Thomas Stipanowich

Thomas J. Stipanowich, Esq., is an experienced commercial and construction arbitrator and mediator who specializes in large and complex cases in the United States and internationally. He has arbitrated cases under the rules of major global administering bodies, as well as non-administered and ad hoc arbitration. He has a great deal of experience as chair, wing arbitrator and sole arbitrator, and on occasion has successfully played mixed roles (arb-med, mediation followed by last-offer arbitration). He also has experience as a federal court special master, early neutral evaluator and partnering facilitator.

Experience

ACTIVITIES AS ARBITRATOR, MEDIATOR AND ADR NEUTRAL Wide-ranging experience as commercial and construction arbitrator and mediator in the U.S. and internationally (AAA, ICDR, ICC, JAMS, CPR) including complex multi-party cases involving hundreds of millions of dollars, and as a facilitator of consensus-building, partnering and team-building initiatives. *JAMS Construction and Commercial Panels (2008-2012, 2019- ) *China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission Panel (since 2018) *Shenzhen Arbitration Commission Panel (since 2014) *Beijing Arbitration Commission Panel (since 2010) *AAA Construction and Commercial Large, Complex Disputes Panels (1981 2001, 2006-2019); International Centre for Dispute Resolution *CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Panel of Distinguished Panel Neutrals *Special Master, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (1991-93) (Appointed to adjudicate major contract disputes arising from construction of Toyota Automotive Manufacturing Plant (Opinion adopted by U.S. District Court and affirmed by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; published at 932 Federal Supplement 906, 948)) *Mediator/Case Evaluator, U.S. District Court (1995-96)

Work History

*William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution and Professor of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law (2006-present) *JAMS Arbitrator and Mediator (2019- ) *President & CEO, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) (2001-2006) *William L. Matthews Professor of Law, University of Kentucky (1984-2001) *Of Counsel, Stites & Harbison, Lexington, Kentucky (1988-2001) [Commercial and construction practice emphasizing arbitration and mediation, including work as a neutral.] *Smith, Currie & Hancock, Atlanta, Georgia (1980-84) [Civil litigation-oriented practice with nation’s largest construction and government contracts specialty firm, with clients throughout the U.S.]

Cases

Representative Matters • As chair, wing arbitrator or sole arbitrator, has handled a wide variety of construction and commercial cases under different rules, including non-administered procedures and ad hoc arrangements • Successfully mediated a variety of complex construction disputes involving power plants, process plants and commercial buildings; helped to craft creative business solutions in order to maintain or improve continuing business relationships • Acted as a “standing mediator” on complex construction projects, helping parties resolve job issues as they arose in order to avoid major disputes and delays and help meet schedules and budgetary goals • Served as a party-appointed arbitrator on a three-member arbitration panel addressing issues associated with the termination of a large international contractor on a major airport project; arbitration was conducted under the International Chamber of Commerce Rules; matter involved complex procedural issues and critical path issues, with emphasis on steel construction • Chaired an arbitration panel in a complex commercial case under a long-term contract involving two major energy companies, with claims and counterclaims in excess of $100 million; as chair, managed extensive discovery requests and ruled upon numerous pre-hearing motions and discovery disputes • Chaired tripartite arbitration in a multi-party, multi-million-dollar construction case involving a major project at one of the nation’s busier international airports; as chair, exerted a firm hand in establishing and maintaining the arbitration process schedule and making sure that business principals for all parties took part in the planning of the schedule and other key decisions; led the panel in preparing an extensive reasoned award covering numerous claims and counterclaims (delays, differing site conditions, changes), including a complex dispute surrounding the termination for cause of a major subcontractor • Served as one of three preliminary arbitrators in a novel process under an international joint venture among major energy companies; appointed to develop a list of recommended candidates from whom a single final arbitrator would be chosen to conduct a hearing and decide disputes • Served as sole arbitrator on a complex, multiparty construction defect arbitration involving more than three dozen counsel • Served as mediator who helped parties employ novel process solutions; in one case, overcame impasse by mediating an agreement by the parties to participate in final-offer arbitration

Training

For the last fourteen years I have taught a variety of courses including Arbitration Practice & Advocacy, International Commercial Arbitration, and other courses at the famed Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University, which I led from 2006-2020. During this time, the Institute was ranked first in the country among dispute resolution programs by U.S. News & World Report more than a dozen times. I have also conducted arbitration, mediation or dispute resolution training programs or workshops for the American Arbitration Association, CPR, and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and for many law firms and companies and given hundreds of presentations on arbitration and dispute resolution topics.

