C. David Butler was appointed U. S. Trustee, Region 21 (Bankruptcy Court). His experience is in the areas of Bankruptcy and Commercial matters. During his career, Mr. Butler has negotiated successfully in a wide variety of matters, including complex real estate disputes and workouts, claims against corporate officers and directors in both large and small companies, controversies involving corporate and construction law, and disputes involving partnership and professional liability. Mr. Butler was a Senior Partner at Alston & Bird for 14 years. He now practices with Shapiro Fussell Wedge Smotherman Martin & Price, LLP.

Greg Crochet is an experienced mediator and arbitrator. His principal practice area is Employment. Mr. Crochet is also experienced in the areas of Commercial, Securities, and Insurance.

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.

Mark F. Dehler’s principal practice area is Personal Injury. He is also experienced in the areas of professional liability, insurance coverage, small business, and landlord tenant disputes. Mr. Dehler has 15 years experience as a mediator and arbitrator. He is a sole practitioner in Decatur.

Robert Dokson has 20 years of ADR experience. His principal practice area is Commercial matters. Mr. Dokson is also experienced in the areas of Commercial including Trade Secret, Restrictive Covenant and shareholder disputes; Franchise matters; Employment including discrimination, ERISA and benefits claims, and employment contract issues; Bankruptcy and reorganization, Professional liability, Personal injury, Product liability, Intellectual Property, Insurance claims (life, disability and health), and Trusts & Estate.

C. Wilson DuBose has almost 20 years experience as a neutral and more than 30 years experience as a commercial litigator and construction lawyer. His principal practice area is Construction. Mr. DuBose is also experienced in the areas of antitrust, business torts, insurance disputes, personal injury, civil rights, government contracts, employment law, real estate, intellectual property, banking law, tax, and environmental law. He is a past president of the Atlanta Bar Association, a member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia and a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association.

John Floyd served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Georgia in its largest RICO prosecution and the companion civil RICO forfeiture action, and as a Special Assistant District Attorney in the successful prosecution of Sidney Dorsey, the former sheriff of DeKalb County, Georgia, on charges including murder and RICO. He is also experienced in the areas of Business Torts, Federal and State RICO, Health Care and Professional Liability, Litigation and Internal Investigations. Mr. Floyd is a partner with Bondurant Mixson & Elmore.

John Hinchey served as Chair of the world’s largest organization of construction lawyers, the American Bar Association Forum on The Construction Industry. Mr. Hinchey is a Fellow and served on the Board of Governors of the American College of Construction Lawyers. He is a former Chair of the Atlanta Bar Association, Construction Law Section. Mr. Hinchey has 12 years experience as a neutral. His practice focuses on the law of construction and commercial contracting matters representing clients across a broad spectrum of construction, contracting and procurement activities. Mr. Hinchey is also experienced in the areas of Business Litigation, Global Projects, Energy Industries, International and Telecommunications.

Cary Ichter’s principal practice area is Commercial. Mr. Ichter is also experienced in the areas of employment (including claims made under Title VII and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as well as claims of sexual harassment, restrictive covenants ancillary to employment agreements and trade secret misappropriation actions) and copyright infringement (involving both computer software and musical recordings). He has 5 years experience as a mediator and arbitrator. Mr. Ichter is a partner with Balch & Bingham.

Frank Love Jr. has 15 years experience as a mediator and arbitrator. Mr. Love is a retired partner with Powell Goldstein LLP and former chairman of the Firm's Litigation Department. He specialized in commercial litigation, including First Amendment rights, professional and product liability, personal injury, sports and entertainment, patent infringement and condemnation proceedings. Mr. Love is an experienced mediator and arbitrator.

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.

Kenneth (Ken) Menendez is the senior litigation partner in the Atlanta office of the law firm of Epstein, Becker & Green, P.C. His practice focuses on complex business disputes. Mr. Menendez also is experienced with employment, trade secrets, construction, health care, financial transactions and general corporate litigation.

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.

David Zacks has been a neutral for 12 years. Mr. Zacks specializes in handling personal injury and complex litigation matters on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Zacks has served as President of the Antitrust Section of the State Bar of Georgia. He also served as a Director of the Georgia Academy of Healthcare Attorneys.