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Laverne Lewis Gaskins

Law Office of Laverne Lewis Gaskins 1/2020-present, Practice Areas: Arbitration, Mediation, Civil law. Arbitration/Mediation PANELS   Arbitrator, (Employment and Consumer Panels), American Arbitration Association (AAA). Arbitrator, United States Postal Service/ American Postal Workers Union AFL-CIO.  Arbitrator, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR). Arbitrator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).…
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Lisa W. Timmons

Lisa W. Timmons, Esq., has over twenty-five years of experience in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). She is the chair of the ADR Section of the Michigan State Bar, and the Executive Director of the Mediation Tribunal Association. Timmons serves as an arbitrator, mediator, and case evaluator of labor, employment, and…
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Peter Singh Jr.

A depth of experience helping startups, investors, and businesses of all sizes informs Peter Singh’s services as an arbitrator and mediator. An attorney at Fourscore Business Law in Raleigh, North Carolina, Singh has guided businesses and investors through venture capital financing, intellectual property protection, commercial transactions, licensing and partnerships, mergers…
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Rena Scott

Rena, a partner with Pinsent Masons, head of the Construction Advisory and Disputes practice for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, brings strong knowledge and experience in international arbitration representing companies in highly complex and high-value disputes involving a wide variety of cross-border matters and on major projects (commercial, retail, residential,…
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Homer C. La Rue

Professor La Rue is an experienced and highly-sought arbitrator and mediator of workplace and other disputes. He has over thirty-five years of experience in a variety of industries and settings including, but not limited to, airlines, railroads, retail, higher education, telecommunications, public sector state and local government and federal sector.…
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Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour

Adedoyin Oyinkan Rhodes-Vivour, SAN is the founding partner of Doyin Rhodes-Vivour & Co, a firm of solicitors, advocates and arbitrators. The firm specializes in providing corporate commercial, litigation and arbitration/ADR services. Adedoyin is a chartered arbitrator and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is active in international arbitration.…
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Jeanne Charles

Jeanne Charles brings a wealth of knowledge and skill to the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) area. Each case is very different and must be handled with the level of care, expertise and experience that is relevant to its specific facts. Committed to the practice area of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Jeanne…
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Rebekah Ratliff

Rebekah Ratliff, CCLS is a mediator, arbitrator and neutral analyst with JAMS. She is a credentialed former commercial insurance claims professional with more than 25 years of experience in evaluating, negotiating and settling complex casualty claims loss matters, nationwide and internationally with settlements totaling in the millions. Having evaluated thousands of…
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Donald Lewis

Don Lewis is a founding shareholder of Nilan Johnson Lewis PA in Minneapolis. His practice focuses on internal corporate investigations, white collar civil fraud, and complex employment and healthcare litigation. Don served as Dean of the Hamline University School of Law from July 2008 through December 2013. Don’s trial career…
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Nania Owusu-Ankomah

Nania is a Partner at Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah in Ghana. She regularly advises and represents clients in a range of high value litigation and arbitration disputes. She is listed on CPR’s Panels of Distinguished Neutrals, the LCIA Database of Arbitrators and the Ghana ADR Hub List of Arbitrators. She…
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Tuneen Chisolm

An ADR neutral since 2009, principal Tuneen Chisolm is a former litigator with over twenty years of experience focused on intellectual property, entertainment, and unfair competition litigation and related counseling. She has represented talent and various corporate entities in a variety of matters relating to the music, film, television, literary…
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Brent Clinkscale

Brent Clinkscale is an Independent Arbitrator, Mediator and Litigation/ADR Consultant.   A veteran advocate with experience in both trials and arbitrations,  Brent has over 25 years as counsel and lead counsel in complex litigation trying numerous cases in both federal and state courts in the United States. Brent’s concentration is…
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Ijeoma Ononogbu

