Before becoming a full-time mediator/arbitrator, I represented clients in hundreds of mediations and/or federal settlement conferences involving the prosecution, or defense of, single, multi-party, and class actions, based on tort, product liability, employment (Title VII, ADEA, ADA, FMLA, ERISA, Arkansas Civil Rights Act, etc.), malpractice, construction, and various other types of cases. Since becoming a certified mediator in 2010, I have conducted in excess of 1,000 mediations, and dozens of single and/or multi-day arbitrations.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Agricultural
Anti-Trust
Automotive
Banking & Finance
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Debt Collections
Discrimination
EEOC
Elder Abuse
Employment
Family Businesses
Health Care
Industrial
Insurance
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Mergers & Acquisitions
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Pensions
Personal Injury
Police
Premises Liability
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Railroad & Trucking
Real Estate
Sexual Harassment
Torts
Transportation
Wage & Hour/FMLA
Wrongful Death
Education
University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law, J.D.
Stephen F. Austin State University, B.A. (Psychology and Criminal Justice)
40 hour Arkansas Basic Mediation course.
Memberships & Affiliations
Member Arkansas Bar Assoc (1995) Admitted to U.S. District Court, Arkansas (1995) Admitted to 8 Cir. Ct. of Appeals (1995)