The Closure ADR Group advisory board consists of successful and distinguished legal professionals who provide guidance and advice to the company and serve as a sounding board for the management team.


Cary Ichter

Cary Ichter – is with the firm of Adorno & Yoss in Atlanta.  Cary started his legal career in 1984 in the litigation department of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy .  In 1992, the former Meadows, Ichter & Trigg was formed.  Augmenting his many legal awards, recognitions, and accomplishments, is Mr. Ichter’s dedication to various service organizations.  Cary has an ongoing commitment to CARE, the international relief organization, through the Atlanta Committee for CARE.  He is also an avid runner, a black belt in karate AND a neutral with Closure ADR.

Cary also has considerable experience litigating employment disputes, including claims made under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as well as claims of sexual harassment. His practice additionally includes disputes involving restrictive covenants ancillary to employment agreements and trade secret misappropriation actions. Mr. Ichter has also successfully litigated cases involving copyright infringement involving both computer software and musical recordings.

Cary practiced law in the litigation department of Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy from 1984 until 1992, when the former Meadows, Ichter & Trigg was formed.

Since 2002, Cary has been listed in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America.  More recently, Cary has been listed in Georgia Trend's 2003 Legal Elite and Georgia Super Lawyers 2004.

Cary works with CARE, the international relief organization, through the Atlanta Committee for CARE.  He is an avid runner and a black belt in karate.

Gary Kessler

Gary Kessler – is a partner at Irvin and Kessler in Atlanta.  He has been practicing labor and employment law and business litigation exclusively since 1977.  His expertise includes all matters related to labor and employment, discrimination, wrongful discharge, tort and contract claims, business litigation, affirmative action, arbitrations and wage and hour disputes.  His experience is in a plethora of various industries, including but not limited to banking and finance, manufacturing, healthcare, insurance, and retail services.  Mr. Kessler also conducts seminars on numerous labor and employment issues.  Gary is an avid bicyclist, and also serves as a neutral with Closure ADR.

George Reid

George Reid – is one of the most sought after construction dispute neutrals in the southeast.  He has over 25 years of litigation, arbitration and mediation experience in complex commercial and construction disputes.  His expertise encompasses all aspects of the construction process.  Mr. Reid is also an accomplished speaker and lecturer on alternative dispute resolution issues.  His numerous professional affiliations and certifications are listed on his bio page.  George is also a past Chairman of the Georgia State Ethics Commission, and is currently a Closure ADR neutral.

Robert Dokson

Robert Dokson-  Is a partner in the Atlanta firm of Ellis, Funk, Goldberg, Labovitz & Dokson.  He has practiced law in Atlanta for over thirty years, and has been involved in ADR activities for the past two decades. His practice as both advocate and neutral involves a wide variety of commercial and civil matters.  He has mediated or arbitrated well over one hundred cases.  Mr. Dokson has been involved in many civic and professional activities. He was one of the founders of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, and he has been a Board Member of the Atlanta Legal Aid Society for over twenty years.  Robbie has past and present involvements with the boards of the Paideia School, the Temple, the Anti-Defamation League, the Downtown YMCA, the Governor's Office of Consumer Affairs, and the Brown University National Alumni Schools Program.  He is also one of the highest rated neutrals on the Closure panel.

David Butler

David Butler – is a former senior partner in the Atlanta firm of Alston and Bird.  He is currently with the prestigious firm of Shapiro-Fussell.  David served from 1997 until January 2004 as the United States Trustee for the Region 21 Bankruptcy Court.  A significant part of that position involved formulating and executing local Federal court mediation rules.  Mr. Butler is a former president of the Atlanta Bar Association and is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy.  David was also the founding Director and President of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute.  Noteworthy, too, is his involvement as a teacher and mentor, through several different organizations, for men who are faced with challenging life issues.  Mr. Butler is also on the Closure ADR neutral roster.

Abe Ordover

Abe Ordover  - is a nationally prominent mediator and arbitrator, having mediated more than fifteen hundred cases, claims which aggregated more than $3 billion. He founded and led Resolution Resources Corporation in 1991, retiring from RRC in 2004. His endeavors include ten years with a major New York firm as a litigator and trial lawyer; twenty years as a law professor at Hofstra University in New York and then Emory University Law School in Atlanta. He was a major figure in the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, serving as Northeast Regional Director and National Team Leader. He is the author of Alternatives to Litigation: Mediation, Arbitration, and the Art of Dispute Resolution, published by NITA. He has won awards from the American College of Trial Lawyers and the Roscoe Pound –American Trial Lawyer’s Foundation.  Mr. Ordover is a magna cum laude graduate of Syracuse University and the Yale Law School.  He now resides in the San Diego metropolitan area.