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Oct. 31, 2025

Constructive Insight

Former construction litigator Kirk Yake brings a builder's mindset to dispute resolution.

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Constructive Insight
Construction defect, real estate

There are moments when mediator Kirk D. Yake finds resolution to be bittersweet.

"Sometimes as a mediator you feel one of the parties either paid too much or got too little," Yake said. "Sometimes there are policy exclusions that preclude somebody from getting full boat on their damages. ... And you have to qualify your happiness that they reached settlement with the fact that the settlements don't always turn out the way you think they're going... (continued)

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