Professional Experience:
Currently senior litigator in the Litigation/Dispute Resolution Department of the Atlanta office of Seyfarth Shaw, a 500 lawyer national law firm with ten offices which is based in Chicago, and the Co-Chairman of the Firm’s national ADR Sub-Specialty Group. From 1979 to August 2000, Mr. Sherrill was the Chairman of the Litigation/Dispute Resolution Department of McCullough Sherrill, LLP (previously Glass, McCullough, Sherrill & Harrold), a 50 lawyer general practice firm based in Atlanta. Mr. Sherrill has over thirty years experience in the resolving of all types of civil disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation at the trial and appellate level, including the following practice areas: general business, contract and corporate, construction (including cases involving all types of public and private [commercial, industrial, institutional and residential] projects), securities, insurance (including liability, interpretation and coverage issues), real estate (foreclosures, condemnations, deficiency judgments, specific performance actions, zoning and land use, etc.), health care, employment and personal injury/negligence/product liability. Significant part of practice over last 15 years has involved acting as a neutral and as an advocate representing clients in all forms of ADR.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience:
Currently active as Member of the Panel of Mediators and Arbitrators of Closure ADR, Inc.; AAA Commercial and Construction Panels of arbitrators and mediators; the Georgia Panel of Neutrals for the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, and as an independent arbitrator and mediator, serving as a mediator in over 500 mediations and an arbitrator in over 200 arbitrations over the last twenty years involving the practice areas mentioned above. Member of AAA Large Complex Case Program Panel for the Southeastern United States since the inception of the program in 1993. Served as member of the AAA/U.S. Olympic Committee Arbitration Panels for the 1996 (Atlanta), 1998 (Nagano), and 2000 (Sydney) Olympic Games. Appointed as arbitrator, mediator, and special master by various courts (state and federal) since 1980. Served as Administrative Hearing Officer for State Health Planning Review Board (Chairman, 1980-82) and Chief Hearing Officer for the Georgia Real Estate Commission (1976-87).

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training:
Attended American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) Phase II Arbitrator Training, Atlanta, 10/03; AAA Mediation Advocacy Training, Atlanta, 8/01; AAA Mediator Conference Workshop, Chicago, 9/00; AAA/USATF Doping Grievance Arbitrator Training, Atlanta, 3/00 (one day); U.S. Olympic Committee, two day Olympic Arbitrator Training, 2/00, 11/97, 4/96; AAA Neutrals’ two day Retreat and Workshop, Orlando, Florida, 10/99; AAA Construction Industry two day Arbitrator Training Workshop, Atlanta, 5/98; AAA Large Complex Case Program three day Advanced Arbitrator Training, Prout’s Neck, Maine, 9/97; AAA one day Arbitrator Training Workshop, Atlanta, 11/96; AAA Mediation Training, Atlanta, 7/94; AAA Large Complex Case two day Basic Procedures Training, Atlanta, 5/93; AAA two day Basic Arbitrator Training, Atlanta, 3/93.

Professional Associations:
Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators; Atlanta Collegium of Arbitrators and Mediators; Atlanta Arbitrator’s Forum; Litigation and ADR Section of American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Atlanta Bar Association; Lawyers Club of Atlanta Publications: “Using Arbitration and Mediation to Resolve Real Estate Disputes,” Commercial Real Estate Investors Magazine, February 2004; “Specialized ADR to Settle Faculty Employment Disputes,” Journal of College and University Law, Spring ed. 2001; “ADR in Your Trial Practice,” Institute of Continuing Education in Georgia, February 1999; “ADR: Practice and Procedures,” ICLE, May 1997; plus various articles on ADR, zoning and land use, and premises liability, etc., for ICLE and Georgia Apartment Association Law Book.

Education:
University of North Carolina (A.B., 1963); Duke University Law School (J.D., 1972).

Employment History:
Seyfarth Shaw LLP, 1545 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309 – Attorney/Partner, August 1, 2000 - Present; Senior member of Litigation/Dispute Resolution Department of Atlanta Office; Co-Chairman of Firm’s National ADR Sub-Specialty Group

McCullough Sherrill, LLP (formerly known as Glass, McCullough, Sherrill & Harrold), 1409 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309 — Attorney/Partner, 1979 - 2000; Member of Management Committee of firm; Chairman of Litigation/ Dispute Resolution Department

Ervin, McCullough & Sherrill, Atlanta, Georgia — Attorney/Partner, 1974-1979

Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, Atlanta, Georgia — Attorney/Associate, 1972-1974

U.S. Naval Aviator 1963-1969 (achieved rank of LCDR, USN); Recipient of eight Air Medals for service in Viet Nam

Admitted to the Bar:
Georgia, 1972; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1972; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth (now Eleventh) Circuit, 1972; Ninth Circuit, 1994.