License(s)

Licensed attorney in Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky

Education

Juris Doctor -- Magna cum laude --University of Illinois College of Law, Urbana, Illinois (1980) *Member, Order of the Coif *Harno Scholar *Research Assistant, Professor Thomas D. Morgan (Assisted in the preparation of an edition of the Morgan-Rotunda book on legal ethics) Master of Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois (1976) *Edward Ryerson European Traveling Fellowship (1976) *American Institute of Architects School Medal (1976)(Highest honor presented to a candidate for a professional degree) *President, Gargoyle Society (Academic honorary for College of Architecture) Bachelor of Science in Architecture (with Highest Honors) (1974) *Bronze Tablet (Highest all-university four-year academic honors) *Allerton American Traveling Fellowship (1974) *Alpha Rho Chi Medal (1974) *American Institute of Architects Scholarship (1972, 1973, 1974) *Edward Earl Architectural Design Award (1973, 1974) (twice) *James White Award (1974) *Illinois State Scholarship (1970 74) *National Merit Scholarship (1970) *Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honorary Post-graduate Consortium in Urban Planning and Conservation Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies University of York, York, England Fall 1976 (as Edward Ryerson Traveling Fellow)

Publications

*Arbitration, Mediation and Mixed Modes: Seeking Workable Solutions and Common Ground on Med-Arb, Arb-Med and Settlement-Oriented Activities by Arbitrators, 26 HARVARD NEGOTIATION LAW REVIEW (Forthcoming Spring 2021) *Multi-Tier Commercial Dispute Resolution Processes in the United States, contributed as a chapter for MULTI-TIER APPROACHES TO THE RESOLUTION OF INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES: A GLOBAL AND COMPARATIVE STUDY (Anselmo Reyes & Gu Weixia, eds.)(forthcoming 2020) *Synchronicity, Paradox and Personal Evolution: Riding the Wave of the Quiet Revolution in Dispute Resolution, autobiographical chapter in EVOLUTION OF A FIELD: PERSONAL HISTORIES IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION (Nancy Welsh & Howard Gadlin, eds. (forthcoming 2020)) *Thomas J. Stipanowich & Veronique Fraser, The International Task Force on Mixed Mode Dispute Resolution: Exploring the Interplay between Mediation, Evaluation and Arbitration, 40 FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL 839 (2017) (Symposium issue for 2016 Fordham International Arbitration and Mediation Conference), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2920785 *Living the Dream of ADR: Reflections on Four Decades of the Quiet Revolution in Dispute Resolution (Symposium Keynote), 18 CARDOZO JOURNAL OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION 513 (2017) (Symposium issue for Jed. D. Melnick Symposium ’The Pound Conferences: Where Do We Come From? What are We? Where are We Going?’, available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2920848 *RESOLVING DISPUTES: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR LAWYERS (with JAY FOLBERG, DWIGHT GOLANN, LISA KLOPPENBERG) (Aspen Publishers / Wolters Kluwer 3d ed. 2016)) *Beyond Getting to Yes: Using Mediator Insights to Facilitate Long-Term Business Relationships, 34 ALTERNATIVES TO THE HIGH COST OF LITIGATION 97 (July/August 2016) *Insights on Mediator Practices and Perceptions, DISPUTE RES. MAGAZINE 4 (Winter 2016), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2759982 *Chapter 35. The Interplay between Empirical Studies and Commercial Arbitration Practice, in THE EVOLUTION AND FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (Stavros Brekoulakis, Julian Lew & Loukas Mistelas, ed. Kluwer Law International 2015) *The International Evolution of Mediation: A Call for Dialogue and Deliberation, 46 VICTORIA U. WELLINGTON L. REV. 1191 (2015), available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2712457 (Expanded version of New Zealand Law Foundation Annual International Dispute Resolution Lecture, as New Zealand Law Foundation Visiting Fellow) *Reflections on the State and Future of Commercial Arbitration: Challenges, Opportunities, Proposals, 25 COLUMBIA AMERICAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 297 (2014), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2519084 *Thomas J. Stipanowich & Zachary P. Ulrich, Arbitration in Evolution: Current Practices and Perspectives of Experienced Commercial Arbitrators, 25 COLUMBIA AM. REV. OF INT’L ARB. 395 (2014), available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2519196 *Managing Construction Conflict: Unfinished Revolution, Continuing Evolution, 34 (4) CONSTR. LWYR. 13, (Fall 2014) (Special Issue); also published as a chapter in 100 YEARS: CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF ARBITRATORS, SELECTED TOPICS IN INTERNATIONALARBITRATION -- LIBER AMICORUM; available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2484598 *Thomas J. Stipanowich & Zachary P. Ulrich, Commercial Arbitration and Settlement: Empirical Insights into the Roles Arbitrators Play, 6 YEARBOOK ON ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION 1 (2014) (lead article for the Yearbook); available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2461839 *Soft-Law in the Organization and General Conduct of Arbitration Proceedings, chapter in SOFT LAW IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION (Lawrence W. Newman & Michael J. Radine, eds. 2014); available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2407187 *Thomas J. Stipanowich & Ryan Lamare, Living with ADR: Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations, 19 HARV. NEGOT. L. REV. 1 (2014) (lead article for the edition); available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2221471 In Quest of the Arbitration Trifecta, or Closed Door Litigation?: The Delaware Arbitration Program, 6 PEPPERDINE J. BUS., ENTREPRENEURSHIP & L. 102 (2013) (lead article; published in Symposium on the Delaware Arbitration Program); available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=2271359 *The Arbitration Fairness Index: Using a Public Rating System to Skirt the Legal Logjam and Promote Fairer and More Effective Arbitration of Employment and Consumer Disputes, 60 KAN. L. REV.985 (2012) (published in Symposium “Perspectives on the Current State of Arbitration Law”); available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2004543 *The Third Arbitration Trilogy, Stolt-Nielsen, Rent-A-Center, Concepcion and the Future of American Arbitration, 22 COLUMBIA AMERICAN REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION 324 (2011) (lead article in a special issue alongside articles by Prof. George Berman and Prof. Alan Scott Rau); available at SSRN: http//ssrn.com/abstract=1919936 *Revelation and Reaction: The Struggle to Shape American Arbitration, in CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION: THE FORDHAM PAPERS 2010 (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers 2011); available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1757258 *THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCIAL ARBITRATORS PROTOCOLS ON EXPEDITIOUS, COST-EFFECTIVE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: KEY ACTION STEPS FOR BUSINESS USERS, COUNSEL, ARBITRATORS AND ARBITRATION PROVIDER INSTITUTIONS (Thomas J. Stipanowich, Editor-in-Chief, et al, eds. 2010) (Winner, Practical Achievement Award, 2011, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution; Lawyer as Problem Solver Award, 2011, ABA Section on Dispute Resolution); available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1982169 *RESOLVING DISPUTES: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR LAWYERS (with JAY FOLBERG, DWIGHT GOLANN, LISA KLOPPENBERG) (Aspen Publishers 