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We are giving thanks to you and are deeply grateful to have worked with you. Thank you for selecting us to resolve disputes for your clients. As we build on more than 30 years of serving your ADR needs, neutrality has always been one of our guiding principles. As we enter the holiday season, we respectfully request you refrain from sending gifts to our neutrals and staff. Your feedback to us and recommendations to others are more than enough expressions of gratitude.

From our family to yours, we wish you a healthy and joyful holiday season.

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Hon. Clay M. Smith, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Probate
- Insurance
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Construction
- Employment
- Real Estate

Hon. John G. Evans, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Probate
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Employment
- Construction
- Intellectual Property

Hon. Timothy M. Casserly, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice

Kristin Rizzo, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Federal
- Intellectual Property
- Tort

Alan R. Berkowitz, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Employment
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Federal
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Construction
- Govt./Public Agency

Hon. Nita L. Stormes, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Environmental
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Govt./Public Agency

Hon. Joel M. Pressman, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Construction
- Probate
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance
- Federal

William J. Caplan, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Professional Malpractice
- Federal
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Govt./Public Agency

Hon. Larry A. Burns, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Insurance
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice

Richard A. Huver, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Employment

Amy Fisch Solomon, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance
- Employment
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Entertainment
- Tort

Hon. Cesar Sarmiento, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Family Law
- Real Estate

Hon. Joan M. Lewis, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Intellectual Property
- Govt./Public Agency

Bradley S. Thomas, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Construction
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Federal

Thomas E. Sharkey, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Insurance
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort

Hon. Linda S. Marks, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Insurance
- Professional Malpractice
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Construction

Floyd J. Siegal, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Tort
- Employment
- Federal
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice

Hon. William V. Gallo, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Malpractice
- Govt./Public Agency
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Environmental
- Federal

Daniel Grunfeld, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Construction
- Business/Commercial
- Employment

Lauren E. Tate, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Insurance
- Employment
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Business/Commercial

Rebecca Grey, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice

Geoffrey Gray, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Federal
- Tort
- Employment
- Real Estate

Polina Bernstein, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Insurance
- Cannabis

Hon. Christopher Warner, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Real Estate

Gregory A. Post, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Family Law
- Insurance
- Tort
- Environmental
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Federal
- Govt./Public Agency
- Intellectual Property

Hon. Robert P. Dahlquist, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Tort
- Entertainment
- Professional Malpractice
- Employment
- Federal
- Real Estate
- Govt./Public Agency

Hon. Monica Bachner, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Cannabis

David L. Perrault, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort

Jeffrey A. Rudman, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance
- Employment
- Business/Commercial

Thomas S. Dillard, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Environmental
- Real Estate
- Family Law
- Employment
- Intellectual Property
- Business/Commercial
- Professional Malpractice
- Cannabis

Hon. Linda Quinn, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Family Law

Robert J. O'Hair, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Govt./Public Agency
- Real Estate
- Construction
- Employment

Hon. Norman P. Tarle, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Govt./Public Agency
- Insurance
- Construction

Edward A. Fernandez, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Construction
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Cannabis
- Govt./Public Agency
- Environmental
- Business/Commercial
- Employment

Melissa Blair Aliotti, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Intellectual Property

Kelly A. Knight, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Entertainment
- Tort
- Cannabis

Kim Deck, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Probate
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Family Law
- Professional Malpractice

Daniel I. Spector, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice

Joseph E. Thielen, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Environmental
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Govt./Public Agency
- Construction
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Federal

Hon. Yvette M. Palazuelos, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Probate
- Insurance

Hon. David C. Velasquez, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance
- Environmental
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Employment

Hon. Thierry Patrick Colaw, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Insurance
- Business/Commercial
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Employment

Hon. James J. Di Cesare, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort

Jeffrey A. Harper, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Govt./Public Agency

Sean M. Burke, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Family Law
- Govt./Public Agency
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Probate

Hon. Rosemary T. McGuire, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Family Law
- Govt./Public Agency
- Insurance
- Tort
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Construction

Hon. Frederick P. Aguirre, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Cannabis
- Probate
- Federal
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Appellate

Diana B. Kruze, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Malpractice

John S. Adler, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Federal
- Appellate
- Business/Commercial

Daniel J. Turner, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Federal
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Environmental
- Tort
- Govt./Public Agency
- Professional Malpractice
- Entertainment
- Real Estate
- Cannabis
- Insurance

Michael D. Young, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort

Hon. Mark V. Mooney, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Insurance
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial

Janet Rubin Fields, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Employment
- Insurance
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Federal
- Appellate
- Environmental
- Family Law
- Govt./Public Agency
- Intellectual Property
- Probate

Hon. Cynthia G. Aaron, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice

Gary N. Donovan, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Construction
- Employment
- Insurance
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Probate

Jonathan A. Brenner, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Business/Commercial
- Insurance
- Employment
- Govt./Public Agency
- Real Estate

Hon. David W. Abbott, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Probate
- Employment
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance

Hon. Patricia Schnegg, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Govt./Public Agency
- Appellate
- Professional Malpractice

Hon. Emily E. Vasquez, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Govt./Public Agency

Steven R. Kuhn, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Insurance
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Employment

Byron M. Rabin, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Business/Commercial

