Member Profile: Joan C. Grafstein

Joan C. Grafstein
JAMS Atlanta
1201 West Peachtree Street NW
Suite 2650
Atlanta, GA 30309

Tel: (404) 974-9829
Fax: (404) 588-0905
Website: www.jamsadr.com

Joan C. Grafstein regularly travels out of state to Alabama, Florida

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ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Early Neutral Evaluation; Special Master

 

Joan C. Grafstein has substantive case experience in the following areas...

ADA Disability
Admiralty
Appellate
Civil Rights
Commercial/Business
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Cross Cultural
EEOC
Education
Employment
Health Care
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Landlord/Tenant
Libel & Slander
Personal Injury
Securities
Torts

 

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Joan C. Grafstein, Esq. is a full-time ADR professional with over five years' experience resolving a wide variety of complex, multi-party disputes as a mediator and arbitrator. From her 29 years as an attorney, most as in-house counsel at Emory University and the University of Georgia, she has expertise in employment, intellectual property, personal injury, and contract and other business disputes and their resolution. She is the Professional Services Director of the JAMS Atlanta office, in addition to serving as a mediator and arbitrator.

EDUCATION:

  • J.D., summa cum laude, First In Class, University of Georgia School of Law, 1979
  • A.B., Government, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1967

Memberships & Affiliations

  • Panel Chair, Women in Negotiation: Skills and Strategies for Success,
    ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, 10th Annual Spring Conference, Seattle 2008
  • Chair-elect, Atlanta Bar Association, Women in the Profession Section, 2008; Board of Directors 2005-06 and 2007-09
  • Arbitration Panelist, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Dispute Resolution, formerly known as NASD Dispute Resolution
  • Women in Negotiation, The Atlanta Lawyer, January 2008
  • Panel Chair, Employment Arbitration Under Pre-Dispute Mandatory Clauses: Practical Issues and Challenges, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, 8th Annual Spring Conference, Atlanta 2006
  • Program Co-chair, Best Practices and Recent Developments in Arbitration, ICLE Seminar, 2005
  • Developments in Party-Appointed Arbitrator Cases, Dispute Resolution News, Spring 2004
  • Presenter, Faculty Tenure Denials: Current Law and Practical Tips, National Association of College and University Attorneys, CLE Workshop, Spring 2004
  • Panelist, Developments in Arbitration Ethics, 2004, and ADR in the Institutional Setting, 2000, Annual Georgia ADR Institute
  • Member: ABA Sections of Dispute Resolution and Business Law; State Bar of Georgia ADR, Intellectual Property, and Labor & Employment Law Sections; Atlanta Bar Association ADR, Intellectual Property, and Employment Law Sections

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Please call JAMS ATLANTA at (404) 588-0900

 

Joan C. Grafstein is a member of the Georgia Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators, the state's premier roster of certified attorney-mediators. The NCASCM profile includes more specific local information, such as counties and regions served, and can be visited directly at www.georgiamediators.org/joan-grafstein

 

 
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