The Employment Law Counselor Episode 24

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The Ins and Outs of A Successful Employment Mediation

In the newest episode of the Employment Law Counselor Podcast, hosts Victoria Fuller and Laura Corvo are joined by Hon. Thomas J. Rueter (Ret.), a seasoned mediator and arbitrator and April Quire, a Senior Claims Examiner with Arch Insurance who has participated in countless mediations.

This podcast shares real-world insights and provides both the mediator’s and insurer’s view of how to successfully mediate employment claims, along with practical strategies that go beyond the usual negotiation playbook. You will also hear how confidentiality and mediator proposals can help move even the toughest cases toward resolution.

Special thanks goes to White and Williams, LLP for partnership in the production of this episode.

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Episode 1  Episode 2  Episode 3  Episode 4  Episode 5

Episode 6  Episode 7  Episode 8  Episode 9  Episode 10

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Episode 21 Episode 22  Episode 23

Featured on This Episode
Host
Victoria Fuller
Partner, White and Williams
Victoria Fuller is a Partner and Co-Chair of the Labor and Employment Practice Group. She practices out of White and Williams' Boston office. Victoria has over 17 years of experience as a civil litigator, focusing on employment litigation and counseling, higher education litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith litigation. Victoria is well-known for her creativity, commitment, efficiency and strategic focus with clients. Victoria regularly represents businesses, educational institutions, and non-profits in employment litigation pending in the EEOC, MCAD, as well as in Massachusetts state and Federal Court. In addition, she counsels employers with respect to a variety of employment matters including hiring, termination (including RIFs), requests for accommodation, policies and procedures, and restrictive covenants. In addition to employment matters, Victoria also defends educational institutions in legal disputes with students. Victoria also represents insurers in complex coverage and bad faith disputes and handles first party property coverage matters.
Host
Laura Corvo
Counsel, White and Williams
Laura Corvo represents employers in employment litigation and counsels clients on a variety of employment-related issues. She has extensive knowledge of federal, state and local employment laws and regularly counsels employers on a host of personnel and human resource issues including, employee hiring, discipline and termination matters, reductions in force, wage and hour compliance, family and medical leave compliance, and managing accommodations for disabled employees. Laura frequently conducts harassment and discrimination investigations and provides training to executives, managers and employees on a range of topics including anti-harassment, anti-discrimination and diversity. She also drafts and reviews employment contracts, employee handbooks and other personnel policies. Laura represents employers in litigation involving claims of discrimination, harassment and retaliation in federal and state courts and before various administrative agencies. She is also experienced in the litigation of business tort matters involving non-compete and other restrictive covenant agreements.
Guest
Hon. Thomas J. Rueter (Ret.)
Mediator, Arbitrator, JAMS
Guest
April Quire
Senior Claims Examiner, Arch Insurance
Episode #

24

Month

May

Year

2026

Business Line

Employment Practices Liability (EPL), Professional Liability

Topic

Professional Liability (PL) Insurance

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