Member Profiles List - The Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association (CIDRA)

APPROVED CIDRA NEUTRAL ARBITRATOR & MEDIATOR PROFILES

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Daniel P. Albers
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Barnes and Thornburg Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. University of Illinois College of Law; B.S. University of Illinois
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Michael Paul Avramovich
Position:	Attorney (Illinois and District of Columbia); Solicitor, (England and Wales); President, Avramovich & Associates, P.C. Certified Public Accountant. Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. John Marshall Law School; LL.M. (International and Comparative Law), Georgetown University Law Center; Master of Management, Accounting and Finance, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University; B.A. North Park College
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Languages:	Italian, French
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Peter V. Baugher
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Schopf & Weiss LLP Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Yale Law School; A.B. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
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Mark L. Berenblut
Position:	President, Berenblut Consulting Inc., Strategic Finance & Economics, Managing Partner, Carnegie Hill Venture Partners
Education:	B.S. Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
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Alexander B. Blumrosen
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Bernard, Hertz & Béjot Paris, France
Education:	Dartmouth College, A.B. 1982, cum laude; New York University, Institute of French Studies, M.A. 1983; Georgetown University Law Center, J.D. 1986; Project Editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1985-86; University of Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbone. Diplôme d'Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A.) in International Economic Law, mention bien (honors), 1991. American national, admitted to the Bars of Paris, France (1992), and New York (1987)
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Harris T. Bock
Position:	no data entered Philadelphia, PA, USA
Education:	Temple University, B.B.A.; Villanova University, J.D.
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Thomas J. Boodell Jr.
Position:	Partner, Domanskis, LLC Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Harvard Law School; A.B. Princeton University
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Clyde O. Bowles Jr.
Position:	Attorney, Of Counsel, Dykema Gossett PLLP Chicago, Il, USA
Education:	J.D. Yale Law School; B.S. Northwestern University
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John H. Calhoun
Position:	Attorney; previously, Associate General Corporate Counsel, The Quaker Oats Company Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. University of Iowa; AMP Harvard University Graduate School of Business; B.A. University of Iowa
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Richard Chernick
Position:	Vice President and Managing Director, JAMS Arbitration Practice Los Angeles, CA, USA
Education:	A.B. UCLA 1967, J.D. USC Law School, 1970
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K.W. Stephen Cheung (Associate Member)
Position:	Attorney, Principal, Cheung & Associates; Consultant, President, Conflict Management Consultants Inc. Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Education:	LL.B. University College London, University of London; LL.M. University College London, and London School of Economics, University of London (Taxation and Corporate Law); LL.M./S.J.D. Programme - Law School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, U.S.A.(William F. Cook Fellow)
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Hon. John W. Cooley
Position:	Arbitrator and Mediator Evanston, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. University of Notre Dame Law School; B.S. U.S. Military Academy at West Point
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Hon. Gino L. DiVito
Position:	Attorney; Partner, Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Loyola University of Chicago School of Law
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M. Scott Donahey
Position:	Independent Arbitrator and Mediator Palo Alto, California
Education:	B.A. Stanford University, M.A. The Johns Hopkins University, J.D. Santa Clara University
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Mark I. Dunaevsky
Position:	Of Counsel, Avramovich & Associates, P.C. Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Northwestern University; Diploma in International Law, University of Helsinki; M.A. (Philosophy) Northwestern University; B.A. Northwestern University; Rabbi, Brisk Rabbinical College.
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Languages:	Hebrew, German
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Richard M. Franklin
Position:	Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP Chicago, IL
Education:	University of Freiburg ; University of Wisconsin (B.A.) (1970); Columbia University (J.D. ) (1973)
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Teresa Frisbie
Position:	Mediator, Arbitrator, Attorney at Law, DeGrand & Wolfe P.C. Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Loyola University of Chicago School of Law 1986;B.A. University of Illinois 1983; Salzburg College 1982
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Louis B. Goldman
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Altheimer & Gray, Chairman, International Practice Group Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. University of Chicago; B.A. University of California, Berkeley
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Lee A. Gould
Position:	Managing Member, Gould & Pakter Associates, LLC Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	Juris Doctor Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, 1987; Bachelor of Science in Accountancy, University of Illinois, 1980
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The Rt. Hon. The Lord David Hacking
Position:	Chartered Arbitrator, Accredited Mediator, Barrister-at-Law and Member of Littleton Chambers, The Temple London, England
Education:	B.A. and M.A., Clare College, Cambridge University (B.A. 1961, M.A. 1968); the Inns of Court School of Law (Harmsworth Major Entrance Exhibitioner 1960 and Astbury Scholar 1963 of the Middle Temple)
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John Hanna Jr.
