Member Profile: Joan Parker

	Joan Parker Dispute Resoution Associates 48 Tunbridge Road Haverford, PA 19041 Tel: (610) 896-3936 Fax: (610) 896-5531 Website: www.joanparkeradr.com Joan Parker regularly travels out of state to Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York	View Printable Resume GoogleMaps for this Location View Available Dates Calendar

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Early Neutral Evaluation; Med-Arb; Facilitation & Systems Design; Fact Finding; Special Master; ADR Training/CME

ADA Disability Automotive Commercial/Business Contract Disputes EEOC Education

Employment Health Care Labor/Unions Local Government Media & Communications Non-profit Organizations

Nursing Homes Partnerships Police Postal Professional Fees

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Joan has acted as both a mediator and arbitrator since 1977. She is in private practice as a labor-management and employment arbitrator and mediator with a strong client base in both the private and public sectors. Joan has adjudicated a broad range of labor and employment disputes in such industries as printing, trucking, food, transportation, pharmaceutical, steel, casino, chemical, paper, broadcasting, manufacturing, mining, communications, petroleum, hotel, utilities, railroad, and professional sports. She has worked in all areas of public employment and currently serves as a permanent umpire under national collective bargaining agreements between many many major corporations and unions.  

Joan is co-founder and a principal of Dispute Resolution Associates, a firm which conducts fact-finding investigations and provides mediation services in disputes involving both statutory and contractual claims.

Joan is professor emeritus at the School of Management and Labor Relations, Rutgers University, where she continues to serve as a visiting lecturer.  She has authored two books and numerous articles on dispute resolution, labor and employment law, and industrial relations.  She is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences across the country.

EDUCATION:

Memberships & Affiliations

• Member, National Academy of Arbitrators
• Senior Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
• Member, National Association of Railroad Referees
• Member, Labor and Employment Research Association
• Vice Chair, Labor Management Task Force, American Arbitration Association
• Chair, Employment Arbitration Advisory Council, American Arbitration Association
• Member, Federal Reserve System Labor Relations Panel
• Member, Board of Governors, Erivan Haub School of Business, St. Joseph's University
  
  
• National Labor Panel, American Arbitration Association
• Commercial Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association
• Employment Arbitration Panel, American Arbitration Association
• National Mediation Panel, American Arbitration Association
• Arbitration and Mediation Panels, NJ Public Employment Relations Commission
• Arbitration Panel, National Mediation Board
• Arbitration Panel, Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation

Rates

For labor arbitration, $1,800 per diem for hearing and study/writing time, plus travel expenses. Also bills for travel time, depending on location.

Cancellation policy: A full per diem fee will be charged if an arbitration hearing is postponed or cancelled with less than 20 business days notice prior to the hearing.
For mediations, if a scheduled mediation is cancelled or postponed with less than 20 business days notice, four hours at the regular hourly rate will be charged.