PUBLICATIONS   (partial list)

Leewright, Marty B., Dispute Resolution Texas Style, 2nd edition. Edited official ADR Brochure published by the State Bar of Texas (ADR Section), funded by the Texas Bar Foundation and distributed to the public, courts and lawyers statewide, 1997, Revised 2006, 20 pgs.

Leewright, Marty B., Pointing Up to Excellence in ADR. The Texas Lawyer Mediation Magazine, March 4, 1996, p 20-22.

Leewright, Marty B., Are you a Qualified Mediator? Alternative Resolutions, official publication of the State Bar of Texas, Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter 1994, P. 13.

Leewright, Marty B., Alternative Dispute Resolution in District and County Courts at Law: A Qualitative Research Study. (Part 1.) Published in Alternative Resolutions, State Bar of TX, Vol. 3, No. 1, Fall 1993, p. 4-5, 21-22.

Leewright, Marty B., Alternative Dispute Resolution in District and County Courts at Law: A Qualitative Research Study. (Part 2.) Research published in Alternative Resolutions, State Bar of Texas, Vol. 3, No. 2, Winter 1994, p. 6-7, 22-23. (Complete Research Study is 70 pages.)

Leewright, Marty B., Time to Consider Board Certification in ADR. Alternative Resolutions, State Bar of Texas, Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 1995, p 4-5, 16-17.

Leewright, Marty B., Alternative Dispute Resolution in District and County Courts at Law: A Qualitative Research Study. Research findings published in The TCAM Newsletter, Tarrant County Association of Mediators, Vol. 2, No. 1, January 1994, p. 2-9.
 
Numerous other articles published, including:

Sanctity of Mediated Agreements Challenged
Recent Arbitration and Mediation Cases Continue to Define ADR; Support ADR Agreements
The Mediation Process
"Med-Arb"
Legislative and Caselaw Developments in ADR
Alternative Dispute Resolution Offers New Way to Resolve Conflict
Beyond the Jury
Cases Suitable for ADR
Mediating Insurance Claims
Preparing Your Client for Mediation
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Referring Cases to ADR
ADR Notes
ADR Study Completed

Marty served on the Editorial Board of Alternative Resolutions, the official publication of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section. Marty has also served for several years as a Mediation Trainer for Texas 40-hour statutory Mediation training and teaches at accredited Continuing Legal Education Seminars (CLE) for The State Bar of Texas. He is a Member of the College of the State Bar of Texas and was named a Fellow of the State Bar College in 2004. He authored a 100-page Mediation Training Manual on Alternative Dispute Resolution for statutory mediation training and judicial Settlement Week training. He teaches Mediation and ADR related subjects at Texas Westleyan University Law School and Texas Woman's University extended education program.  For seven years he edited the Personal Injury Digest, a monthly digest of personal injury, wrongful death, insurance and related procedure and evidence cases from the fourteen Texas Courts of Appeals and Texas Supreme Court. He was editor of Dispute Resolution Texas Style, the official 20-page ADR brochure widely distributed to the public, lawyers and judges by the State Bar of Texas. He is a past Editor and contributor to the Denton County Lawyer and has also been invited to write many guest newspaper columns, he has written and published nearly 100 articles.
 

PRESENTATIONS   (partial list)

Effective Mediation Advocacy. Keynote presentation to Southwest Regional Student Legal Services Association, New Orleans, Louisiana;
 
Arbitration in the ADR Practice. Presentation to State Bar of Texas ADR Section Mid-Year Meeting, Austin, Texas;

Advanced Negotiation Strategies and Tactics for the Advocate.  Seminar presented to Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana Bar Associations, Tulane Univ. School of Law, New Orleans, Louisiana;

ADR Caselaw Update. Presentation to State Bar of Texas ADR Section, mid-year meeting, Austin, Texas;

Dealing with 3rd Parties in Mediation. Basic Mediator Training, Tarrant County Dispute Resolution Services, Ft. Worth, TX;

Lessons Learned: Helping to Resolve 10,000 Disputes. Presentation to Mediation Council, Dallas Texas;

Advising Clients with Personal Injury & Insurance Claims. Presentation to Southwest Regional Legal Services Conference, Santa Fe, NM;

The Value of Mediation in Higher Education: Designing a Mediation Program in Higher Education. Presentations at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida;

Designing a Mediation Program for Higher Education. Presentation at Third Annual Texas Higher Education Law Conference, Denton, Texas;

University of North Texas ADR Program. Presentation to all Vice Presidents, Deans, Chairs and Directors, Radisson Hotel, Denton, Texas;

Alternative Dispute Resolution in Higher Education. Presentation to Texas Association of State University Attorneys, Ft. Worth, Texas;

ADR Update- Caselaw, Legislation and Mediator Ethics. Presentation to Denton County Bar Association, Denton, TX;

ADR and Mediation. Two and a half hour presentation, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas;

Gender Differences in Verbal and Nonverbal Communication. Presentation to Texas Association of Mediators Annual Conference, Houston, TX; (Dr. Jill Rhea's research and materials.)

