North Carolina Superior Court Mediator certified by North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission since1996. American Arbitration Association Mediator since 1990. For American Arbitration Association, mediated highly contested, multi-faceted construction dispute among a general contractor, a municipality and an engineer to a resolution and also in another matter was both the chair of the arbitration panel and the mediator in a four party arbitration-mediation of a substantial construction dispute among an owner, architect, general contractor and a subcontractor. Also have mediated a variety of disputes in United States District Courts in North Carolina and North Carolina Superior Courts and numerous pre-litigation voluntary mediations, but mainly construction, real estate and contract and other commercial matters.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Automotive
Banking & Finance
Civil Rights
Commercial/Business
Condominiums
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Education
Eminent Domain
Employment
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Landlord/Tenant
Media & Communications
Partnerships
Personal Injury
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Negligence
Real Estate
Religious Institutions
Technology
Education
Juris Doctor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Law, Chapel Hill, North Carolina - 1971
Masters in Government (Public Administration), The George Washington University, Washington D.C. - 1966
Bachelor of Arts (History), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1964.
ADR Training:
American Arbitration Association: Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics (ACE005), 2006; ACE004 - Dealing With Delay Tactics in Arbitration, 12/05; ACE001 - Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding & Writing Awards, 03/05; Annual Arbitrator Update 2002; AAA Construction Arbitrator II Training, Atlanta, 4/02; AAA Construction Industry Arbitrator Training, Charlotte, 6/97; Duke University Private Adjudication Center Mediation Training, Durham, 5/96; AAA Mediation Training, Charleston, 8/90.
Memberships & Affiliations
American Bar Association (Forum Committee on Construction Industry; ADR Section and Litigation Section);
North Carolina Bar Association (Chairman, Private and Public Contract Committee; Founding Council Member, Construction Law Section; ADR Section and Litigation Section);
Durham County Bar Association (Past President);
Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys (Co-sponsored by the American Institute of Architects, Professional Engineers in Private Practice, and Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc.);
Associated General Contractors of America (Associate Member, Carolinas Branch and Member, Joint Committee of NCBA Construction Law Section and Carolinas Association of General Contractors);
Professional Construction Estimators Association of America, Inc. (Triangle Chapter).
