Section of Dispute Resolution
Friday Awards Luncheon
Honoring….
Linda Singer and Michael Lewis as the recipients of the D’Alemberte-Raven Award
Kenneth R. Feinberg and Harry Tindall as recipients of the Lawyer as Problem Solver Award
The winners and participants in the 2012 National Representation in Mediation Competition
The Presentation of the JAMS Foundation Warren Knight Award
Presentation of the D’Alemberte-Raven Award
to Linda Singer and Michael Lewis
The ABA’s D’Alemberte-Raven Award recognizes leaders in the dispute resolution community who have contributed significantly to the field by developing new or innovative programs, improvements in service and efficiency, research and writings in the area of dispute resolution or continuing education programs. The Award is named for Robert D. Raven of San Francisco and Talbot D'Alemberte of Tallahassee, former ABA presidents and pioneers within the ABA in the area of dispute resolution.
Linda Singer and Michael Lewis are pioneers of the dispute resolution profession. They have trained thousands of professionals, students, and volunteers worldwide, co-taught the Mediation Workshop at Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation for Lawyers for 25 years, as well as for the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. Singer and Lewis were instrumental in forming the Center for Dispute Settlement in 1971 in Washington, DC which has experimented with, developed, operated and evaluated various ways of settling disputes, primarily through mediation, in neighborhood justice centers, courts, and organizations such as schools, prisons and hospitals. They are both highly regarded and nationally known neutrals who have resolved many high profile disputes.
Presentation of Lawyer as Problem Solver Awards
to Kenneth R. Feinberg and Harry Tindall
The ABA Section of Dispute Resolution established the Lawyer as Problem Solver Awards ten years ago to recognize individuals and organizations that use their legal skills in creative, innovative and often non-traditional ways to solve problems for their clients and within their communities. Past recipients have included Stu Webb and Pauline Tessler, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, Basil Paterson, Bennett Picker, Andrew Schepard, the Boston Law Collaborative, Mediate.com, the Innocence Project and the United States Air Force.
Kenneth R. Feinberg exemplifies the mission of the Lawyer as Problem Solver Award by continually demonstrating the way that lawyers can use creativity and systems design in handling society's major problems. In the last decade, Mr. Feinberg has been at the forefront of three efforts to fairly and efficiently administer claims arising from national disasters caused by a terrorist attack, a major financial collapse, and an environmental catastrophe. As the special master of the federal September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001, Feinberg contacted those qualified to file a claim, evaluated applications, determined appropriate compensation, and distributed the awards. His 2005 book, What Is Life Worth: The Unprecedented Effort to Compensate the Victims of 9/11, chronicled this experience. Mr. Feinberg served as the Special Master for TARP Executive Compensation, and currently serves as the government-appointed administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster Victim Compensation Fund. Mr. Feinberg has also been involved in the design of dispute resolution systems involving highly complex product liability claims, such as the Dalkon Shield IUD and Agent Orange. In these roles as well as many others, Mr. Feinberg has modeled for lawyers important problem-solving strategies and skills that will shape the dispute resolution field for decades to come.
Harry Tindall has been a role model for lawyers who wish to transition from litigators to peacemakers. An attorney practicing family law in Texas for over 45 years, even before the addition of court-mandated ADR to family law matters, Mr. Tindall has focused much of his practice on negotiation and dispute resolution. He led the movement to enact the first Collaborative Law statute in the United States, which was passed by the Texas Legislature. He went on to lead the effort for approval of the Uniform Collaborative Law Act in his capacity as a commissioner on the Uniform Law Commission. He brings a wealth of lawyering experience to his efforts to solve problems endemic to family law by pressing for legislation that promote the use of mediation and arbitration in family cases, testifying in Congress for reform of child support laws, and assisting in drafting uniform laws on interstate child custody issues. He has served as Chair of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, President of the Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists and Vice-Chair of the U.S. Commission on Interstate Child Support. He is the author of the leading treatise on Family Law in Texas (now in its 21st annual edition) and serves on the Board of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
Presentation of the Representation in Mediation Competition National Championship Trophy
The winner of the National Representation in Mediation Competition will be recognized and presented the National Championship Trophy. The Competition provides an environment in which law students can learn and demonstrate their advocacy skills and model appropriate preparation for and representation of a client in mediation. The competition was designed to familiarize law student participants with advocacy skills in alternative dispute resolution process, specifically mediation. The judging criteria are designed to reward those participants who use an effective combination of advocacy skills and problem-solving approach in the mediation. The co-chairs of the Section of Dispute Resolution ADR in Law Schools committee will present the award to the winning team.
Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award
Presented by Jay Folberg, Executive Director, JAMS Foundation and Jay Welsh, Executive Vice-President and General Counsel, JAMS. The Warren Knight Distinguished Service Award recognizes the work of extraordinary individuals and organizations in promoting and advancing collaborative forms of dispute resolution. Named in honor of JAMS Founder, H. Warren Knight, a pioneer in the development of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), the award and accompanying $25,000 grant honors recipients’ commitment to helping prevent and resolve conflict in the communities they serve.
This year’s recipient, Partners for Democratic Change, was founded in 1989 to assist emerging democracies throughout the world in developing sustainable institutions to advance civil society and to effectively manage and resolve conflict. The JAMS Foundation especially wishes to recognize the extraordinary contributions of Raymond Shonholtz, Partners founder and a long-time friend and leader within the dispute resolution community, who passed away earlier this year.
Awards Luncheon tickets are $25.00 and can be purchased as part of your conference registration process.
