Trial-tested judges.
National experience.
Founded in Michigan in 2015 by a former presiding judge of the business court, MI-JADR is resolving commercial and civil disputes for clients in all fifty states, with offices in Michigan, Texas and Colorado, and remote nationwide.
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Our judicial neutrals have presided over and ruled on cases much like yours.
Many attorneys prefer judicial neutrals because the environment is confidential and conflict-free: a retired judge will never represent your adversary in the next case.
Business-court experience
Our panel includes former trial judges and presiding judges of Michigan business courts who routinely handled sophisticated civil, commercial, class action, technology and malpractice matters.
Three-judge panels
Why seat a plaintiff's representative, a defendant's representative and one neutral when you can select three neutral experienced retired judges?
Confidential and convenient
Private conference space with kitchen access for long sessions; full remote capability via Zoom, Teams and Webex; evening and Saturday availability.
Five retired judges. Decades of experience.
Hon. Daniel P. Ryan (Ret.)
Founder of MI-JADR and former Presiding Judge of the 3rd Circuit Business Court, Judge Ryan has personally mediated or arbitrated more than 8,000 matters since 2015 after 22 years on the bench.
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Mediation, arbitration and everything between.
Mediation
Facilitated negotiation with a retired trial judge who has ruled on cases like yours and can tell each side, candidly, how a court is likely to see it.
Arbitration
A private, binding alternative to trial. Single-judge or three-judge panels, with the procedural discipline of a business court and none of the public docket.
Case Evaluation
Special case evaluation panels of retired judges, by stipulation of the parties or court order — staffed entirely by retired judges rather than a plaintiff's and defendant's representative.
Neutral Evaluation
Early, confidential assessment of a matter's strengths and exposure before positions harden and costs mount.
Where selection of the neutral can be decisive.
We appreciate the importance of your matter, and that it is a privilege to handle what may be your client's only case.Hon. Daniel P. Ryan (Ret.) — Founder, MI-JADR
Michigan, Texas, Colorado — and your conference room.
We can also conduct facilitation or mediation at your office when scheduling permits, and all neutrals are practiced at remote Zoom, Webex and Teams sessions.
Michigan
Texas
Mediate with confidence.
Arbitrate with confidence.
Schedule with an experienced retired neutral judge today.
Email scheduling@mijadr.com, call 734-744-9822, or confirm a date with opposing counsel and book online. Evening and Saturday sessions available.