Litigation Alternatives, Inc. is a full-service Alternative Dispute Resolution in Connecticut(CT)

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A native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, Tom moved to the metropolitan Hartford area after graduating with honors from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans. His law career spanned over 19 years, first as an associate at Gordon, Muir & Foley from 1979-1985 and as a partner in the law firm of Sack, Spector and Barrett in West Hartford from 1986-1999.  Since 1999 Tom has been a full time mediator, arbitrator and ADR consultant.

Tom's practice as a civil litigator encompassed the areas of personal injury, product liability, real estate, municipal, commercial, probate, workers' compensation, and constitutional law.  Additionally, as a mediator and arbitrator, Tom has also heard and been involved in matters of commercial construction, architectural practice, employment law, labor issues and condominium disputes.  Tom received mediation training from the Manville Mediation Training Project while participating in asbestos litigation.

Tom is one of only a handful of successful full-time mediators and arbitrators practicing in Connecticut.  The more obvious reasons he has become successful are his legal experience, an extensive litigation background, a willingness to stay current with the law, an ever present intellectual curiosity and, most important of all, an ability to communicate effectively with the widely differing variety of personalities who participate in the mediation and arbitration process.

We at Litigation Alternatives, Inc. are proud to be able to offer his services in cases involving a myriad of issues and subject matters.  Tom has also had great success in the settlement of complex, multi-party mediations, where disputed questions of fact and law are of prime importance.  Many of the cases Tom has mediated have settled in the six and seven figure range.

While in private practice, Tom's reputation, intelligence, skill and integrity led to him being selected regularly by his peers as a "mutually acceptable" hearing officer.  Since entering the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution full time, his reputation has spread and he is now known throughout Connecticut. 

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Victor gained substantial Alternative Dispute Resolution experience and expertise from 17 years service as Chief Clerk of the Housing Session in the Hartford Superior Court.  While working for the Court, he oversaw the development of the existing in-Court mediation program noted for its efficiency and success, which has served as a model for the rest of the Court system in Connecticut. 

As chief clerk, Victor acted as sole mediator in hundreds, if not thousands of cases with the largest portion of his mediation caseload involving commercial cases where an understanding of the complex commercial issues and nuance presented in the disputes was of critical importance to settlement.  Accordingly, his experience, high success rate and exposure to more complex commercial issues, allows his services to be available not only in the landlord/tenant area, but in cases involving complex commercial and subrogation issues as well.

Since leaving the court for private practice in 2000, Victor has been referred a number of mediation and arbitration cases privately and by the courts.  We at  Litigation Alternatives, Inc. are honored that he has chosen to embrace our model of service where he can continue the "arms-length" practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution without active marketing and administrative responsibilities.

While a main goal of his transition to private practice is the continuation of his participation in the resolution of disputes as a neutral hearing officer through this office, Mr. Feigenbaum has also opened his own private practice in West Hartford, where he services a wide range of clientele and commercial issues.

Victor is a graduate of Trinity College and subsequently graduated cum laude from Western New England School of Law after a noteworthy and nationally recognized business career.  He has contributed to the promulgation of rules for the Connecticut Practice Book, helped work on legislation affecting commercial and residential landlord/tenant law, has led or participated in a number of seminars in his area of expertise and is one of a few contributing authors to the Connecticut Lawyers' Deskbook.  He is one of many leaders in Hartford's Jewish Community and is currently President of Congregation Beth Israel in West Hartford.

Lloyd is a native of Connecticut.  He graduated Denison University in 1981 and attended the University of Connecticut school of law where he graduated in 1985.  From 1985-1992, Lloyd joined Regnier, Taylor, Curran & Eddy as a litigation associate where his primary focus was civil and insurance defense litigation where he participated in all aspects of the civil trial process.

In 1992 Mr. Pedersen became one of four original members in the Hartford office of the nationally known firm, Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, LLC and was an associate until 1998 when he made partner.  During his tenure, his focus expanded to include defense of complex personal injury claims, bad faith actions, commercial claims and insurance coverage issues.    

Mr. Pedersen's role at the firm increasingly involved analysis of ISO PAP, BAP, HO and CGL coverage issues that involved 1) completed operations; 2) false pretense claims; 3) employment practice coverage and other policy provisions.  Lloyd's expertise in regards to coverage opinions and reservations of rights and the litigation thereof can be found in the Connecticut Supreme Court decisions in Flint v. Universal Machine and Sybalsky v. Glens Falls Insurance Company.

In addition to the above, Mr. Pedersen lectures at client seminars on legislative and judicial developments in tort and insurance law.  He is also pursuing CPCU designation and has successfully finished sections 1 and 6.

After leaving Morrison, Mahoney & Miller in early 2002, Mr. Pedersen was invited to join Litigation Alternatives, Inc. as a house affiliated neutral.  Lloyd's invitation was made based on his potential to become a successful and effective hearing officer, based on his legal expertise and his "intelligent" use of the ADR process over the years.

Lloyd's personality and integrity along with a philosophy to "say what he'll do and do what he says," combined with his good humor and an emotional "balance," we do not often see, have led us to the conclusion that adding an Alternative Dispute Resolution component to his practice will be a successful endeavor.   We are honored to be able to be associated with him. 

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Bill Logue is a West Hartford based independent mediator, facilitator, consensus builder, trainer and consultant to individuals, groups, associations, corporations, law firms, foundations and public organizations. He has helped creatively craft agreements that build relationships and promote practical solutions to difficult problems.

Mr. Logue has worked in the field of conflict resolution since 1986 in the Federal Court and the private sector. He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Connecticut School of Law and is admitted to practice law in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Bill mediates employment, commercial, construction, family business, professional liability and other matters. He has provided conflict management and system design services for complex workplace conflict to organizations including public agencies and elected boards. He has designed and lead conflict resolution training programs for organizations including the Quinnipiac Law School Center on Dispute Resolution, University of Connecticut Labor Education Center, Connecticut Judicial Branch Housing Mediation Unit, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, AmeriCorps Volunteers, American Leadership Forum, and the Association of Independent Schools of New England among others.

His public policy consensus building work has included being one of three members of a consensus building team engaged by the Connecticut Office of Policy and Management to facilitate agreement on a plan to reconfigure the State of Connecticut’s mental health, substance abuse and public health functions into a new Department of Health. He has also facilitated development of a plan for submission to the Connecticut Department of Transportation pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act. Working in the Federal Court, Bill facilitated agreement on 800 pages of implementation manuals pursuant to a consent decree for more than a dozen areas of departmental operations concerning the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

A frequent speaker and writer on ADR, Bill contributed three chapters to the Connecticut Mediation Practice Book published in 2001. He is also a regular contributing columnist on ADR to the Connecticut Law Tribune.

Mr. Logue also consults to foundations and non-profits on conflict resolution, collaboration, strategic and programming planning and evaluation. For the Center for the Study of Social Policy he evaluated organizational models and sites for an initiative to foster non-adversarial reform of children and family services at the state and local levels. For Public/Private Ventures he examined experiences with collaboration in the Community Change and Youth Development and Bridges-to-Work initiatives and addressed the increasing emphasis on collaboration in the implementation of social welfare programs and concerns about its strengths and limitations.

Mr. Logue is past chair of the Connecticut Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and Co-Chair of the Standing Committee on Dispute Resolution in the Courts), a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution (Vice President of the New England Chapter), a panelist with the Connecticut Department of Education, the United States Postal Service and the US EEOC.