Attorneys are often conditioned to act tough, but sometimes acknowledging a case's weakness can have positive results. Mediator Sidney Kanazawa, Esq. discusses how concepts like curiosity, humility and empathy in a litigation context can actually create power in negotiations, fostering resolution, and will explain how these approaches can be successful in mediation and at trial. 

Wednesday, September 24 at 6:00 PM

COST:

Free to all SCMA Members and Non-Members

SIDNEY KANAZAWA, ESQ., a former McGuireWoods, Pillsbury, and Lillick partner, has won trials and reached agreements many thought improbable, including a 45 minute defense verdict in a bellwether pharmaceutical case and the resolution of 2,000+ claims in 3 months (600 within 2 weeks) following a massive oil spill. He is a frequent trial, deposition, negotiation, and diversity/inclusion speaker and writer and is a graduate of the University of Hawaii (College of Education), the University of Southern California (Gould School of Law) and the Pepperdine and Harvard mediation and negotiation programs. He has been a keynote speaker, program director, or instructor for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), DRI, or the Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession (IILP) in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Nevada, Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Japan and has authored articles on preparing witnesses for deposition, an Aikido approach to depositions, video, persuasion, negotiations, mediation, rule of law, diversity, and civil rights. He is currently a full-time mediator/arbitrator, an adjunct professor at Pepperdine Law School (“Apology, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation”), a select member of the Los Angeles Superior Court ADR Committee, a Board Member of the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals, and will be President of the Litigation Counsel of America in 2026.