Webinar: Elevating Your ADR Practice, Profile, and Appointments

In this webinar, participants will learn how to:

• Establish Your Practice
• Raise Your Profile
• Get Appointed

An experienced neutral, a neutral services provider, a marketer, and a former general counsel will share:

• Practical Tips
• Concrete Takeaways
• Expert Advice

Registration is Closed

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Panelists

Rich Lee

Rich is the CEO and Co-Founder of New Era ADR, a fast-growing VC-backed dispute resolution technology company that eliminates gamesmanship in litigation. In just a year since its launch in April 2021, New Era has built a bench including some of the country’s leading arbitrators and mediators, already counts multiple Fortune 1000 companies, mid-market companies, and leading higher ed institutions as clients, and has garnered the support of leading attorneys and law firms across the U.S. More importantly, with its highly accessible, streamlined, and intuitive platform, New Era makes it far easier for individuals and organizations to have their cases heard and efficiently resolved.

Prior to starting New Era, Rich was the General Counsel at Civis Analytics, a fast-growing, venture-backed data science technology company born out of President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign. He served on the executive team, led legal, cybersecurity, and compliance, and helped lead and evolve the company through rapid growth (600%+ in his tenure) and over $50M in funding. Prior to Civis, Rich was SVP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Livevol, a financial technology company that he helped to build, grow, and sell to CBOE Holdings (BATS: CBOE).

Rich also serves as an advisor, board member, and investor in technology startups and venture capital funds and in a leadership role in the Economic Club of Chicago. Passionate about solving the access to justice gap in the United States, Rich also serves on the national Leader’s Council of the Legal Services Corporation (a U.S. Senate-funded 501c3) and on the board of Illinois Legal Aid Online. He holds a J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and a B.S. in Bioengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Natalie Armstrong-Motin

Mrs. Armstrong-Motin is the author of “The Essential Guide to Marketing Your ADR Practice”. She is frequently invited to speak around the globe on the successful marketing strategies of the resolution and legal industry. As a personal consultant to many of the premier providers in the ADR industry, her company, Marketing Resolution, has designed and developed hundreds of campaigns for private practices, firms, educational institutions, authors, organizations and associations around the world.

She provides free marketing seminars known as Marketing Monday each week on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/c/NatalieArmstrongMotin), LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/marketingresolution) and Twitter @MarketingADR.

Mrs. Armstrong-Motin has received certificates in both Mediation and Arbitration from the Institute of Conflict Management and International Mediation from both Tulane University School of Law and Humboldt University School of Law in Berlin Germany. She has received nearly 150 hours in training in numerous national and international mediation, arbitration and communication courses. Mrs. Armstrong-Motin’s professional education background is in conflict resolution, sociology and criminal psychology.

She was Vice President of the Southern California Mediation Association and Chair of the Membership Committee, a member of the Board of the London Club, and has served on the Board of the California Dispute Resolution Council. For the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section she served as Vice-Chair of Practice Development Committee, as the Co-Chair of the Standing Committee for Practice, Business and Skills Development, and is currently a Vice-Chair on the Marketing Committee.

Mrs. Armstrong-Motin is the founder of the Will Work For Food (www.WillWorkForFood.news) initiative bringing timely topics to attorneys, mediators, and arbitrators each week and raising money for food banks worldwide (more than $270k to date).

Winter Wheeler

Winter is a former top civil litigator who has made her niche as an expert mediator. She is sought out for her unique, compassionate, and successful style handling complex matters that involve a diverse range of cultures, including Spanish speaking clients.

Winter is the creator of The Four Cornerstones of Mediation™, which she introduced to the world in her first TEDx talk in March 2021. She has turned that methodology into a 14-hour mediation and certification course. Winter’s second TEDx talk titled, “Confessions of a Mom Who Has It All,” was given in June 2021. She is co-author of the bestselling book, #Networked, as well as ​the creator and host of The Mediate Now™ podcast.