2d ed. 2010) *Expanded Review of Awards: Hall Street and Cable Connection, in 2010 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECTION OF PUBLIC UTILITY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION LAW (2010) *Behind the Neutral, in AAA ARBITRATION HANDBOOK (Juris Publishing 2010) *Arbitration: The “New Litigation,” 2010 U. ILL. L.REV. 1 (Jan. 2010)(named “Best Professional Article, 2009” by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution) (Lead article for the year) *Lincoln’s Lessons for Lawyers, DISP. RES. MAG. 18 (Winter 2010) *Arbitration and Choice: Taking Charge of the “New Litigation,” (Symposium Keynote Presentation),” 7 DEPAUL BUS. & COMM. L.J. 383 (2009) (in the Symposium “The Winds of Change”) (with Arbitration: The “New Litigation,” named “Best Professional Article, 2009” by the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution) (Lead article) *East Meets West: An International Dialogue on Mediation and Med-Arb in the United States and China, 9 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. 379 (2009) (Transcript of international videoconference co-sponsored by The Beijing Arbitration Commission and The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and moderated by TJS) *HOW TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE COST AND DELAY IN COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION, DRAFT REPORT OF THE COLLEGE OF COMMERCIAL ARBITRATORS FOR DISCUSSION AT THE NATIONAL SUMMIT ON BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS ARBITRATION (with Curtis E. von Kann and Deborah Rothman) (Fall 2009) *The Arbitration Penumbra: Arbitration Law in the Changing Landscape of Dispute Resolution, 8 NEV. LAW REV. 101 (2007) (Published in the UNLV Symposium on the Future of the Federal Arbitration Act) *Real-Time Strategies for Relational Conflict, IBA LEGAL PRACTICE DIVISION MEDIATION NWSLTR. (July 2007) at 6. *Conflict Management in Evolution: Three Predictions in ACCL Princeton Symposium, Building the Future, AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CONSTRUCTION LAWYERS JOURNAL (Special Edition—May 2007) at 156. *RESOLVING DISPUTES: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR LAWYERS (with JAY FOLBERG, DWIGHT GOLANN, LISA KLOPPENBERG) (law school text/DVD/website/other materials)(Aspen Publishing 2005) Foreword and first two chapters, in NANCY NELSON ET AL, COMMERCIAL MEDIATION IN THE EU (CPR Institute Master Guide Series 2005) *ADR and “The Vanishing Trial”: The Growth and Impact of “Alternative Dispute Resolution”, 1 JOURNAL OF EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES 843 (2004) (Symposium on “The Vanishing Trial”) *ADR and “The Vanishing Trial”: What We Know and What We Don’t, 10 DISP. RESOL. MAG. 7 (Summer 2004) *Howsam, Humana, Bazzle and Other Recent Cases That May Affect Your Arbitration/ADR Practice, 21 ALTERNATIVES TO THE HIGH COST OF LITIGATION 51 (March 2003) *Contract and Conflict Management, in Symposium on Contract Law and Scholarship, 2001 WISCONSIN L. REV. 831 (solicited for publication), reprinted as lead article in ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE EMPLOYMENT ARENA, PROCEEDINGS OF THE 53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LABOR (Samuel Estreicher & David Summers, ed. 2004). *COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AT ITS BEST: SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS USERS (Co-published by the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, the ABA Section of Business Law and the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, 2001) (with Peter Kaskell) *Arbitration: Future Lies Down a Number of Divergent Paths, 6 DISPUTE RESOLUTION MAGAZINE 16 (Summer 2000) *Behind the Neutral: A Look at Provider Issues, 3 CURRENTS 1 (Dec. 1998) [Earlier publications may be found in my online CV on the Pepperdine University School of Law website}

