Larry Bogart has been a practicing attorney for 44 years. His principal practice area is Real Estate. Mr. Bogart is also experienced in Construction, Commercial, Trusts and Estates, Employment, Bankruptcy, Securities, Environment, Zoning, and Pest Control Companies matters. Mr. Bogart is retired from Powell Goldstein LLP.

Michael (Mike) Bowers is a former Attorney General of the State of Georgia. Georgia Trend Magazine named Mr. Bowers as one of the 100 Most Influential Georgians from their beginning in 1990 through 1997 and again in 2003. His principal practice area is civil litigation. Mr. Bowers is also experienced in the areas of Commercial, Construction, Employment, Section 1983, Environment, Premises Liability, and Product Liability. He currently serves as Chairman of the Georgia Judicial Nominating Commission. Mr. Bowers is a partner at Balch & Bingham, has extensive experience as a mediator and is one of the most sought-after neutrals in Atlanta.

Taylor Daly has 15 years experience as mediator and arbitrator. Her principal practice area is Product Liability. Ms. Daly is also an experienced neutral with a variety of areas including personal injury, commercial, premises liability, and employment – sexual abuse and harassment disputes. In her 24 years as a civil trial lawyer, Ms. Daly has handled commercial, complex, products, toxic tort, and transportation matters.

Richard (Rick) Deane was appointed by President Clinton as United States attorney for the Northern District of Georgia in 1998. Mr. Deane also served 4 years as U.S. Magistrate judge. His principal practice area is general litigation. Mr. Deane is also experienced in the areas of RICO, commercial, employment, healthcare, and section 1983. Mr. Deane is now a partner with Jones Day.

Floyd Hale has mediated approximately 2,000 cases and arbitrated scores of cases. Mr. Hale is experienced as a neutral in the areas of employment, contract, environmental, commercial, personal injury, wrongful-death, product liability, divorce, securities, construction, stockholder, and partnership. Mr. Hale is skilled and experienced in mediating cases involving strong emotions and large numbers of participants. Before limiting his practice to serving as a neutral, he spent more than 20 years as a litigation attorney (16 years), an inside corporate attorney, and an adjunct professor of law.

Ellen Malow has extensive experience in toxic torts, employment, commercial disputes, products liability, personal injury and pharmaceutical litigation.

Frank McFadden is nationally known for his practice in the field of ADR and has nearly fifty years of legal experience. He is a former U.S. District Court Chief Judge for the Northern District of Alabama. Judge McFadden is a Fellow of the American College of Construction Lawyers. He is experienced with commercial, antitrust, construction, environment, intellectual property, product liability, securities and RICO disputes. He is currently a member at Capell & Howard.

Randolph (Randy) Mayer is well known as a highly experienced mediator. Mr. Mayer has been appointed as mediator by several different federal judges. He is experienced in Securities, Libel, Personal Injury, Business Torts, and General Commercial Litigation. Mr. Mayer is a partner with Mayer & Beal.

Abraham (Abe) Ordover is a nationally prominent mediator and arbitrator. In the last three years, he mediated claims, which aggregated more than $3 billion. Mr. Ordover’s success rate is very high. His specialty is mediating complex, often multi-party disputes and business and professional break ups. Mr. Ordover has mediated and arbitrated more than fifteen hundred cases involving a wide variety of issues. He founded and led Resolution Resources Corporation in 1991, retiring from RRC in 2004. He now resides in the San Diego metropolitan area and continues his ADR practice.

W. Fred Orr’s experience in his 39 years of practice has included cases involving: commercial real estate disputes; insurance coverage disputes; contract and business disputes; labor and employment disputes; business torts, including fraud claims; copyright claims; music and entertainment law; wrongful death claims; professional liability claims, including medical malpractice claims; catastrophic personal injury claims, from product defects, premises liability, construction project accidents, auto and trucking accidents, and assault and battery; constitutional and public interest law; equitable claims, including claims for restraining orders, temporary and permanent injunctions, and other equitable relief; contested trusts, estates, and guardianships; and other complex civil litigation.

John Sherrill has twenty-five years of experience as a neutral. He has acted as a neutral in nearly 500 matters. Mr. Sherrill also has 30 years of experience in handling all types of civil disputes, including securities litigation, real estate and construction related litigation, personal injury cases, employment-related litigation, and general business, contract and corporate litigation.

G. Anthony (Tony) Smith has 12 years experience as a mediator and arbitrator. Mr. Smith has substantial experience in large, complex, multi-party, construction-related disputes. He has represented construction clients including EPC contractors, general contractors, owners, architects/engineers, subcontractors, sureties and insurers. Mr. Smith is a member of Kilpatrick Stockton’s International Dispute Resolution Practice Group and has served as an advocate or arbitrator for cases in, among others, the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and the Caribbean. Mr. Smith has also published and presented studies and papers on many topics of interest and concern to the international arbitration community.