Laurence Yadon

Mediator | Attorney | Arbitrator | Private Judge | Special Master

Areas of Expertise – Commercial Litigation/Business Disputes, Banking Litigation, Bankruptcy Contested Matters and Adversary Litigation, Contract Disputes, Real Estate Disputes, Healthcare Provider Litigation (Audits/False Claims Act)

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Larry has served as an Adjunct Settlement Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma since 1994.  In that capacity and as a private mediator, Larry has mediated over seventy cases.  From time to time during that period, according to Magistrate Sam Joyner, Larry has maintained the highest percentage of cases resolved.

Larry has also arbitrated construction and other complex disputes resolved through the Better Business Bureau of Tulsa.

Education:

  • Juris Doctorate, University of Oklahoma, 1974, BA, University of Tulsa, 1970

  • Mediation Training and Certification, American Mediation Services, 1993

  • Facilitator Training and Certification, Cooper and Lybrand, 1994

  • Adjunct Settlement Judge Training, United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma,1994

  • Arbitration and Mediation Training and Certification, Better Business Bureau, 1997

Bar Admissions:

  • State of Oklahoma

  • Eastern, Northern and Western District of Oklahoma

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

  • Supreme Court of the United States

  • Member, Oklahoma Bar Association

  • Member, Tulsa County Bar Association

  • Member, Panel of Adjunct Settlement Judges, Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Member, Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators, Better Business Bureau of Eastern Oklahoma

  • Member, Board of Visitors, University of Tulsa College of Law Sustainable Energy and Resources Law Board of Visitors

  • Oklahoma Panel, National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM)

Selected List of Presentations:

  • "Enforcement of Arbitration Awards," Oklahoma Bar Association ADR Section, Oklahoma City and Tulsa, 2006

  • "ADR Primer for Beginning Litigators," Oklahoma Bar Association, ADR Section, Oklahoma Section, 2005

  • "Effective Caucus Methods for Resolving Five Common Mediation Problems," Oklahoma Bar Association, ADR Section (Panel), Tulsa, 2005

  • "Ten Ways to Help the Mediator Close the Deal," Oklahoma Bar Association, ADR Section, Oklahoma City, 2004

  • "Anatomy of a Settlement Conference" Panelist, Adjunct Settlement Judge Training, United States District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma

  • Episodes of the History Channel Series Natural Born Outlaws profiling Pretty Boy Floyd, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker

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