Awards

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION: * D’Alemberte/Raven Award, American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution (2008)(highest award given by the section, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of dispute resolution) *Peking University School of Law (Beida) Global Faculty (2018- ) (One of twenty professors from universities around the world to be named to this affiliated group) *Hagler Fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies, Texas A&M University; Eminent Visiting Scholar, Texas A&M School of Law, School of Architecture (2017-2018) *Distinguished Professor of Law, National Law University Delhi, New Delhi, India (2017- ) (Fourth individual and first non-Indian scholar to receive this honor.) *James F. Henry Award (February, 2016) for “outstanding achievement by individuals for distinguished, sustained contributions to the field of dispute resolution.” Candidates for the award are evaluated for “leadership, innovation and sustaining commitment to the field.” Previous awardees include Senator George Mitchell; Lord Woolf of Barnes, former Lord Chief Justice of England; Professor Nancy Rogers, Reporter for the Uniform Mediation Act; famed mediator and September 11 Victims Fund Special Master Kenneth Feinberg; and former Attorney General Janet Reno. *Max Kade Visiting Scholar, Heidelberg University Institute of Private Law (2015) *New Zealand Law Foundation International Visiting Scholar in Dispute Resolution (2014) *Academic Counsel of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration (ITA) (2013-2019) *Martindale-Hubbell’s Highest (AV) Rating (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019) *Litigation Counsel of America (2015- ) *Practical Achievement Award, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (2011)(for THE PROTOCOLS FOR COST-EFFECTIVE, EXPEDITIOUS COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION) *Practical Achievement Award, ABA Section on Dispute Resolution (2011)(for THE PROTOCOLS FOR COST-EFFECTIVE, EXPEDITIOUS COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION) *WilmerHale Scholar-in-Residence, Fall, 2010, Park Lane, London, England *Twice received the CPR “Best Professional Article” Award (1987, 2009) (from what is now the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution) *Companionship, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2000) (Only the fourth person to receive the 10,000-member Chartered Institute’s highest honor, and the only honoree outside Great Britain.) *Lawdragon 500 (2005) (Named as one of 500 outstanding attorneys in the United States as the result of a nationwide survey of thousands of lawyers conducted by a new legal magazine.) *Inaugural Hewlett Professor, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (1999-2000) *Inaugural Hoellering Scholar-in-Residence, American Arbitration Association (August 2000 - December 2000) *Sustaining Academic Member, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (1996-2000) (Appointed as one of approximately two dozen academic members of CPR, a leading sponsor of dispute resolution research and administration) *Finalist, American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship Competition (1996) (withdrew from Competition as Finalist for family reasons) *’Best New Legal Book,’ Association of American Publishers (1995) [for FEDERAL ARBITRATION LAW, co-authored with Macneil and Speidel]

Panels

ACTIVITIES AS ARBITRATOR, MEDIATOR AND ADR NEUTRAL Wide-ranging experience as commercial and construction arbitrator and mediator in the U.S. and internationally (AAA, ICDR, ICC, JAMS, CPR) including complex multi-party cases involving hundreds of millions of dollars, and as a facilitator of consensus-building, partnering and team-building initiatives. *JAMS Construction and Commercial Panels (2008-2012, 2019- ) *China International Economic Trade Arbitration Commission Panel (since 2018) *Shenzhen Arbitration Commission Panel (since 2014) *Beijing Arbitration Commission Panel (since 2010) *AAA Construction and Commercial Large, Complex Disputes Panels (1981 2001, 2006-2019); International Centre for Dispute Resolution *CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Panel of Distinguished Panel Neutrals *Special Master, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (1991-93) (Appointed to adjudicate major contract disputes arising from construction of Toyota Automotive Manufacturing Plant (Opinion adopted by U.S. District Court and affirmed by Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals; published at 932 Federal Supplement 906, 948)) *Mediator/Case Evaluator, U.S. District Court (1995-96)