Lawrence J. Rudd, M.D., J.D.
Practice Areas
- Construction
- Insurance
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Employment

Sarah F. Burke, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Insurance
- Professional Malpractice
- Intellectual Property
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Construction

Hon. Robert J. Moss, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Construction
- Insurance
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Environmental
- Professional Malpractice
- Appellate
- Federal
- Govt./Public Agency
- Intellectual Property

Rachel K. Ehrlich, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Employment
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Malpractice
- Federal
- Real Estate
- Appellate
- Environmental

Hon. Margaret M. Morrow, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Federal
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance
- Construction

Hon. Herbert B. Hoffman, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Insurance
- Employment
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Construction

Douglas K. deVries, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Intellectual Property
- Federal
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Employment
- Insurance
- Environmental

Hon. William McCurine, Jr., Ret.
Practice Areas
- Federal
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Employment
- Construction

Hon. Mitchel R. Goldberg, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Govt./Public Agency
- Professional Malpractice

Hon. Donald J. Sullivan, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Insurance
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Employment

Hon. Thomas P. Nugent, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance
- Employment
- Environmental
- Intellectual Property
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Entertainment
- Federal

Hon. John Leo Wagner, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Construction
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Employment
- Govt./Public Agency
- Professional Malpractice
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Insurance

Hon. Bryan F. Foster, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Real Estate

Robert N. Dobbins, LLM, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Family Law

Hon. Claudia J. Silbar, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Intellectual Property
- Tort
- Federal
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice

Hon. Jan M. Adler, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Professional Malpractice
- Govt./Public Agency
- Tort
- Environmental
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Probate
- Appellate
- Construction
- Real Estate

Hon. Laurie D. Zelon, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance

Hon. Russell L. Hom, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Insurance

Susan G. Feder, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Family Law
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Cannabis
- Construction

Hon. Jeffrey B. Barton, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Federal
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Tort
- Probate
- Cannabis

Jill R. Sperber, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Insurance
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Govt./Public Agency

Peter J. Searle, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Probate
- Business/Commercial
- Family Law
- Tort

Hon. David L. Belz, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Insurance
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate

Hon. R. Bruce Minto, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Federal
- Construction
- Intellectual Property

Hon. Morrison C. England, Jr., Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Employment
- Insurance
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Professional Malpractice

Christine Allen, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Construction
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Govt./Public Agency
- Intellectual Property
- Probate

David M. Karen, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Tort

Gail A. Glick, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance

N. Denise Asher, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Probate

Hon. Frederick L. Link, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Employment
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Environmental
- Probate

Hon. Stuart T. Waldrip, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Probate
- Intellectual Property

Alan S. Petlak, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Probate
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Employment
- Construction
- Environmental
- Real Estate
- Govt./Public Agency

Hon. Lesley D. Holland, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice

Gerald Agnew, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance
- Employment
- Environmental
- Intellectual Property
- Tort
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Govt./Public Agency
- Federal

Hon. Leo S. Papas, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Insurance
- Employment
- Tort
- Family Law

Hon. Robert J. Polis, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice
- Family Law
- Insurance
- Construction
- Intellectual Property

Hon. Steven R. Denton, Ret.
Practice Areas

Michael D. Moorhead, Esq.
(In Memoriam)
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Insurance
- Real Estate
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Construction

Maureen A. Summers, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Insurance
- Probate
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice

Robert Jacobs, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate
- Probate
- Tort
- Employment
- Federal
- Professional Malpractice
- Insurance
- Appellate
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Environmental
- Govt./Public Agency

Hon. Kendall J. Newman, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Employment
- Environmental
- Federal
- Govt./Public Agency

Johanna Bracy, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Insurance
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Real Estate

Edwin A. Oster, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Business/Commercial

Peter Thompson, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Insurance
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice

Troy D. Roe, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Insurance
- Tort
- Real Estate
- Professional Malpractice

Robert M. Tessier, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Intellectual Property
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Employment
- Cannabis
- Insurance
- Federal

Hon. Andrew J. Guilford, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Tort
- Govt./Public Agency

Ann Kotlarski, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Insurance
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Cannabis
- Real Estate

Hon. James L. Crandall, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Business/Commercial

Jeffery Owensby, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Probate
- Real Estate

Hon. Chris R. Conway, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Govt./Public Agency
- Employment
- Real Estate
- Construction
- Business/Commercial

Russ J. Wunderli, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Professional Malpractice
- Employment
- Entertainment
- Intellectual Property
- Insurance

Hon. Russell Bostrom, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Professional Malpractice
- Business/Commercial
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Insurance

Darrell A. Forgey, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Professional Malpractice
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Insurance

Jay Cordell Horton, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Real Estate
- Insurance

Michelle A. Reinglass, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Employment
- Tort
- Probate
- Professional Malpractice
- Real Estate
- Federal
- Business/Commercial
- Cannabis
- Construction
- Govt./Public Agency
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property

Hon. David De Alba, Ret.
Practice Areas
- Tort
- Business/Commercial
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Construction
- Real Estate
- Insurance

Thomas Oesterreich, Esq.
Practice Areas
- Business/Commercial
- Insurance
- Tort
- Employment
- Professional Malpractice
- Federal
- Environmental
- Real Estate
- Intellectual Property

Hon. Judy Hersher, Ret.
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