ADR Services Include:Mediation; Arbitration; Med-Arb; Facilitation & Systems Design; Discovery Referee; ADR Training/CME


Durward W. Parkinson has substantive case experience in the following areas...
Commercial/Business |
Condominiums |
Construction |
Contract Disputes |
Divorce (High Asset) |
Environmental |
Family Businesses |
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Insurance |
Intellectual Property |
Land Use/Planning |
Legal Malpractice |
Local Govt./Municipalities |
Medical Malpractice |
Partnerships |
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Professional Liability |
Professional Malpractice |
Professional Negligence |
Title Disputes |
Torts |
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BIOGRAPHICAL:Mr. Parkinson has extensive experience as mediator or arbitrator in a wide variety of civil cases including real estate, business, employment, municipal/land use and family matters.
He has co-mediated with a Superior Court Justice in a case involving ownership and right-to-use a prominent beach in Maine. The case involved 100+ beach-front owners, 100+ back-lot owners, the Town and State. This complex mediation extended four full days and resulted in settlement mechanism for majority of parties. Additional experience with multi-party cases involving insurance companies, lenders and governmental entities.
EDUCATION:
- Brown University, A.B., Brown University: BA – 1979
- University of Virginia: JD – 1982
- Executive Mediation Training at Mediation Works, Boston, MA – 2008
- Training the Trainer at Mediation Works, Boston, MA – 2009
- Employment Law Mediator Training, at Scheinman Institute of Conflict Resolution, Cornell ILR, New York, NY – 2011
- Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills, ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, Philadelphia, PA – 2009
- Advanced Mediation and Advocacy Skills, ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, Boston, MA – 2012
- Solutions in Seattle, ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, Seattle, WA – 2015
Memberships & Affiliations
- American Bar Association: Section on Dispute Resolution
- Maine Association of Dispute Resolution Professionals
- Maine State Bar Association
- York County Bar Association
Rates$275 per hr.
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