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Move Insurance Matters Forward: Experienced Neutrals Can Assist Insurers and Policyholders in Resolving Coronavirus-Related Insurance Claim Issues
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JAMS successfully resolves and manages business and legal disputes by providing efficient, cost-effective and impartial ways of overcoming barriers at any stage of conflict. JAMS offers customized dispute resolution services locally and globally through a combination of industry-specific experience, first-class client service, top-notch facilities and highly trained panelists.
Recent News
Team of JAMS Neutrals Reaches Successful Resolution of Millennium Tower Dispute
October 27, 2020Irvine, Calif. – JAMS, the largest provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, is pleased to announce that, effective October 7, 2020, all claims related to San Francisco’s Millennium Tower settlement have been confirmed as fully resolved by the tower’s homeowners’ association, the Millennium Tower Association. A team of JAMS mediators, led by Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.) and including Hon. Ronald Sabraw (Ret.) and Gerald Kurland, Esq., contributed to this significant achievement.Hon. Cara C. Wood (Ret.) Joins JAMS in Houston
October 21, 2020Houston – JAMS, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of Hon. Cara C. Wood (Ret.) to its panel. Prior to joining JAMS, Judge Wood served for more than 12 years as district judge of the 284th District Court in Montgomery County, Texas.Laura C. Abrahamson, Esq., FCIArb, Joins JAMS in Los Angeles
October 20, 2020Los Angeles – JAMS, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services worldwide, is pleased to announce the addition of Laura C. Abrahamson, Esq., FCIArb, to its panel. Ms. Abrahamson joins JAMS following a career in private practice and in corporate counsel leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies. Most recently, she served as senior vice president, deputy general counsel and global head of litigation at AECOM, an American multinational firm that provides engineering, design, consulting and construction services, where she oversaw complex, cross-border disputes.Virtual Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Move Your Case Forward with Virtual ADR
Videoconferences and conference calls are tools that JAMS has long used to successfully resolve thousands of disputes of all kinds. Speed, flexibility and ease-of-use are reasons why attorneys and their clients opt to resolve their disputes virtually.
JAMS mediators and arbitrators (neutrals) are adept at managing the resolution process whether they are conducting an in-person or virtual hearing.
Upcoming Events
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October 29, 2020
Managing Cybersecurity Threats in Arbitration: What Arbitrators, Counsel, and Clients Should Know
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November 2, 2020
The New Normal: Planning and Executing a Successful Virtual Mediation and Arbitration
- November 4, 2020
- November 4, 2020
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November 6, 2020
Insurers’ and Insureds’ Perspectives on Current Issues in D&O Liability & Insurance 2020
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November 6, 2020
Diversity Deficit in the ADR World: What Are We Going to Do About It?
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November 7, 2020
Family Law Symposium: Litigating Financial Issues During COVID-19 and Beyond
Please Welcome JAMS’ Newest Neutrals
Background
- General Counsel and EVP of Marketing, Odyssey Media, 2018–2020
- President and CEO, Multicultural Media, Telecom & Internet Council, 2014–2017
- General Counsel and Secretary, NAACP, 2010–2014
- Private Mediator, 1998–2010
- Principal and Founder, The Keenan Firm, 2007–2010
- Senior Trial Attorney, Jack H. Olender & Associates, 1991–2007
- Associate; Washington, Perito & Dubuc (successor firm of Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey); 1989–1991
- Law Clerk, The Honorable John Garrett Penn, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 1987–1989
- J.D., University of Virginia Law School, 1987
- B.S., International Economics, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 1983
Background
- District Judge, 284th District Court, Montgomery County, 2006–2018
- Assistant County Attorney, Office of the County Attorney, Montgomery County, 2004–2006
- Assistant District Attorney, Office of the District Attorney, Montgomery County, 2002–2004
- Investment Advisor, Equitable/AXA Advisors, Houston, 1995–2002
- Attorney; Coker & Wood, P.C.; 1978–1995
- Briefing Attorney, Texas Court of Appeals, 1977
- Mediation Training, American Arbitration Association, 1992
- J.D., Texas Tech University School of Law, 1977
- B.A., Texas Tech University, 1973
Background
- Judge, Unites States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2003–2019
- Kilpatrick Townsend, 1998–2003
- Of Counsel, 1998–1999
- Partner, 1999-2003
- Commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission, 1991–1998
- Judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals, 1990–1991
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), 1978–1986
- Appellate Attorney, Legal Counsel, Executive Assistant to the Chairman
- Law Clerk, Honorable Julia Cooper Mack, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 1977–1978
- Associate Editor, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Co., 1976–1977
- J.D., Duke Law School, 1975
- B.A., summa cum laude, Hampton University, 1972
Background
- Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Global Head of Litigation; AECOM; 2016–2020
- Senior Counsel, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, 2014–2016
- Associate General Counsel – Litigation, Occidental Petroleum Corporation, 1994–2014
- Associate; Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher; 1987–1994
- J.D., UCLA School of Law, 1987
- Top 15% of class
- Judicial Externship, Hon. David R. Thompson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- B.S., Bachelor of Science, Business Administration (Accounting and Finance), University of California, Berkeley, 1984
- Beta Alpha Psi, National Accounting Honor Society
Background
- Co-Founder/Attorney; Greene Espel, PLLP; 1993–2020
- Senior Attorney/Shareholder; Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufman, Ltd.; 1976–1993
- J.D., cum laude, Cornell Law School, 1976
- Editor, Cornell International Law Journal
- B.A., cum laude, Government, Harvard College, 1973
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- Winner, Ames Prize
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Background
- Partner, Miller & Martin PLLC, 1994–2020
- Managing Member, 2018–2020
- Partner/Member, 1994–2014
- Chief Executive, Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation, Georgia State University College of Law, 2014–2017
- Shareholder, Grant Konvalinka & Grubbs P.C., 1981–1994
- J.D., University of Alabama Law School, 1975
- Editorial Board, Alabama Law Review
- Bench & Bar Honor Society
- B.A., University of Mississippi, 1971
