Beyond Dispute Associates News

• Judge Parr was quoted extensively in a June 7th Washington Times article:
  "When co-owners split, it’s expensive"
• We've launched a new division, Tough Conversations, focused on intergenerational family communications. Learn more at: www.toughconversations.net.
• On Tuesday, August 10th, an article featuring Judge Parr appeared in the Washington Post: "Researchers find that wisdom and happiness increase as people grow older"
  
• On May 6 Sig Cohen will receive one of the three Capitol Hill Community Achievement Awards at a black tie dinner in the Great Hall of the Folger Library Shakespeare Library. Sig is being honored for his many charitable activities on the Hill, including the founding of a vibrant Jewish congregation, the Hill Havurah.
• On October 22 Judge Parr addressed a conference of Mexican judges in Villahermosa, Mexico.  She was invited by the World Bank to speak on court-sponsored mediation in the U.S.in general, and the Multi-Door program of the D.C. Superior Court in Washington, DC in particular.  She has been a mediator there for seven years. Judge Parr addressed the gathering in Spanish.
• Judge Parr's article appears in Tax Notes - "Why Postappeal Mediation Isn't Working and How to Fix It."
  Read the article here...
• Judge Parr was recently interviewed by General Jimmy Dishner (ret. USAF) for his show "It's All About You."
  You can view the video here...

• On June 19th Judge Parr participated in a Roundtable conference hosted by Tax Analysts at The National Press Club - "ADR and the IRS: What would ADR Mean for the IRS and for Taxpayers?"
  A written transcript is available here...
  An audio recording of the event is available here...