Laura A. Athens is an attorney, mediator, facilitator and arbitrator with over 30 years of litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) experience. Ms. Athens currently devotes her practice exclusively to ADR in a variety of matters, including education, higher education, university faculty grievance, consumer, employment, vocational rehabilitation, guardianship, and disability rights cases. Ms. Athens serves as an arbitrator in automotive warranty cases and previously served as a Hearing Officer in special education and vocational rehabilitation due process hearings.