Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

Chair-Elect
Jeff Paquin
jeff.paquin@paquinllc.com

Secretary
Simeon Baum
simeonHB@aol.com

Treasurer
Linda Michler
linda.michler@michlerlaw.com

Newsletter Co-Editors
Victoria Pynchon
vpynchon@settlenow.com

Earle Schwarz eschwarz@glankler.com

Board Members

Jeff Kichaven
jk@jeffkichaven.com

Kim Daniel-Parrish
kim.parrish@ssa.gov

Hon. Dan Polster

Howard Roitman
nevadalawyer@lvcm.com

Arnold Steinberg
a5300@aol.com

Daniel Woska
wallstreetfraud@aol.com

Chair for Programs
to be announced

Committees
Federal Court Programs
Chair to be announced

Commercial Practices and Procedures
Chair to be announced

ADR Involving Federal Agencies
Chair to be announced

Neutral Processes, Certification, Qualifications, and Implementation
Chair to be announced

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Message from the Chair

We now have an active and working beginning of a diverse and highly-qualified board. Soon you will be able to see the board’s resumes posted on our Web page. We’d like to hear from you if you think you’d like to contribute to the ADR Section’s success and are interested in seeking a nomination for a position or as a board member.

We are in an exciting era of ADR. Mediation is taking off globally. Arbitration is becoming more defined internationally and is an ever-changing and expanding process. Our Section is well attuned to not only this growth, but what’s happening at home.

The Annual FBA Annual Meeting and Convention will be held in exciting Las Vegas, Nev., this year from August 24–26, 2006. The ADR Section, in conjunction with the International Lawyers Section, will provide a seminar on international mediation and arbitration, with the focus on mediation and how the U.S. is the global mediation leader. We will have as speakers and panel members representatives from some of the most active and respected ADR organizations in the world who will discuss global events and ADR initiatives.

Our ADR Section, as well as the International Section, are organizational sponsors for the International Lawyer’s Association Annual Convention being held in Toronto, Canada in June 2006. Please take a look at its exciting program.

Also, we are exploring the idea of an e-newsletter. We’d like to hear your thoughts about receiving a one page monthly or bi-monthly update on what’s going on in this fast growing area. Volunteers to assist in the preparation of such a letter will be welcomed!

Please feel free to give me your thoughts and ideas at any time.

Lynn Cole, ADR Section Chair

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Election of ADR Section Leadership Positions

This is your opportunity to become an active member of the ADR Section. The Nominating Committee is seeking nominations for section officers in the positions of chair-elect, secretary, and treasurer. The Nominating Committee will nominate one person for each open office from the names submitted to the committee.

Additionally, there are opportunities to become active by becoming a member at large to the governing board of the section, as well as participating in the section’s standing committees: The Federal Court Programs Committee; The Commercial Practices and Procedures; The Certifications, Qualifications and Implementations Committee. Volunteers are needed for all of these committees. Please submit your names for any committee in which you wish to participate.

If you are interested please send an e-mail to kratliff@fedbar.org and in the subject line please indicate “ADR Section Election.” Please remember to indicate in the body of your e-mail if you would like to be nominated for a section officer position or participate in one of the section’s standing committees. If you have any questions please contact Kristus Ratliff, FBA Manager of Section and Divisions at kratliff@fedbar.org or (703) 682-7009.

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Calendar of Events

June 4-8, 2006
International Law Association 72nd Biennial Conference
Co-sponsored by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section and the International Law Section of the FBA
Location: The Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Registration: For more information about the conference, including registration visit www.ila2006.org. Early bird deadline is April 13, 2006.
ILA 2006 will feature an Arbitration Track with three days of programmes of particular interest to international arbitration practitioners. These arbitration programmes include:

ILA Committee Meeting on International and Commercial Arbitration
Changing Face of International Commercial Arbitration - exploring international arbitration's new diversity
Emerging Trends in the Enforcement of Arbitration Awards
Current Challenges in Trade and Investment Law
International Law on Foreign Investment Committee meeting - considering current issues in arbitrating investment disputes
Arbitrating International Intellectual Property Disputes
Study Group on Practice and Procedure of International Tribunals

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