Mr. Laflin regularly mediates complex multi-party cases in the following substantive areas:  

• Tort claims arising from motor vehicles, aviation, maritime, Jones Act and workplace injuries.

• Commercial litigation.

• Construction defect and construction industry disputes (private and public projects).

• Insurance coverage and insurance bad faith claims (individual and class actions).

• Disability insurance claims (ERISA and non-ERISA).

• Workers compensation and lien resolution.

• Employment, employment discrimination, wage & hour class actions.

• Medical malpractice.

• Legal malpractice.

• Professional liability; architects, engineers, real estate and financial professionals.

• Oil and gas industry, inter-company, joint venture and lease disputes.

• Native and Indian rights.

• Environmental pollution claims.

• Real estate transactions (residential, commercial, tenants in common).

• Business formation and dissolutions.

• Franchisor/franchisee disputes.

• Intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, trade secrets, licensing disputes).

• Securities and commodities fraud and trading related disputes.

• Trusts & Estates; inter-generational property disputes among heirs.

• Medicare set asides and lien resolution.

• Universities and Medical Schools; mediation of faculty and staff related grievances and disputes.