Janice Sperow

Janice Sperow is an independent full-time arbitrator, Hearing Officer, mediator, Special Master, discovery referee, and Judge Pro Tem. With over 35 years of service as an arbitrator, Ms. Sperow brings extensive experience and analytical depth to resolve disputes fairly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. Known for her responsiveness and well-managed cases, Ms. Sperow specializes in commercial, employment, emerging technology, healthcare, transportation, life sciences, trade, financial services, mass claims, intellectual property, PAGA, and expedited disputes. Experienced in remote hearings, Ms. Sperow serves on videoconference, documents only, in person, and hybrid hearings worldwide. She has been appointed as an arbitrator and/or mediator for CPR, the American Arbitration Association, the World Intellectual Property Organization, FINRA, the American Health Law Association, the International Chamber of Commerce, NFA, NAM, San Diego Superior Court, New Era ADR, Resolute Systems, and more. She has been inducted into the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and the
Academy of Court-Appointed Masters.

Having served as a mediator in countless matters, as an arbitrator in over 450 arbitrations, and as counsel in over 1000 arbitrations before becoming a full-time neutral, Ms. Sperow has handled the full range of health care, business, consumer, and employment disputes, including contract, fraud, business torts, legal services, payor provider, payment default, faulty design, aviation, warranty, trade secret, IP misappropriation, healthcare, energy, solar, wind, power, and alternative energy, PAGA, injunctive relief, FDIC, interstate commerce, unfair competition, unfair business practices, restraint of trade, antitrust, trade relationships, cannabis, franchise, bio-tech, technology, elder abuse, automotive, communication, telecommunications, semiconductor, professional fees, defamation, design defects, medical devices, goods and services claims, race, age, sexual orientation, gender, and disability discrimination, class actions, misclassification, wage and hour disputes, Labor Code, FEHA claims, leave issues, disability claims, wrongful and constructive termination, privacy concerns, whistle-blower and retaliation claims, sexual harassment, workplace safety, banking, commodities, securities, unauthorized trading, suitability, fiduciary duties, hedge fund, brokerage, loan repayments, debt collection, TCPA, CCRA, ACH matters, privacy, data breach, and cybersecurity disputes. Ms. Sperow serves as a Hearing Officer for the City & County of Los Angeles, the City & County of San Francisco, and the San Diego Port Authority.

A former litigator with Morrison & Foerster, before becoming Managing Partner and Head of Litigation & ADR at Ruiz & Sperow, a woman-owned, minority owned law firm, Ms. Sperow received her BA from UC Berkeley, graduating magna cum laude and her JD from UC Hastings, graduating summa cum laude. She began her career as an extern for the Hon. J Clifford Wallace of the 9th Circuit and as a judicial law clerk for the Hon. Richard J. Cardamone of the 2nd Circuit. Ms. Sperow writes and speaks on a wide range of ADR topics and actively participates in several dispute resolution associations and think tanks. Former president of the National Association of Women Lawyers and Vice President of the California Women Lawyers, Ms.Sperow is committed to the profession and service

Bryan J. Branon (Session Organizer)

Bryan J. Branon is the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Regional Relationship Manager for the Americas. In this role, Bryan is responsible for promoting CIArb and its membership through trainings, partnerships, publications and educational programming opportunities within the CIArb Americas seven-Branch region (Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, New York and North America).

Prior to assuming this post, Bryan owned his own international ADR practice and consultancy, Branon’s ADR, and has worked for leading international ADR providers where he helped found the Afghanistan Center for Dispute Resolution, the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution and the International Mediation Institute. Additionally, Bryan is an active leader at the FBA where he Co-Chairs the FBA Diversity and Inclusion Committee Membership Subcommittee and is the Immediate Past-Chair of the FBA Section of Alternative Dispute Resolution. He can be reached at BBranon@CIArb.org.

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Presented by the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

Co Sponsored by: 

American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section

Academy of Court Appointed Masters

Arbitral Women

CIArb

International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR)

National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals

United States Council for International Business – International Chamber of Commerce

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