Position:	Partner, Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP Albany, NY, USA
Education:	LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1959; A.B., Princeton University; Trinity School, New York, 1956
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Glenn Z. Hering
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Rooks, Pitts and Poust Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. John Marshall Law School; B.A. American University
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Languages:	German and Czech
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William R. Jentes
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Kirkland & Ellis (Principal Litigating Partner; Retired)
Education:	J.D. University of Michigan Law School; A.B. University of Michigan, Université de Grenoble, France, Fulbright Scholar, 1956-57
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Chandrakant Kamdar
Position:	Chartered Arbitrator, Certified Fraud Examiner Mumbai, Ma, India
Education:	B. Com (Hons), FCIArb (Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K.) CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner – Association of Certified Fraud Examiner U.S.A)
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Richard Kirschner
Position:	Kirschner & Gartrell, P.C. Bethesda, MD, USA
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Kent Lawrence
Position:	Attorney, Member, Lawrence, Kamin, Saunders & Uhlenhop L.L.C. Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Northwestern University School of Law; B.A. Brandeis University
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William H. Levit Jr.
Position:	Partner, Claims Counsel and Loss Prevention Counsel, Chair International Practice Group, Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Former Director and Chair Litigation Practice Group Milwaukee, WI, USA
Education:	LLB Harvard Law School 1967; MA International Relations University of California (Berkeley) 1962; Ford Foundation Fellow, South Asia Regional Studies, University of Pennsylvania 1960-1961; BA Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Yale University 1960
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Carl Liggio
Position:	Attorney, Of Counsel, McCullough, Campbell & Lane; Chief Financial Officer, Director, and General Counsel, Tempico, Inc.; previously Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. New York University School of Law; A.B. Georgetown University
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Houston Putnam Lowry
Position:	Partner, Chair of litigation department, Brown & Welsh, P.C. Meriden, Connecticut
Education:	Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut, Visiting Scholar 1981 - 1982; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, Bachelor of Law in International Law with Honors (redesignated an LLM in September 1998), June 1981; Gonzaga University School of Law, Spokane, Washington, Juris Doctor cum laude, May 1980; University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, Master of Business Administration, May 1980 Pitzer College (a Claremont College); Claremont, California, Bachelor of Arts in Political Studies and Psychology, June 1976
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Ram T. Madaan
Position:	Partner, Madaan & Co., New Delhi & Chicago; and Adjunct Professor (International Business & Trade Law), The John Marshall Law School, Chicago. Chicago, Il, USA
Education:	LL.M., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA; LL.B. with First Class Honors, G. N..D. University, India; B.A. with First Class Honors, G. N..D. University, India.
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Merton E. Marks
Position:	Arbitrator, Mediator, Special Master Merton E. Marks, PC Scottsdale and Tucson, AZ, USA
Education:	Northwestern University School of Law (JD, 1956) and College of Arts and Sciences (BS, 1954)
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Francis A. McDonough
Position:	Chief Executive Officer, McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc. Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Education:	B. Eng. (Honors), Civil Engineering. University of Liverpool (England), 1962
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Bernhard F. Meyer-Hauser
Position:	Attorney, Senior Partner, Meyer Muller Eckert, Attorneys at Law, Zurich, Switzerland Zurich, Switzerland
Education:	Dr. jur. University of Zurich; LL.M. Northwestern University Law School; FCIArb Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
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John H. Morrison
Position:	Attorney, Retired Partner, Kirkland & Ellis Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Harvard Law School; Rhodes Scholar; B.A./M.A. Jurisprudence, University of Oxford; B.B.A. Finance, University of New Mexico
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Robert B. Morton
Position:	Attorney, Principal, Law Offices of Attorney Robert B. Morton Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Harvard Law School (1982); B.A. University of Michigan (1978, PHI BETA KAPPA)
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John K. Notz Jr.
