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Christopher M. Ernst is a full-time arbitrator and mediator, having retired from the active practice of law in 2025 after 34 years of fighting for his clients. His ADR practice, Nationwide ADR (www.nationwideadr.com), focuses on resolving complex disputes in the areas of business, tort, consumer, employment, and securities law. While based in Cleveland, Ohio, he oversees cases across the country. He is also the author of Baldwin’s Ohio Practice: Tort Law 2d, published by West/Thomson Reuters.
Christopher M. Ernst is a full-time arbitrator and mediator, having retired from the active practice of law in 2025 after 34 years of fighting for his clients. His ADR practice, Nationwide ADR (www.nationwideadr.com), focuses on resolving complex disputes in the areas of business, tort, consumer, employment, and securities law. While based in Cleveland, Ohio, he oversees cases across the country. He is also the author of Baldwin’s Ohio Practice: Tort Law 2d, published by West/Thomson Reuters.
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Oran E. Kaufman has been a family law attorney since 1989 and a mediator since 1994. He has a solo practice in Amherst, MA, where he concentrates on family law mediation, collaborative practice, and guardianships of elders. He is the founder and principal of Amherst Mediation Services and co-founder of ConflictWorks. He has a BA from Washington University and received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. He is a former president of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, was co-chair of the Steering Committee for Parents and Children in Transition in Northampton, MA, and formerly a co-facilitator of the Only One Childhood parent education program. He has participated as a panelist in many Continuing Education programs for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and other organizations and has published numerous articles about mediation and family law. Mr. Kaufman has been certified as a mediator by the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and is an Advanced Practitioner with the Academy of Professional Family Mediators and the Association for Conflict Resolution. Mr. Kaufman is an adjunct professor at Western New England University School of Law (WNEU), where he supervises the WNEU Family Mediation Clinic at the Hampden Probate and Family Court.
Oran E. Kaufman has been a family law attorney since 1989 and a mediator since 1994. He has a solo practice in Amherst, MA, where he concentrates on family law mediation, collaborative practice, and guardianships of elders. He is the founder and principal of Amherst Mediation Services and co-founder of ConflictWorks. He has a BA from Washington University and received his law degree from Northeastern University School of Law. He is a former president of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, was co-chair of the Steering Committee for Parents and Children in Transition in Northampton, MA, and formerly a co-facilitator of the Only One Childhood parent education program. He has participated as a panelist in many Continuing Education programs for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education and other organizations and has published numerous articles about mediation and family law. Mr. Kaufman has been certified as a mediator by the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation and is an Advanced Practitioner with the Academy of Professional Family Mediators and the Association for Conflict Resolution. Mr. Kaufman is an adjunct professor at Western New England University School of Law (WNEU), where he supervises the WNEU Family Mediation Clinic at the Hampden Probate and Family Court.
Mr. Feliu is a long-time panelist on American Arbitration Association’s Employment Disputes, Large, Complex Commercial, Class Action, and is on its Master Mediator Panel. He has been appointed to serve as arbitrator in over 650 employment and commercial cases over his long career.
Mr. Feliu is the Editor-in-Chief of the leading treatise in the employment dispute resolution area, ADR in Employment Law (Bloomberg/BNA 2015, 2017 Supplement), and is a frequent lecturer and trainer on employment and commercial arbitration and mediation topics. Mr. Feliu is a former Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and, for many years, was the co-Chair of its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Mr. Feliu is a Fellow and on the Board of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, as well as a Fellow with the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has also served as the EEO Officer for the Port of New York and New Jersey since 2006.
Mr. Feliu is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School.
Mr. Feliu is a long-time panelist on American Arbitration Association’s Employment Disputes, Large, Complex Commercial, Class Action, and is on its Master Mediator Panel. He has been appointed to serve as arbitrator in over 650 employment and commercial cases over his long career.
Mr. Feliu is the Editor-in-Chief of the leading treatise in the employment dispute resolution area, ADR in Employment Law (Bloomberg/BNA 2015, 2017 Supplement), and is a frequent lecturer and trainer on employment and commercial arbitration and mediation topics. Mr. Feliu is a former Chair of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the New York State Bar Association and, for many years, was the co-Chair of its Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. Mr. Feliu is a Fellow and on the Board of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, as well as a Fellow with the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. He has also served as the EEO Officer for the Port of New York and New Jersey since 2006.
Mr. Feliu is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Law School.
David Shraga is an arbitrator and mediator specializing in entertainment, media & intellectual property matters, with additional expertise in complex business litigation and employment. With an uncommon background as a trial lawyer, studio executive, and dealmaker, he understands sophisticated litigation, how business actually functions, and the complex employment and operational dynamics within companies. As a mediator and arbitrator, he uniquely combines this expertise to adjudicate complex and emotionally charged disputes across industries and to craft practical settlements when called upon.
David Shraga is an arbitrator and mediator specializing in entertainment, media & intellectual property matters, with additional expertise in complex business litigation and employment. With an uncommon background as a trial lawyer, studio executive, and dealmaker, he understands sophisticated litigation, how business actually functions, and the complex employment and operational dynamics within companies. As a mediator and arbitrator, he uniquely combines this expertise to adjudicate complex and emotionally charged disputes across industries and to craft practical settlements when called upon.
Francine Griesing, Founder of Griesing Law, LLC, has been involved in every aspect of litigation and alternative dispute resolution over the past 40-plus years. For most of her career, she represented individual and institutional plaintiffs and defendants as an advocate in business litigation, employment, and alternative dispute resolution. Her clients included professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, law firms, public and privately held companies, nonprofits, higher education institutions, and government entities. With over 30 years of experience as a neutral arbitrator and mediator, she now concentrates on dispute prevention and resolution. You can contact her at [email protected].
Francine Griesing, Founder of Griesing Law, LLC, has been involved in every aspect of litigation and alternative dispute resolution over the past 40-plus years. For most of her career, she represented individual and institutional plaintiffs and defendants as an advocate in business litigation, employment, and alternative dispute resolution. Her clients included professionals, executives, entrepreneurs, law firms, public and privately held companies, nonprofits, higher education institutions, and government entities. With over 30 years of experience as a neutral arbitrator and mediator, she now concentrates on dispute prevention and resolution. You can contact her at [email protected].
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