Professional Activities

Leadership Positions

Legal:

• American Bar Association
  • Co-Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, Arbitration Committee (2024 – 2026)
  • Co-Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, International Committee (2022 – 2023)
  • Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (2018 – 2019)
  • Chair-Elect – Dispute Resolution Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (2017 – 2018)
  • Vice-Chair – Dispute Resolution Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section (2016 – 2017)
  • Vice-Chair – International Litigation Committee, International Law Section (2016)

• Association of Commercial and Transactional ADR Professionals (ACT-ADR)
  • Founder (2024)
  • Board of Directors and Treasurer (2024 – present)

• Association of Attorney Mediators
  • Board of Directors (2022 – 2026)
  • Executive Committee, Illinois Chapter (2019 – 2022)

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators North America Branch
  • Chairperson – North America Branch (2018)
  • Vice Chair – Training (2019 -2021; 2016 – 2018)
  • Board of Directors, North America Branch (2015 – 2023)

Business:

• National Association of Corporate Directors
  • Board Leadership Fellow
• Private Directors Association

Professional Organizations

Legal

• Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals (ACAN)
• ADR Institute of Canada
• ADR Institute of Ontario
• ADR Institute of Alberta
• American Arbitration Association (AAA)
  • Arbitration Panel of Neutrals:
    • Large / Complex Commercial Disputes
    • Joint Ventures
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • General Commercial
    • Mediation Panel of Neutrals: [this bullet should be positioned under the Arbitration Panel of Nuetrals header bullet]
      • Master Mediator Panel
      • General Commercial
• American Bar Association (ABA)
  • Section Memberships:  Business Law Section; Dispute Resolution Section (Arbitration, International  and Mediation Committees); Section of Litigation (ADR / Settlement, Corporate Counsel and Legal Ethics Committees); International Law Section (International Litigation Committee)
• American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA)
  • Panel of Neutrals
• Association of Attorney Mediators (AAM)
• Association of Commercial and Transactional ADR Professionals (ACT-ADR)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Chicago Bar Association
• International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
  • Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
  • Panel of Distinguished Neutrals (Arbitrators and Mediators)
    • Real Estate
    • Insurance Policy Holder Coverage
    • General Commercial

Business/Corporate

• National Association of Corporate Directors
• Private Directors Association