Don Philbin is an attorney-mediator recognized by Chambers USA, Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal, and the San Antonio Business Journal. He is an adjunct professor of law, past-chair of the Texas Bar ADR Section, and elected fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and the American Academy of Civil Trial Mediators.
Practice Areas
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Law
- Communications & Internet Law
- Personal Injury
- Employment Law
- Legal Malpractice
- Family Law
- Appeals & Appellate
- Consumer Law
Fees
- Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Mediation is billed at a daily rate per party.
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Texas
Professional Experience
- President
- Picture It Settled, LLC
- - Current
- Attorney-Mediator
- Donald R. Philbin, Jr., P.C.
- - Current
Education
- University of Texas - San Antonio
- MBA (2011) | Business Administration
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- Honors: Dean’s Graduate Student Honor Roll (1999–2001); Beta Gamma Sigma and Omicron Delta Kappa
- Pepperdine University School of Law
- LL.M. (2007) | Dispute Resolution
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- Honors: CALI awards for (1) Negotiation and Settlement Advocacy; (2) Commercial and International Dispute Resolution, and (3) Selected Issues in Dispute Resolution (Labor Disputes)
- Pepperdine University School of Law
- J.D. (1987) | Law
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- Honors: Pepperdine Law Review (1985–87); Moot Court Board (1986–87); Margaret Martin Brock Scholar (1986–87); Teaching Assistant – Writing (1986–87); American Jurisprudence Awards for (1) Corporations and (2) Agency and Partnerships
- Trinity University
- B.A. (1984) | Business Administration
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Awards
- 2016 Lawyer of the Year (Mediation, San Antonio)
- Best Lawyers in America
- 2014 Lawyer of the Year (Mediation, San Antonio)
- Best Lawyers in America
- Outstanding Lawyer in Mediation
- San Antonio Business Journal
- International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation
- Who's Who Legal
- Member
- American College of e-Neutrals
- Texas Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers
- Best Lawyers
- Best Lawyers in America
- AV-Rating
- Martindale-Hubbell
Professional Associations
- Association of Attorney-Mediators
- San Antonio Chapter President
- - Current
- Trinity University
- Associates Chair
- - Current
- Trinity University
- Board of Visitors
- - Current
- Trinity University
- Business Advisory Council
- - Current
- Texas State Bar # 15908800
- Member
- - Current
- ADR Section of the State Bar of Texas
- Chair-Elect
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- Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA
- Technology Chair
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- William S. Sessions American Inn of Court
- President
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- ABA Task Force on Planned Early Dispute Resolution
- Member
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- Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA
- Negotiation Chair
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- Rotary Club of San Antonio
- Secretary-Treasurer
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- Goodwill Industries of San Antonio
- Advisory Council
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- Leadership San Antonio
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Checkmate: Early Moves Define Negotiation Outcomes
- San Antonio Bar Association
- How Tomorrow's Lawyers Are Using Technology Now to Improve Outcomes
- Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation
- Decisional Errors: Why We Make Them and How to Address Them
- Dispute Resolution Journal
- Thankful for Unanswered Prayers? Unconscionability 'Equilibrium'
- Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation
- Trends in Litigating Arbitration
- Defense Counsel Journal
- Litigating Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Fifth Circuit
- Texas Tech Law Review
- The One Minute Manager Prepares for Mediation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Negotiation Preparation
- Harvard Negotiation Law Review
- Trial Preparation Includes ADR Process Design: What Type of Mediator Works Best?
- American Bar Association Section of Litigation
- Litigating Arbitration: A 2007 Arbitration Review
- Baylor Law Review
- The Value of Economic Analysis in Preparing for Mediation
- Dispute Resolution Journal
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Texas Tech Law Review
- Deal or No Deal? Or Perhaps a Better Deal? The Impact of Improved Information
- Alternatives to the High Cost of Litigation
- The Psychology of Bad Economic Decisions
- JAMS Dispute Resolution Alert
Speaking Engagements
- Tools to Hit a Bullseye at Your Next Mediation, ABA Environmental, Mass Torts & Products Liability Litigation Committees' Joint CLE Seminar, Park City, UT
- American Bar Association
- Mediation Techniques, Litigation Update, Austin, TX
- State Bar of Texas
- Decision Making Under Conflict, Pepperdine Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Malibu, CA
- Preventing Bad Settlement Decisions and Impasse: Using Brain Science, Game Theory, Animated Communication, and Micro-Interventions, Pepperdine Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Malibu, CA
- Pepperdine University School of Law
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Website
- Website
- Picture It Settled
- Blog
- ADR Toolbox
- Detecting Accounting Fraud in Publicly Traded U.S. Firms Using a Machine Learning Approach
8 December 2019 - Intelligent Risk Detection in Health Care: Integrating Social and Technical Factors to Manage Health Outcomes
7 December 2019 - Ohio’s Portage County Launches the Nation’s First ODR Program for Foreclosure Mediation
6 December 2019 - The Repeat Player, Arbitration Providers, Evident Partiality, and the Ninth Circuit
5 December 2019 - Absent Class Members, Class Arbitration, Class Certification Awards, Consent, Coercion, and the Second Circuit
4 December 2019 - DoorDash TROs Signal a New Frontier in Mass Individual Arbitrations
3 December 2019 - Article on Fiduciary Authority and Liability in Probate Estates: An Empirical Analysis
2 December 2019 - Alternative Dispute Resolution pioneer Frank G. Evans III dies at 91
1 December 2019 - The Single Reason Why People Can’t Write, According to a Harvard Psychologist
30 November 2019
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