ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Mr. Clement has been serving as a mediator, arbitrator, and umpire since 2014. He has extensive experience with every facet of a construction project, and began his career in architecture. Since being admitted to practice law in 1995, he has represented architects, engineers, owners, developers, sureties, insurers, contractors, and subcontractors in the areas of real estate, construction and insurance law. As a result of the devastating effects of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Ida in Louisiana and the related litigation that followed, Mr. Clement also has extensive experience in the areas of First Party Insurance Claims, Bad Faith Insurance Claims Handling, and Insurance Agent Malpractice.
In 2013, Mr. Clement completed coursework at the Harvard Negotiation Institute, which is widely accepted as one of the nation’s fines mediation training courses. Mr. Clement is also an Adjunct Professor at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, teaching Mediation and Arbitration beginning in 2019. Mr. Clement is currently serving on a panel created by the Louisiana Insurance Commissioner to mediate Hurricane Ida claims in an expeditious manner. Mr. Clement has been with Perry Dampf Since 2014 and has served as a mediator, arbitrator, and umpire for a wide variety of civil disputes. He serves as a court appointed mediator in the Hurricane Ida Claims Settlement Program in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District Louisiana.
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MEDIATION
Mediation is a flexible dispute resolution process in which an impartial third party facilitates negotiations between parties to help them devise their own, mutually acceptable solutions. The mediator will ask questions, reframe issues, assist the parties to understand each other, and help identify solutions. Mediators do not take sides, pass down decisions, offer legal advice or reveal confidences.
ARBITRATION
Arbitration is a proceeding, governed by contract, in which a dispute is resolved by an impartial adjudicator, chosen by the parties, whose decision the parties have agreed to accept as final and binding.
UMPIRE
An umpire, similar to an arbitrator, refers to a neutral third party who plays a role in resolving disputes, particularly in the context of arbitration or certain legal proceedings. The term is commonly used in the context of insurance claims, where an umpire is appointed to help settle disagreements between parties regarding the value of a claim or the extent of damages.