Appointment Details,  Current ADR Panels
 Former ADR Panel Memberships
 ADR Training Faculties
 Law School Teaching & Administration

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Telephone: [415] 392-0177
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c/o Alice M. Fiel                                                                      Telephone: [415] 984-5459 or [415] 981-3901
Senior Case Administrator                                                                      Facsimile: [415] 781-8426
American Arbitration Association                                                              e-mail:  FielA@adr.org
225 Bush Street, 18th Floor                                                                          http://www.adr.org
San Francisco, CA 94104-4207, U.S.A.

American Arbitration Association:

Appointed arbitrator in approximately 185 commercial cases 1984 to date;
appointed mediator in approximately 45 cases 1984 to date.

Bar Association of San Francisco Mandatory Lawyer-Client Fee Dispute
Arbitration Panel:

Appointed arbitrator in approximately 30 case 1985 to date; as vice-chair
of the Executive Committee of this program, reviewed and approved
for issuance approximately 350 awards made by other arbitrators 1990 to date.

United States District Court, Northern District of California:

Appointed arbitrator in approximately 35 cases (primarily commercial)
1985 to date.

Appointed evaluator in approximately 10 cases (primarily commercial)
1986 to date.

Appointed mediator in 1 commercial case 1999 to date.

Former ADR Panel Memberships

Securities Industry Self-Regulatory Organization Arbitration Panels
(public arbitrator; no industry affiliations): National Association of
Securities Dealers 1987-1993; New York Stock Exchange, 1987-1993; Pacific Stock
Exchange 1988-1993; American Stock Exchange 1988-1993. Appointed arbitrator in
approximately 35 customer and broker-to-broker cases 1988-1993.

San Francisco Rent Stabilization & Arbitration Board:
Hearing Officer appointed to hear approximately 45 cases 1986-1987.

Ad Hoc and Other ADR Proceedings:
Ad Hoc Arbitrations: appointed arbitrator by agreement of the parties in
approximately 15 cases (3 labor-management grievance matters, 10
commercial cases, 2 other) 1986-1999.

Other Mediations: appointed mediator by agreement of the parties or by
other administrative organizations in approximately 15 cases 1990-1993.

American Arbitration Association:
 
National Faculty, Commercial Arbitrator Training Program, 1998-     .

Advanced Arbitration Advocacy, 1986-90.

Basic and Advanced Arbitrator Training, 1987-96.

Decision-Making & Documentation in Complex Arbitrations 1991.

Managing the Hearing, 1993.

Securities Arbitrator Training, 1993.

Arbitration of Real Estate Disputes 1986-90.

Arbitration of Employment Disputes 1992.

Topical Arbitration Day programs 1986, 1988, 1996.

Mediation trainings 1987-1995.

Co-author, training manuals for basic and advanced arbitrator training 1989 ( AAA Special Recognition .Award 1989).

Co-participant, production of videotapes on arbitrator training 1988 & 1990.

U. S. District Court, Northern District of California: judicial
arbitrator trainings San Francisco & San Jose 1994-95.

National Association of Securities Dealers,: speaker, arbitrator
trainings, San Francisco, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, New Orleans,
Phoenix, Portland & Seattle 1990-1996.

Nevada Center for Dispute Resolution, University of Nevada -
Reno: arbitration trainings, Reno & Las Vegas 1992-94.

Bar Association of San Francisco: mediation trainings 1990-91; fee
dispute arbitrator trainings 1990 to date.

Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago:
Assistant Professor: 1965-68; Associate Professor: 1968-71; Professor of
Law: 1971-82; Assistant Dean: 1965-68; Associate Dean: 1972-77.  Subjects
taught:
 
Public and Private Control of Land Use

Property

Real Estate Transactions

Federal Jurisdiction

Environmental Law

Torts

Judicial Administration (seminar)

Laboratory Seminar in Civil and Criminal Procedure

Legal Writing and Research

Moot Court

Administrative responsibilities:
 

Admissions: 1965-77.

Academic administration: 1972-77.

Placement: 1965-66.

Acting Dean: 1972-73.

Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco:
Visiting Professor of Law: 1983-85. Subjects taught:
 
Real Property

Real Estate Security

Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco:
Adjunct Professor: 1985, 1994-95. Subject taught:
 
Alternative Dispute Resolution

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