Position:	Arbitrator and Mediator
Education:	Law (JD) and Mathematics (BA)
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Michael Pakter
Position:	Managing Member, Gould & Pakter Associates, LLC Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	Mr. Pakter is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Chartered Accountant and Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. He holds two Bachelor degrees, one in Commerce and the other in Accounting and Auditing, both from Witwatersrand University, South Africa.
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Ann C. Petersen
Position:	Attorney, Law Offices of Ann C. Petersen; Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Andworth Chambers LLC. Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. University of Michigan; B.A. University of Iowa
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Charles R. Ragan
Position:	Partner, Redgrave Daley Ragan & Wagner LLP San Francisco, CA, USA
Education:	A.B. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (1969); J.D. Fordham University School of Law (1974). Admitted to the Bars of California, New York and Minnesota.
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Gerardo F. Saavedra
Position:	Attorney.- Partner, Borda y Quintana, SC Mexico City, Mexico
Education:	LL.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Academy of American and International Law, The Southwestern Legal Foundation; J.D., Universidad Panamericana Law School.
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Jeffrey W. Sarles
Position:	Partner Mayer Brown, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
Education:	Northwestern University School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1994; Editor-in-Chief, Northwestern University Law Review • University of Chicago, MA. with honors • Wesleyan University, BA; Phi Beta Kappa
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Lawrence S. Schaner
Position:	Attorney, Partner Jenner & Block LLP, Chicago, IL USA.
Education:	J.D. Stanford Law School, 1986; A.B. magna cum laude Duke University, 1982.
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Stephen E. Smith
Position:	Attorney and Principal, Law Offices of Stephen E. Smith Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Washington University School of Law; B.A. Boston University; Boston Latin School
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Languages:	German (proficient); Portuguese (conversational)
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William Spence
Position:	Attorney, Senior Counsel, Freeborn & Peters, LLP Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Loyola University; B.A. Northwestern University
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Joseph L. Stone
Position:	Of Counsel, Seyfarth Shaw Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Northwestern University School of Law; B.S. University of Wisconsin
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Sallie Ann Swartz
Position:	Attorney, Founding Partner, Phillips Giraud Naud & Swartz (Paris) Paris, France
Education:	J.D. Syracuse University
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Preston M. Torbert
Position:	Partner, Baker & McKenzie Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	Princeton Univ. (A.B.) (1966); Univ. of Chicago (M.A. ) (1968); Univ. of Chicago (Ph.D.) (1973); Harvard Univ. (J.D.) (1974)
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Paul H. Vishny
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. DePaul University Law School; University of Illinois; B. H. L., Rabbi, Hebrew Theological College
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James D. Wangelin
Position:	Partner, Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	University of Michigan A.B. 1969 with Distinction; J.D. 1974
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Stuart M. Widman
Position:	Attorney, Partner, Miller Shakman & Beem, LLP Chicago, IL, USA
Education:	J.D. Northwestern University School of Law; B.S. Wharton School of Finance, University of Pennsylvania
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Mark L. Berenblut
Position:	President, Berenblut Consulting Inc., Strategic Finance & Economics, Managing Partner, Carnegie Hill Venture Partners
Education:	B.S. Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London
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Chandrakant Kamdar
Position:	Chartered Arbitrator, Certified Fraud Examiner Mumbai, Ma, India
Education:	B. Com (Hons), FCIArb (Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, U.K.) CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner – Association of Certified Fraud Examiner U.S.A)
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Dr. Clive Norman Albert Trotman (Associate Member)
Position:	Principal, Dispute Science Ltd., Dispute Resolution and Consultancy in Science and Technology Dunedin, New Zealand
Education:	Doctor of Science, Brunel University, London. Ph.D., University of East Anglia, Norwich, U.K. Chartered Biologist and Fellow of the Institute of Biology, London.
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Peter V. Baugher, President
One South Wacker Drive, Suite 2800, Chicago, IL 60606 USA
312-409-1373 (Telephone), 312-701-9335 (Facsimile),

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