Structured Negotiation Articles

Structured Negotiation Articles

This topic includes posts about Structured Negotiation and about the people, issues, and themes in Lainey Feingold's Structured Negotiation book. If you are looking for cases that have been resolved in Structured Negotiation, please visit the Settlements page on this website. For Structured Negotiation articles Lainey has written for other publications, please visit the Writings Page.

Judging a Book by its Cover

Posted on Updated on December 21, 2021
This post is about the hexagons on the cover of my book — Structured Negotiation: a Winning Alternative to Lawsuits. The hexagons were prominent in the first edition of the book, published by the American Bar Association (ABA) in 2016. They are in the background of the second edition, published in October 2021. Hexagons are the perfect symbol for a book about cooperation, trust, and resolving legal claims without the conflict, expense and stress of traditional litigation. Read more… Judging a Book by its Cover

First Cousins: Structured Negotiation and Collaborative Law

Posted on Updated on April 1, 2021
The article posted here by Lainey Feingold first appeared in the July 2017 issue of Just Resolution E-News, a publication of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association. It tells of the significant similarities between Structured Negotiation and Collaborative Law, two dispute resolution methods focused on cost-effective problem solving without litigation. Structured Negotiation:… Read more… First Cousins: Structured Negotiation and Collaborative Law

Access World Talking ATM Article

Posted on Updated on February 11, 2021
This article Lainey wrote about Talking ATMs was published in January, 2003 in AccessWorld(R), a publication of the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB). Part 2 of this Article, titled “You Can Bank on It, Part 2: Advocacy, Outreach, and Legal Authority for Talking ATMs,” can be found in the March, 2003 issue of Access World. Read more… Access World Talking ATM Article

West Valley College improves technology for students in Structured Negotiation

Posted on Updated on January 18, 2021
On August 26, 2020, the TRE Legal Practice announced a settlement with West Valley College that ensures blind students have access to critical educational technology, including immersive virtual language tools. Reached in Structured Negotiation without a lawsuit, among other things the agreement mandates that future procurement contracts must include provisions requiring technology vendors to deliver… Read more… West Valley College improves technology for students in Structured Negotiation

Feingold and Dardarian Receive California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award

Posted on Updated on October 3, 2020
The Law Office of Lainey Feingold is honored to announce that Lainey has received a 2014 California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) Award for her work in 2013. She shares this year’s CLAY award for disability rights with Linda Dardarian of the Oakland civil rights firm Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho. While maintaining their own law firms, Linda and Lainey have worked as partners in the truest sense of the word since 1994. Read more… Feingold and Dardarian Receive California Lawyer Attorney of the Year Award

Marlaina Lieberg and Ken Metz: Advocates Extraordinaire

Posted on Updated on October 1, 2020
The past two months have seen too much loss in the blind advocacy community in the United States. In April I wrote about the death of Sue Ammeter, the blind activist behind a successful Structured Negotiation with the American Cancer Society. Then in May came news that Marlaina Lieberg and Ken Metz had died within days of each other. Both were committed advocates and Structured Negotiation champions. Read more… Marlaina Lieberg and Ken Metz: Advocates Extraordinaire

Patience: A Negotiation (and Accessibility) Strategy

Posted on Updated on September 29, 2020
Last week I delivered the annual Lawrence Lecture at the Moritz College of Law at Ohio State University (OSU). My talk was titled: “Forget the Shark, Be a Dolphin Instead.” The focus was captured in the sub-title “Advancing client interests with collaborative negotiating tools.” It was fun presenting to a room full of students and… Read more… Patience: A Negotiation (and Accessibility) Strategy

Structured Negotiation Book Turns Three. Gratitude Abounds

Posted on Updated on September 29, 2020
This month marks the three year anniversary of my book, Structured Negotiation, A Winning Alternative to Lawsuits. This post is about gratitude and memories. About the global and national interest in collaborative problem solving and digital inclusion. Although the official pub date for the book was in August 2016, the official book launch happened in… Read more… Structured Negotiation Book Turns Three. Gratitude Abounds

Forget the Shark and Be a Dolphin Instead: Structured Negotiation Skills for Practitioners

Posted on Updated on September 29, 2020
The article posted here, written by Lainey Feingold, first appeared in the November 2018 issue of Just Resolutions, a publication of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association. The November issue was organized by Women in Dispute Resolution (WIDR). WIDR is a “committee of professionals within the Dispute Resolution Section committed to ensuring… Read more… Forget the Shark and Be a Dolphin Instead: Structured Negotiation Skills for Practitioners