Shelby Grubbs practiced law for over 40 years, principally with Miller & Martin PLLC. Currently he is a JAMS panelist and works as an arbitrator, mediator and special master.
Experience
Shelby Grubbs has been engaged in over 100 arbitrations. His work as special master has included appointments in the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Tennessee and the District of Columbia.
Work History
1975 - 1981 Associate/Partner - Strang Fletcher et al., Chattanooga, TN. 1981 - 1994 - Member - Grant Konvalinka & Grubbs, Chattanooga, TN. 1994 - 2014 - Member - Miller & Martin, Chattanooga, TN and Atlanta GA. 2014 - 2017 - Executive Director, Atlanta Center for International Arbitration, Atlanta, GA 2018 - 2020 - Member - Miller & Martin, Atlanta, GA 2020 - Present - Panelist - JAMS, Atlanta, GA 2016 - 2022 - adjunct professor at the law schools at Georgia State University, Emory University and Vanderbilt University.
Cases
Engagements as lead counsel in cases involving the law of anti-trust, arbitration (domestic and international) banking, class action, contract, corporate governance, consumer protection, employment, limited partnership, products liability, securities, trademark, trespass and U.S. wage and hour law and cases brought under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Engagements as arbitrator in contract, corporate governance, consumer protection, construction, employee benefits, employment, entertainment, franchise, government procurement, healthcare, limited partnership, products liability, securities, stock options, trademark, and U.S. wage and hour law.
Training
Florida Circuit Court 40-hour Mediators Course. Harvard Negotiation Project 40 Hours and Advanced Negotiation Project 40 hours. Numerous AAA, C PR, ICDR, ICC and JAMS courses.
License(s)
Tennessee Bar - 1975. Georgia Bar - 1977. Numerous pro hac admissions.
Education
BA - University of Mississippi JD - University of Alabama
Publications
Co-editor of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society’s Desk Book (First - Fifth Editions) (2015 , 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022). Co-Author, Georgia Chapter - Interim Measures in Aid of Arbitration (JURIS 2022) Lead author on the U.S. chapter of Global Arbitration Review’s on-line publication “Know How: Litigation” (2018, 2019 and 2020). General editor - International Civil Procedure (Kluwer Law International - 2003). Section editor \"Alternatives to Litigation” in Corporate Litigator (ABA 1989).
Awards
Atlanta, Georgia’s 2023 Lawyer of the Year for International Commercial Arbitration by Best Lawyers in America. BTI Client Service All-Star 2011 and 2014.
Panels
In addition to JAMS, Shelby Grubbs has served on arbitration panels for the American Arbitration Association, CPR Institute, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, International Chamber of Commerce and World Intellectual Property Organization.
Associations
Fellow - Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals. Fellow - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Director - Atlanta International Arbitration Society Member - Amercian Bar Association Member - State Bar of Georgia Member - Tennessee Bar Association Past member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR.
Miscellaneous
Chair - Atlanta Sister Cities Commission 2017 - 2020. Chair - Global Network Foundation 2012 - 2013. Chair - Tennessee Supreme Court Commission on ADR 1996 - 1999.
