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.

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.

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.

Randy Gepp has over twenty-seven years of practice specializing in the areas of employment discrimination and labor relations. Mr. Gepp has served as a mediator in more than 250 cases since 1987. He was appointed by several Governors of Georgia to serve as a special master for the Georgia Office of Employment Practices with responsibility for conducting trials based on cases brought by employees against state agencies. Mr. Gepp is a partner in the firm of Hollowell, Foster & Gepp.

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.

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.

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

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.

Brent Wilson is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Mr. Wilson devotes a significant portion of his practice to defending employers in employment-related litigation and representing employers in traditional labor matters including unfair labor practice proceedings, representation cases, arbitration and collective bargaining. He is also focused on proactively counseling employers regarding day-to-day employment decisions to avoid litigation. Mr. Wilson works with a variety of employers nationwide, including communications companies, service providers, educational institutions, non-profit groups, public entities and manufacturing operations. Mr. Wilson is partner with Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson.

Stanford Wilson is a Fellow in the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Mr. Wilson focuses on defending employers in employment-related litigation and representing employers in traditional labor matters including unfair labor practice proceedings, representation cases, arbitrations and collective bargaining. He also focuses on proactively counseling employers regarding day-to-day employment decisions in order to avoid litigation. He works with a variety of employers nationwide, including chemicals and mining operations, major restaurant chains and manufacturing and retail operations. Mr. Wilson is partner with Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson.