San Antonio attorney-mediator Don Philbin developed Picture It Settled® Enterprise Software with the expert assistance of software engineers at Southwest Research Institute. Picture It Settled® Beta is set to launch first quarter 2012 to help litigants analyze their positions and plot successful negotiation strategies using patent-pending algorithms, neural networks, and data from thousands of cas
e settlement negotiations. Some of the Beta's intelligence is currently available on the Apple and Android market in a free application, Picture It Settled® Lite, through the help of Endeavour Software Technologies. The app then analyzes the offer history and graphs the effects of such moves on the likelihood of reaching a settlement by testing the patterns on each side. It projects the expected results in measures of dollars and time commitment, which helps both parties in negotiation visualize if and when they should settle for optimum outcome. Early reviews from general counsels and both sides of the docket have been positive:
Testimonials:
“Picture It Settled® is an exciting new application. It takes cutting edge negotiation theory first published by Don Philbin in the Harvard Negotiation Law Review (“HNLR”) and transforms it into an invaluable tool for practitioners and litigants involved in real world settlement negotiations”
-Cari Wint, New York litigator and former HNLR editor-in-chief.
“Don has created a software that has captured time and money data without identifying parties. There are clear patterns here, and this app helps add the element of factual outcomes with the emotions and psychology"
-John Allen Chalk, litigator and former chair of the Texas Bar ADR Section, in a recent San Antonio Business Journal. Founder Don Philbin, J.D., M.B.A, LL.M., is an AV-rated attorney-mediator with extensive business, legal, and negotiation experience. He received his Masters of Law degree from Pepperdine's top rated Institute for Dispute Resolution, where he is now an adjunct professor, and additional training and publication through Harvard's Program on Negotiation. Mr. Philbin is widely published in the field, Co-Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section's Negotiation Committee, and a current member of the ADR Section Council of the State Bar of Texas. He is listed in The International Who's Who of Commercial Mediation, The Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in San Antonio. To learn more about Mr. Philbin, visit his website or subscribe to his blog: http://www.adrtoolbox.com/
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