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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.
ADR Experience: Chair, Jenner & Block’s Arbitration Practice Group; Arbitrator, International Centre for Dispute Resolution and the Circuit Court of Cook County; Counsel in domestic and international arbitrations; Member, International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Arbitration; Chair, Midwest Arbitration Committee of the United States Council for International Business; Secretary, North American Users’ Council of the London Court of International Arbitration; Publications Officer and Newsletter Editor, Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (serving on the Executive Committee of its North American Branch and as Chair of its Chicago Chapter); Member, Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration; and Member of the ADR Section Council of the Illinois State Bar Association.
General Experience: Over 20 years of experience focusing on the resolution of complex business disputes. Mr. Schaner has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in courts throughout the U.S., at the trial and appellate levels, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings. He has handled matters involving a wide variety of substantive areas of the law including antitrust, bankruptcy, civil racketeering, commercial law, contracts, employment, government contracts, False Claims Act, fraud, insurance coverage, intellectual property, securities, shareholder class action, tax and tort. He has particular experience in the aerospace and defense industry, including, for example, matters pertaining to stealth attack aircraft, Stinger and other missiles, commercial space launch vehicles, and nuclear submarines. Other representative engagements have involved the sale of a facility designed to manufacture liquefied natural gas containment systems, insurance coverage for workers’ compensation losses at a shipyard, a major antitrust action in the telecommunications industry, securities fraud claims against a leading computer manufacturer, the recovery of misappropriated funds in connection with a large movie theatre construction program, as well as claims for the theft of trade secrets, RICO violations, and breach of employee confidentiality and non-compete agreements.
Prior Work: Law Clerk to the Honorable Cecil F. Poole, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1986-1987.
Miscellaneous: Awarded 2003 President’s Prize by The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators for receiving the highest mark in the Award Writing Examination; selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer for Business Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and International for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009; recognized for commercial arbitration by Who’s Who Legal: Illinois 2008; and recognized for international arbitration in Chambers USA, 2009.
Lectures: In recent years, he has served as a speaker, chair or co-chair at conferences sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, London Court of International Arbitration, Practising Law Institute, United States Council for International Business, and the International Bar Association.
Publications: Mr. Schaner has authored numerous articles on domestic and international arbitration and international litigation.
Additional Resource:  Web Site