Don Philbin, J.D., M.B.A., LL.M., is an AV-rated attorney-mediator 
and president of Picture It Settled®, a software company that develops predictive analytics for negotiation based upon deep data from thousands of litigated cases.
After litigating commercial cases, forging business deals and case resolutions as general counsel and president of technology companies, and mediating hundreds of individual and collective cases in a wide variety of substantive areas, Don observed that the rhythm of the negotiation dance was predictable. So he collected data on thousands of cases from lawyers, companies, mediators, and other sources. Studying the patterns in two dimensions (money and time), he developed Picture It Settled®.
Using neural networks, predictive modeling, and genetic algorithms, Don, with considerable assistance from scientists at Southwest Research Institute®, isolated trends across groups of similar negotiations and trends that develop within particular negotiations. Now Picture It Settled® web-based software and its mobile app help negotiators optimize their concession strategies and predict where a round will end.
Don was one of three Texas mediators listed in the inaugural edition of The International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediation (2011; one of five Texas mediators in the 2012 edition), was recognized as the 2011 Outstanding Lawyer in Mediation by the San Antonio Business Journal, and is repeatedly listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in San Antonio, and the U.S. News and Best Lawyers “Best Law Firm” survey. He is an elected fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and the American Academy of Civil Trial Mediators.
