Phillip F. Shinn
San Francisco, California
Phillip Shinn FCIArb is as an arbitrator on the rosters of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, American Arbitration Association, and the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board – International. He is a partner with LimNexus LLP, specializing in international arbitration and cross-border litigation. He acts as arbitrator, arbitration counsel, and court-appointed settlement conference officer. Mr. Shinn served as a Staff Attorney at the United States Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit. A career trial lawyer, Mr. Shinn was also a foreign legal consultant in the international arbitration and cross-border litigation group of Korea’s largest law firm. He is a former president of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) and the International Association of Korean Lawyers (IAKL). He has extensive experience in international and domestic commercial, insurance coverage, construction, and high-tech trade secret disputes.Domenico Di Pietro FCIArb
Miami - London
Domenico Di Pietro is an Italian national qualified in Italy and in England & Wales with 25 years of experience in commercial and investment arbitration in common law and civil law jurisdictions. He is registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant with the Florida Bar. He tried many reported commercial and investment arbitrations in the oil & gas, energy, mining, defense, construction, and telecommunication. He has a keen interest in academia having been scholar in residence at NYU School of Law twice and lecturer at University of Rome. His publications on international arbitration have been cited to by the leading courts in different jurisdictions including the United States, England, and Argentina. He is now working full time as independent arbitrator out of his Miami and London offices.Janice Sperow, FCIArb
LaMesa, California
Janice Sperow, FCIArb, serves as a full-time neutral for several providers, including the AAA, CPR, ICC, WIPO, New Era ADR, NAM, and FINRA. She is a Distinguished Neutral for NADN, Judge Pro Tem, and Hearing Officer for the City & County of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and the Port Authority of San Diego. Janice also serves as a Court-Appointed Neutral and Certified Dispute Resolution Board Member. A member of the Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals and former President of the National Association of Women Lawyers, Janice has served as an arbitrator in over 550 cases and mediator in countless more. A former trial lawyer for Morrison & Foerster and Managing Partner of Ruiz & Sperow LLP, Janice specializes in commercial, employment, finance, healthcare, privacy, technology, and mass claims.Michael Massengale
Houston, Texas
Michael Massengale, FCIArb, is a JAMS arbitrator focusing on commercial disputes. He has served as an arbitrator or mediator in cross-border ICC, ICDR, JAMS, and ad-hoc matters. He is a former Texas state appellate justice and the author of over 600 signed judicial opinions in a wide range of legal disputes. He is also a former trial partner of an international law firm. His experience covers a wide range of complex commercial and contractual disputes in various industries, including energy, health care, professional liability, financial services, government, construction, and employment. Justice Massengale is board-certified in civil appellate law. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute and he serves by appointment of the Supreme Court of Texas as a commissioner on the Texas Access to Justice Commission.Michael P. Lennon, Jr.
Houston, Texas and London, England
Michael P. Lennon Jr. is a partner in Mayer Brown's Litigation & Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration practices. He is an experienced arbitration and trial lawyer with an outstanding track record for handling a wide variety of arbitration and litigation matters, particularly in the energy, natural resources, and construction sectors. He also has experience with IP and licensing disputes. Mike is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has sat as a sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in administered and ad hoc arbitrations.Michael Harris
Boston, MA
Michael has over 40 years’ experience as a construction professional specializing in resolving complex contract, cost, schedule, and project management disputes on a global basis. He has worked in various ADR forums in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. He is the principal of Axis International Consulting providing expert construction advisory and arbitration services. His wide-ranging background includes Energy (Nuclear, Gas, Oil, Hydro), Water, Gas & Oil, Commercial and Government projects. He is a qualified architect, a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, an AAA Panel member, and a Project Management Professional, and is currently completing a master’s degree in construction law and arbitration. He has authored several papers on such matters as ‘Notice in Construction,’ ‘Contract Correspondence,’ and ‘Why Construction Claims Occur.’ www.axisintlconsulting.com.