Associations

*Founding Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators --Board of Directors (2008-2010), Co-Chair, National Summit on the Future of Arbitration (2008-2009) *Fellow, American College of Construction Lawyers (since 1997) --Executive Committee (2007-2010); --Editor, The Construction Lawyer (1994-1996) *Honorary Fellow, International Academy of Mediators *Member, Litigation Counsel of America *Advisor, Restatement of the Law Third, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration (2010-present) *Facilitator, Consumer Dispute Resolution Study Group, ABA Section on Dispute Resolution (2009-2010) *Member, Board of Directors, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (2001-2011) *Chair, Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration (SICA)(2000 -2002); Public Member (1996-2004 (Appointed one of three public representatives to body responsible for setting arbitration policy for U.S. securities industry; (elected chair in 2000) *CPR/Georgetown Commission on Ethics and Standards in ADR, Working Group on Provider Organizations (1997-2002) *Chair, Academic Advisory Committee, International Global Research Institute (1999-2001) *Academic Advisor, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws Drafting Committee on Reform of the Uniform Arbitration Act (1997-2001) *Member, Board of Directors, American Arbitration Association (1998-2001) --(Member, National Construction Dispute Resolution Committee, American Arbitration Association (AAA)(1996-2000); National Task Force on Construction Arbitration Rules, American Arbitration Association (1995)) *Director, National Commission on the Future of Arbitration, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (1998-2000) *Inaugural Hewlett Professor, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (1999-2000) *Inaugural Hoellering Scholar-in-Residence, American Arbitration Association (August 2000 - December 2000) *Sustaining Academic Member, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (1996-2000) (Appointed as one of approximately two dozen academic members of CPR, a leading sponsor of dispute resolution research and administration) *Academic Reporter, National Consumer Due Process Advisory Task Force, American Arbitration Association (1997-98) *Public Member, National Arbitration and Mediation Advisory Committee, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD)(1997-99)

Miscellaneous

Thomas J. Stipanowich is an experienced commercial and construction arbitrator and mediator who specializes in large and complex cases in the United States and internationally. He has arbitrated cases under the rules of major global administering bodies, as well as non-administered and ad hoc arbitration. He has a great deal of experience as chair, wing arbitrator and sole arbitrator, and on occasion has successfully played mixed roles (arb-med, mediation followed by last-offer arbitration). He also has experience as a federal court special master, early neutral evaluator and partnering facilitator. Mr. Stipanowich holds the William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution and is professor of law at Pepperdine University School of Law, where he has promoted more effective mediation and arbitration practice as leader of the famed Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution during many of its most successful years. Stipanowich came to Pepperdine in 2006 after serving as the president and CEO of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR Institute), a thought leader in the global dispute resolution field, before which he enjoyed a long career as an attorney, a chaired law professor and a dispute resolution professional. Stipanowich began his career as a construction lawyer at a national firm and served as an advocate and consulting attorney on construction and commercial cases even after becoming a law professor. He is widely known internationally in the dispute resolution field; he has affiliations with leading law schools and institutions in Germany, India, China and Brazil, and is listed on the arbitrator panels of several Chinese arbitration commissions. Stipanowich is the recipient of two of the dispute resolution field’s highest honors, the D’Alemberte/Raven Award from the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Dispute Resolution Section (2008) for outstanding contributions to the field, as well as CPR Institute’s James F. Henry Award (2016) for “outstanding achievement by individuals for distinguished, sustained contributions to the field of ADR.” Widely recognized for his expertise in arbitration law, commercial arbitration procedures, ethical rules and related practice issues, he co-authored the highly regarded five-volume Federal Arbitration Law: Agreements, Awards, and Remedies Under the Federal Arbitration Act, cited by the Supreme Court of the United States and many other courts. He was also the editor-in-chief of Commercial Arbitration at Its Best (2001), a practice guide for businesses and counsel with insights from more than 50 leading arbitrators and advocates, and co-authored the popular text and materials Resolving Disputes: Theory, Practice, and Law (2016). A firm believer in promoting fair but efficient procedures, he led the development of the College of Commercial Arbitrators Protocols for Expeditious, Cost-Effective Commercial Arbitration (2010), which received the 2010 Practical Achievement Award from the CPR Institute and the 2011 Lawyer as Problem Solver Award from the ABA’s Section on Dispute Resolution. A sought-after speaker and trainer, Mr. Stipanowich has conducted workshops for dozens of leading corporations and law firms, and has trained arbitrators or mediators for many leading ADR institutions, including the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Straus Institute. He was academic advisor for revisions to the Uniform Arbitration Act and the Uniform Mediation Act, and chief drafter of the Consumer Due Process Protocol (1997). In 1991 he co-founded a regional mediation center that is still in existence. He also served as public member and chair of the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration and was actively involved in the revision of the Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes. He frequently serves as an expert or consultant regarding arbitration law, procedure and practice.