Sandra A. Jeskie
San Diego, CA and Philadelphia, PA
A Fellow of CIArb and a Vice President of CIArb’s North American Branch (NAB), Sandra is an experienced arbitrator in complex business disputes involving technology, intellectual property and commercial matters. She also serves the courts as a special master, mediator, and judge pro-tempore. Before practicing law, she worked as a computer scientist. She holds an MBA in finance, a BA in computer science and is past President of the International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw). She serves as a neutral for AAA, ICDR and CPR, and a member of the American Law Institute (ALI). For more information about Sandra, click here.
David E. Sharp
Houston, Texas
CIArb Fellow David has represented clients in energy, antitrust, securities, class action, construction, international, products, insurance, professional liability, employment, and commercial matters and even in a civil law governed jury case in a state court. He has appeared in state and federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court, and arbitrations (ICC, AAA, MSRB, NASD, ad hoc). David has degrees from Stanford (A.B., economics) and Harvard Law (magna cum laude) and is now focused on his arbitration practice. For more about David, click here.
Tina E. Patterson
Washington, DC
A Member of CIArb and Co-Chair of the Social Media Committee, Tina is Principal at Jade Solutions, LLC where she provides arbitration and facilitation services to a wide range of clients. Tina is a member of the United States Geo-spatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF), the Mid-Atlantic Facilitators Network (MAFN), the International Association of Facilitators (IAF); she serves on the Leadership Advisory Council of Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP), and is a Commissioner with Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission (MNCPPC) For more information about Tina, click here.
José Antonio Rivas, SJD
Washington D.C.
A Fellow of the CIArb and Partner of Xtrategy LLP, José Antonio focuses on investment and international commercial arbitration. He is an arbitrator of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota, and a member of the panel of Conciliators of ICSID, Arbitrators of AAA/ICDR and IACAC. He has a sophisticated understanding of international arbitration from working as counsel for private and sovereign clients, lead negotiator of investment treaties, and ICSID Counsel. He is admitted into practice in the District of Columbia, U.S., and the Republic of Colombia, and is Adjunct Law Professor at Georgetown University. For more information, click here.
