Felicia’s Approach
For over 26 years, Felicia has helped parties resolve complex legal and business disputes through public court proceedings and private mediation sessions and arbitration proceedings. Through the years, Felicia has been a trusted advisor in some of her clients’ toughest personal and professional times. That experience helps Felicia to appreciate the tightropes that are sometimes presented to parties who want to deescalate, avoid, or resolve conflict while staying mindful of litigation positions, should negotiations prove unsuccessful.
The experience also helps to shape Felicia’s role as a mediator. Through this experiential lens, Felicia helps parties consider, evaluate, and confidentially negotiate options for conflict and risk management and dispute resolution.
Felicia’s Prepared for Mediation
Felicia knows how important trust and rapport are in mediation and that the parties and lawyers are trusting her to assist them in resolving a conflict that they may have invested thousands of dollars and years of their lives into.
In any mediation, the mediator is the person who has the least exposure to the facts, the parties, and the underlying source of the conflict. So, in addition to reviewing materials provided before the mediation session, Felicia schedules time to talk with the parties and/or the lawyers to better understand the case, build rapport, and reinforce her commitment to earning their trust.
Felicia’s Role
During mediation, the parties are in control and are the only decision-makers in the room are the parties. The only advocates in the room are the parties’ respective counsel. While Felicia is an experienced negotiator and litigator, she is keenly aware that her role during mediation is neither that of a lawyer nor decisionmaker; rather, she’s a facilitator.
Felicia is committed to doing her pre-mediation homework, and arrives to each mediation session ready to get to work. Her only request is that the parties prepare themselves too, that they trust the process, and arrive ready to confidentially, creatively, and in good faith explore their respective opportunities for resolution.
Felicia’s Experience & Training
As a neutral, advocate, and public official, Felicia's experience includes:
Antitrust
Business dissolution
Business disparagement
Business torts
Civil theft
Collections
Common law claims
Construction
Consumer credit organizations
Consumer disputes
Contract disputes
Factoring agreements
Lease agreements
Licensing agreements
Purchase agreements
Real Estate Sales & Leasing
Services agreements
Joint Venture agreements
Partnership agreements
Corporate Governance
Deceptive Trade Practices
Defamation
Libel & Slander
Elder Care & Adult Family Planning
Employment
Contracts
Discrimination/Harassment
Title VII
TCHRA
Age discrimination
Americans with Disabilities Act
Internal Investigations
Noncompete & Nonsolicitation agreements
OSHA & EEOC investigations
Privacy
Workers Compensation
Elections & Campaigns
Explosions
Fiduciary Duties
Fraud/Misrepresentation
Governmental Immunity
Indemnification
Insurance Coverage
Internal Investigations
Landlord-Tenant
Medical Malpractice
Negligence
Nursing Homes & Facilities
Change of Ownership
Standards of Care
Partnership duties
Personal Injury (Auto/Non-Auto)
Premises Liability
Probate, Heirship, & Will Contests
Products Liability
Property Damage
Property Taxes (Ad valorem)
Property rights
Community Assns (HOAs)
Condemnation
Eminent Domain
Partition Suits
Surface/Mineral Rights
Trespass – Physical
Trespass – Seismic
Public Policy
Sovereign Immunity
Torts
Tortious Interference
Trade Secrets
UCC Claims
Warranty
Workers Compensation
Wrongful Death
Felicia’s experience with companies, individuals, and experts in numerous industries and commercial sectors includes:
- Banking & Financial Services
- Cleaning Services
- Construction
- Consulting Services
- Disaster Cleanup
- Elections & Campaigns
- Energy (Oil & Gas)
- Energy Services
- Engineering Services
- Equine Breeding & Training
- Healthcare
- Homeowners & Community Associations
- Industrial Plant Maintenance & Safety Services
- Insurance
- Leasing (Real Estate, Oil & Gas)
- Legal Services
- Local Government
- Managed Information & Cloud-Based Services
- Manufacturing
- Maritime Services
- Non-Profits
- Nursing Homes & Operations
- Pipelines
- Pharmaceutical
- Private Equity
- Restaurant
- Seismic Negotiations & Exploration
- Waste & Recycling Services