Arbitrators
Qualifications of Arbitrators: ASP's attorney arbitrators (over 400 throughout Oregon) are required to have a minimum of ten years in practice as an attorney. Some of ASP's arbitrators are retired judges. ASP has special panels of arbitrators who possess legal expertise for each substantive area of the law (such as real estate, construction, business, corporation).
Arbitrator Selection Process: ASP provides the parties with a list of proposed arbitrators and biographical data. ASP pre-screens the proposed arbitrators to ensure legal expertise in the subject area of the dispute. The list of proposed arbitrators contains six or more names, depending on the number of parties and whether a sole arbitrator or a panel of three arbitrators is required. Each party may strike two names and number the other names in order of preference. ASP makes the final selection from the unstricken names and (to the extent possible) in accordance with the preferences of the parties.
Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest: When each party returns to ASP its preferences/vetoes on its list of proposed arbitrators, the party also returns a Disclosures to Avoid Conflicts of Interest form that identifies (to the extent then known) the party's potential witnesses, its attorneys, and (if the party is a business entity) its owners and principals. The proposed arbitrator reviews these disclosures to ensure that the arbitrator will have no conflict of interest in acting as an arbitrator, and the arbitrator gives to each party a signed oath that affirms impartiality and that no conflicts of interest exist.
Sample list: To illustrate the high quality of ASP's arbitrators, a sampling is provided for your review.
ARBITRATOR SAMPLE
ARBITRATION SERVICE OF PORTLAND (ASP)
This is a sampling taken from ASP's Business Law Panel of Portland attorneys, which illustrates the high quality of ASP's mediators and arbitrators and the type of biographical information supplied. ASP has over 400 arbitrators located throughout Oregon. A separate panel exists for each area of the law. In single arbitrator cases, ASP composes a list of six or more names. Each side may strike two names and number the others in order of preference. ASP selects the arbitrator from the unstricken names and in accordance with the parties' mutual preferences.
ALTERMAN, DEAN N. b. 1960; admitted 1989
College: Harvard; Law School: Lewis & Clark
Alterman Law Group PC (formerly with Folawn Alterman & Richardson, Lane Powell P.C.and, Kell Alteran & Runstein)
Areas of expertise: business, real property, land use.
OSB No. 89185
BALDWIN, RICHARD C. b. 1947; admitted 1977
College: San Jose State; Law School: Lewis & Clark
Senior Judge Status (Oregon Supreme Court Justice (2012-2017);
Multnomah County Circuit Court Judge (2001-2011)
Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, domestic relations, employer/employee, foreclosures, partnerships, personal injury (both sides), probate, real property.
OSB No. 77013
BALMER, THOMAS A. b. 1952; admitted 1982
College: Oberlin; Law School: Chicago
Oregon Supreme Court (2001-2022); Chief Justice (2012-2018)
Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, employment, real property.
OSB No. 821855
BANKS, ROBERT S. JR. b. 1955; admitted 1982
College: Reed College; Law School: Wisconsin
Banks Law Office, PC (formerly with Samuels Yoelin Kantor LLP)
Areas of expertise: business, corporate, partnerships, business torts, and securities litigation, financial industry disputes, legal malpractice. Practice now limited to serving as a mediator and arbitrator.
OSB No. 821862
CARSMAN, HOWARD W. b. 1953; admitted 1979 (Idaho), 1987 (Oregon)
College: California State - Northridge; Law School: California (Davis)
Sole practitioner, retired (formerly: Intel Corp (Global Construction Claims Manager, (2015-2022); sole practitioner, 2010-2015; Bullivant Houser Bailey, 1999-2010)
Areas of expertise: business, construction and development, corporate, non-profits, insurance, real property, land use, green buildings, and LEED.
OSB No. 87091
CHRISTENSEN, GARY D. b. 1962; admitted 1988
College: NYU; Law School: BYU Reuben Clark
Miller Nash LLP
Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, partnerships, real property.
OSB No. 881800
DEITS, MARY J. b. 1949; admitted 1974
College: Oregon State; Law School: Willamette
Oregon Court of Appeals Judge, 1986-2004
(and Chief Judge from 1997)
Areas of expertise: business, corporate, domestic relations, partnerships, probate, real property, employer/employee (both sides), personal injury (both sides), land use, environmental law.
OSB No. 74367
EDELSON, JEFFREY M. b. 1961; admitted 1986 Pennsylvania; 1988 Oregon
College: Lafayette; Law School: Villanova
Markowitz Herbold PC
Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, partnerships, real property, employer/employee (both), complex litigation, including employment, business torts, competitive injury, contract disputes, real estate disputes, securities laws.
OSB No. 880407
EGGUM, SUSAN K. b. 1953; admitted 1982
College: California (Berkeley); Law School: Georgetown
Eggum LLC (formerly with Lane Powell and Cosgrave Vergeer Kester)
Areas of expertise: breach of contract, business, business fraud, corporate, employer/employee (both), legal malpractice, partnerships.
OSB No. 824576
FOSTER, ANNE D.b. 1970; admitted 1999
College: Oregon; Law School: Oregon
Smith Foster King LLP (formerly with Dunn Carney LLP)
Areas of expertise: business, employer/employee (both), personal injury (both), real property.
OSB No. 993152
GARDNER, MARK b. 1949; admitted 1974
College: Pacific; Law School: California (Hastings)
Washington County Court Judge (28 years, retired March 2010)
Areas of expertise: business, construciton, domestic relations, employment, partnerships, personal injury, probate, real property.
OSB No. 74111
GRASBERGER, ERIC A. b. 1965; admitted 1991
College: Notre Dame; Law School: North Carolina
Stoel Rives LLP
Areas of expertise: business, corporate, construction, real property.
OSB No. 912899
KNOWLES, JOHN S. b. 1950; admitted 1984
College: Western Illinois; Law School: Lewis & Clark
Law Office of John S. Knowles, LLC (formerly with Brisbee & Stockston
and Davis Rothwell Earle Xochihua)
Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, partnerships, personal injury (mostly defendant), real property.
OSB No. 940354
LENNEBERG, ROGER A. b. 1953; admitted 1984
(formerly with Jordan Ramis PC)
College: Reed; Law School: Northwestern (Lewis & Clark)
Areas of expertise: business, construction, partnerships, real property. (trained mediator: Pepperdine University/Institute for Conflict Management)
OSB No. 842733
SHLACHTER, ROBERT A .b. 1947; admitted 1974 (California)
College: Yale; Law School: Georgetown
Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter
Areas of expertise: business, corporate, partnerships, real property, employer/employee (both), personal injury (both), securities, patents, trade secrets, intellectual property. Mediation training at Pepperdine University.
OSB No. 911718
SMITH, KATIE L. b. 1978; admitted 2003
College: Portland; Law School: St. Mary's (TX)
KS Law, LLC
(Formerly with Lorber Greenfield & Polito; Walhood Law Group, LLC)
Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, real property, personal injury (mostly defendant), landlord/tenant, HOA.
OSB No. 034545
VACURA, JULIE R. b. 1959; admitted 1984
College: Santa Clara; Law School: Willamette
Larkins Vacura Kayser LLP
Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, foreclosures, real property.
OSB No. 843692
VAN DYK, DOUGLAS V. b. 1954; admitted 1986
College: Washington; Law School: Case Western Reserve
Van Dyk Mediation LLC
(former Circuit Court Judge in Clackamas County) Areas of expertise: business, construction, corporate, domestic relations; employer/employee, foreclosures, legal and medical malpractice, partnerships, real property, securities laws, land-use.
OSB No. 860993
