ADR Roster
To view the ADR 39.1 Roster, click here.
The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington has long been a leader in the use of alternative dispute resolution ("ADR"). The Court adopted Civil Rule 39.1 in 1978. The Rule has served as a model of bench-bar cooperation and its basic principles have been adopted by a number of federal courts. Our federal judiciary encourages parties and their counsel in nearly all civil cases
to attempt to resolve their dispute through one of the ADR options available under the Rule including mediations (CR 39.1(c)), arbitration (CR 39.1(d)), non-binding summary jury trials (CR 39.1(e)), or judicial settlement conferences (CR 39.1(f)).
The ADR Committee assists the Court in administering Civil Rule 39.1 and is responsible for supporting the process of certifying mediators and arbitrators. In order to qualify as a neutral under the Rule, an attorney shall certify that he or she: Has been a member of the bar of a Federal district court for at least seven years; is a member of the bar of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; has devoted a substantial portion of his or her practice to litigation; and has met such training requirement as the Court may direct by general order. (That training program currently consists of 15 hours of mediation training or experience during the three years prior to certification. A portion of the 15 hours of training or experience may consist of observing or presiding over mediations.)
Anyone desiring to become a neutral under CR 39.1 should contact:
The Federal Bar Association of the Western District of Washington
ADR Committee
c/o Kirk Johns (Chair)
Phone: 206-623-9900
Email: kjohns@staffordfrey.com
The Federal Bar Association ADR Committee meets several times each year and periodically sponsors ADR roundtables which are attended by one or more federal judges. Profiles for each neutral on the CR
39.1 Roster can be obtained at:
http://www.wawd.uscourts.gov/CourtServices/AlternativeDisputeResolution.htm
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