Full disclosure: I’ve learned and practiced in the litigation and trial system for over 25 years. Yet, it appears more and more that traditional dispute resolution – litigation through jury and court trials – is failing to meet today’s needs. One of the little secrets that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed is the fact that jury trials – often touted as the purest form of obtaining justice – are, at best, not the answer to the ever-skyrocketing lawsuits, most recently heavily focused on employment and business relationships, gone awry. Litigation is slow, expensive and often disappointing (even the perceived “winner”). Over more than a year now, the COVID pandemic has pierced our illusion of certainty and control in the justice system.

Read the article written by Leonid “Lonny” Zilberman published in the Daily Journal via the link below.