Mike

Mediation and Arbitration

•Currently General Counsel for Associated General Contractors of Minnesota

•Composed 50-50 of general and specialty contractors in commercial and highway-heavy markets

•Chief author of AGC form construction contracts

•Chief author and co-author of amicus briefs and letters to courts and agencies on construction issues.

•Litigated and contracted cases regarding construction work or defects.

•Negotiated and litigated commercial contracts, domestic and international, including license (SaaS, copyright, trademark), distribution, sales.

•Taught contract law and ethics

Construction - Contract

Labor & Employment

•Currently Director of Labor Relations for Associated General Contractors of Minnesota

•Negotiates collective bargaining agreements with unions

•Facilitates conflict resolution discussions between unions & signatories

•Administers AGC Disputes Board

•Speaks on labor, conflict resolution, and negotiation topics in Minnesota and nationally

•Conducted employment investigations

•Litigated and contracted employment related issues.

•Taught labor & employment law

•Over 30 years professional legal experience

•Director-Coordinator Mediation Program, St. Cloud State University

•Negotiated numerous, industry (multi-employer) collective bargaining agreements with basic trades for both commercial and highway-heavy markets, and in different geographic areas (including Metro, Rochester, Northern Minnesota and North Dakota)

•Mediated and facilitated conflict resolution among construction contractors and labor unions.

•Served as mediator on commercial, labor/employment, and other cases

•Taught mediation, conflict resolution, difficult conversations, active listening, and negotiation skills and processes

•Conducted employment and fraud investigations

•Practiced commercial litigation, in-house attorney (medical device company, training & learning company, commercial-highway-heavy construction association), and professor of business law and ethics

•Topical experience in: Construction, Labor/Employment, Copyright, Trademark, Contract including licensing, distribution, international

•Professor of business law topics include contract, employment/labor, intellectual property law.

Biography and full experiences available at LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/mikeschechter

Experiences

Rates & Terms

  • $450/hour plus reimbursable expenses

  • A copy of the Mediation Agreement will be sent before mediation. You can review the terms here.

  • Negotiation

    Conflict Resolution

    Ethics

    General Business Law, Labor, Employment

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