FN-29928 MN-29928 LN-29928, Esq.
Educator; Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator
Chicago, Illinois
Northwestern University, School of Professional Studies – Dean
Northwestern University, School of Law – Senior Lecturer
Northwestern University, School of Law – Senior Lecturer
Educator; Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator
Dean (School of Professional Studies)/Senior Lecturer (School of Law, Northwestern University), 2002 – Present; Executive Director, Center for Dispute Resolution; Executive Director (Center for Labor-Management, School for New Learning) DePaul University, 1990 – 2002; Attorney, Hogan Marren Ltd., 1993 – 1998; Legal Affairs Writer, Chicago Sun-Times, 1984 – 1990.
Arbitrator and mediator with extensive employment experience, including hearing claims involving: executive separation agreements, non-compete, termination and related disciplinary issues; protected-class including race, gender and sex discrimination; Fair Labor Standards Act and related wage/hour claims including minimum wage; Family and Medical Leave Act, libel/slander, and employee-related benefit issues including health care and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Additionally, more than 15 years mediating personal injury clergy abuse claims, totaling more than $50 million in settlements over that time. Former law firm attorney with practice in employment and labor law.
Extensive employment mediation experience, including hearing claims involving: executive separation agreements, non-compete, termination and related disciplinary issues; protected-class including race, gender and sex discrimination; Fair Labor Standards Act and related wage/hour claims including minimum wage; Family and Medical Leave Act, libel/slander, and employee-related benefit issues including health care and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Additionally, more than 15 years mediating personal injury clergy abuse claims, totaling more than $50 million in settlements over that time. Former law firm attorney with practice in employment and labor law.
Mediated: Most categories of discrimination, e.g. Title VII, Americans with Disability Act; executive separation agreements, non-compete, termination and related disciplinary issues; Fair Labor Standards Act and related wage/hour claims including minimum wage; Family and Medical Leave Act, libel/slander, and employee-related benefit issues including health care and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and personal injury actions, time.
Mediation is facilitated negotiations. My role as a mediator is not to be a decision maker but to create an environment for parties to negotiate. It is my job to identify why previous negotiations have failed (i.e. poor communications, high emotions, a good-faith disagreement as to legal outcomes) and to assist the parties in working through their impasse and to identify what interests need to be met to reach a settlement. I would describe my style as a facilitative approach that utilizes tough reality testing as parties consider their legal claims and alternatives to settlement. I have also offered evaluative opinions, when requested by the parties, in some labor grievance mediations and other dispute resolution processes.
DePaul University, College of Law (JD-1993); Yale University, School of Law (MSL-1984); Drew University (MA-1983); Fordham University (BA-1978).
Admitted to the Bar: Illinois, 1983; Illinois Supreme Court; U.S. District Court: Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals: Seventh and Federal Circuits.
National Academy of Arbitrators since 2012 (Past Chair, Employment Arbitration Committee); Chicago Bar Association (ADR Section, Past Chair, Past Vice Chair, Past Legislative Liaison); Association for Conflict Resolution (Chicago Chapter, Past President, Past Board of Directors); American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section); University Professional & Continuing Education Association (Past President, 2014-15 Innovation Fellow).
"Scope of Labor Arbitration," chapter 3, HOW ARBITRATION WORKS, 6th ed., BNA, Inc.; chapter author, ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION, 1st ed., Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; past columnist, "Dispute Resolution," CHICAGO DAILY LAW BULLETIN. Frequent speaker on dispute resolution topics for businesses, non-profits, and governmental agencies.
$375 Per Hour
English, French
United States of America
Chicago, IL
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