Deception Detection for Lawyers and Mediators, Southwest Regional Student Legal Services Association, San Francisco, California;

ADR and Mediation; Historical Development and Overview. Presentation at mediation training for educational administrators, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas;

Mediation; an Overview. Univ. of North Texas Minicourse (4 hours), UNT, Denton Texas;

"10½ Ways to Avoid Lawyers". Presentations to Breakfast Kiwanis Club (and various other civic organizations);

Tips for Educating and Informing About ADR. Continuing Legal Education presentation to the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Texas, Austin, Texas;

Implementing Alternative Dispute Resolution in Higher Education Institutions. Served on panel of experts at Personnel Administrators of Texas Senior Colleges and Universities (PATSCU) annual conference, Austin, Texas;
 
Alternative Dispute Resolution Techniques for University Staff. Presentation to Texas Woman's University Housing Staff, Denton, Texas;
 
Alternative Dispute Resolution in District and County Courts at Law. Presentation to Tarrant County Association of Mediators (TCAM), Fort Worth, Texas;

Alternative Dispute Resolution in District and County Courts at Law. Presentation to Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR), Dallas, Texas;

Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution in Higher Education. Presentation and mock mediation given to the Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators (TACUSPA) annual summer legal conference, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas;

Mediation Training and Alternative Dispute Resolution. Presentation of 40-hour statutory Mediation training for the Univ. of North Texas Mediation Program co-sponsored by the Denton County Dispute Resolution Center. Denton County Courthouse, Denton, Texas;

Options Regarding Sexual Harassment. Presentation in University Union, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas;

MEDIATION & DISPUTE RESOLUTION TRAINING

Collaborative Law Training - (Chip Rose) Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
Advanced Negotiation Strategies and Tactics for the Advocate, Tulane University School of Law, New
  Orleans, LA;
Ethical Dilemmas in Mediation - State Bar of Texas ADR Section, Austin;
Advanced Court-Annexed Mediator Training - Professional Attorney Mediators, Dallas;
Advanced Mediator Training - Attorney Mediator Institute, Dallas;
Advanced Arbitrator Training - American Arbitration Association, Dallas;
Psychodrama Training, National Psychodrama Training Center, Round Top, Texas;
Advanced Psychodrama Training, National Psychodrama Training Center, held at Hunt, Texas;
24-hour Advanced Negotiation & Mediation Training, CDR Associates, Boulder, CO
40-hour Certified Mediator Training - Dispute Resolution Services of Tarrant County;
24-hour Family Law Mediation Training - East Texas State University;
Mediation/ADR Trainer, Centers for Dispute Resolution of Denton and Tarrant Counties;
50-hour Negotiation and Mediation Summer Workshop, Texas Tech Univ. School of Law;
Director, Pilot Mediation Project, University of North Texas;
Arbitrator Training, American Arbitration Association, Dallas;
Resolving Commercial Disputes without Litigation - Univ. of Texas School of Law & Tulane University School of Law, New Orleans;
Alternative Dispute Resolution, The New Legal System, Southern Methodist University School of Law,
  Dallas;
16-hour Prejudice Reduction and Multicultural Diversity - National Coalition Building Institute;
24-hour Trainer/Facilitator Workshop, North Texas Coalition for Diversity;
Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) International Seminar 1994, Dallas;
Texas Association of Mediators Annual Seminar 1994, Dallas;
Texas Association of Mediators Annual Seminar 1995, Houston;
State Bar of Texas Sixth Annual Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Institute;
State Bar of Texas Fifth Annual Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Institute;
State Bar of Texas Fourth Annual Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Institute;
Dispute Resolution Day, American Arbitration Association, Dallas;
Sexual Harassment in the Workplace, Dual Solutions and University of North Texas

TRIAL & LITIGATION TRAINING

Selected one of 50 lawyers nationally, to attend intensive Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming;
Advanced Graduate Trial Advocacy Seminar, Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming;
Advanced Personal Injury and Insurance Law Seminars, State Bar of Texas, numerous years;
Federal Civil Practice Seminars, Dallas Bar Assoc., E. Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc., Dallas, Tyler;
Texas Torts in the Nineties, The State Bar of Texas;
The Masters in Trial, American Board of Trial Advocates, Dallas, Texas;
11-Day Intensive Trial Advocacy Program, Univ. of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas;
Medical & Orthopedic Injuries, 6-wk course Medi-Legal Institute, SW Medical School, Dallas, Texas.

TYPES OF CASES MEDIATED OR ARBITRATED   (Partial list)