Ijeoma Ononogbu is an International Arbitrator and  Solicitor of England and Wales, with expertise in International Dispute Resolution, International Trade, and International Commercial Law. An international dispute resolution lawyer trained in dual common law jurisdictions, Nigeria and England & Wales. She has an LLM in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution…
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Tina Patterson

Tina E. Patterson, MDR, MPA, FCIArb is the Principal of Jade Solutions, a woman-owned, MBE/DBE/SBE, SWaM, WOSB and WBE certified small business that provides management consulting services in the areas of alternative dispute resolution and community engagement, proposal management and grants management support, and project management and training. Tina has…
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Victoria Kigen

Victoria Kigen is a licensed Kenyan Attorney with experience practicing in both Kenya and the United States. She received her Master’s Degree in International Arbitration from University of Miami School of Law. Areas of practice includes International Arbitration ( Investment and Commercial), Corporate Law, corporate governance, ADR processes such as,…
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Nneka Emilia Onyema

Emilia Onyema, is a Professor of International Commercial Law at SOAS University of London. She holds a PhD in international commercial arbitration from Queen Mary University of London. She is qualified to practice law in Nigeria and as a Solicitor in England & Wales; and she is a Fellow of…
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Verlyn Francis, J.D., LL.M. (ADR)

VERLYN FRANCIS is a an experienced arbitrator, adjudicator, and mediator in Commercial, Civil, Consumer, Estates, Family, and Disability disputes. She is the Principal ADR Consultant at Isiko Dispute Resolution Consultants Inc. Ms. Francis has used her technological expertise to conduct hearings by video-conference since 2015. In addition to her independent…
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Katherine Simpson

Dr. Katherine Simpson, Esq., FCIArb., is an arbitrator with a broad dispute resolution practice. She has served as sole arbitrator in disputes valued at up to $10 million, and has served in cases conducted pursuant to the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Large and Complex Cases, International (ICDR), Commercial, Employment, and…
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Wayne Holcomb

Over 20 years in Alternative Dispute Resolution.  Virginia Attorney since 2008.  Have an MBA.  Started Holcomb Law in 2010; practiced law and mediation from the start.  Opened the Holcomb Mediation Centers in 2020 as a separate entity.   Adjunct Professor teaching ADR at Regent University School of Law since 2017. 20-year…
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Betty Widgeon, NAA

Betty is an Arbitrator, Mediator, JTC Special Master, Fact-Finder, and a principal at Widgeon Dispute Resolution, PLC. She is a retired judge who has over 30 years of experience in resolving civil and criminal disputes, and she also has extensive training in Alternative Dispute Resolution.
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Amy Schmitz

Amy J. Schmitz is an arbitrator, mediator, legal and technology expert and professor of law and dispute resolution. She was a co-founder of Arbitrate.com with Colin Rule and is an arbitration expert. Shis is currently the John Deaver Drinko-Baker & Hostetler Chair in Law at the Ohio State University Moritz…
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Gayle Eskridge

Gayle L. Eskridge is available to arbitrate all types of employment, real estate, and business disputes, as well as d attorney malpractice issues.  Ms. Eskridge has been selected as arbitrator on over 200 matters — mostly through her work with the American Arbitration Association.
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Donald B. Cripe

MC3 Certified, Award Winning Mediator. Online Dispute Resolution Services available Law Professor (Mediation/ADR), Univ. of La Verne College of Law; Superior Court Judicial Arbitrator since 1996—having conducted several hundred arbitrations; Settlement Judge since 1996; Family Law Mediator-Riverside Sup Ct Mandatory Dispute Resolution Conference Program; General Mediator-Dispute Resolution Services, Riverside; Civil…
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DeAndra Roaché

DeAndra Roaché is a professional full-time neutral specializing in arbitration, mediation, and fact-finding of various disputes such as labor, employment, financial securities, construction, consumer, and other business disputes. She conducts arbitrations and mediations via in-person and virtual/online formats. Ms. Roaché works with companies, court systems, and individuals in various industries…
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