Hon. John Carroll and Symposium Audience

Cumberland School of Law Community Mediation Center and CLE Program, in conjunction with the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Birmingham Bar and the Dispute Resolution Section of the Alabama State Bar, will host a spring ADR Symposium April 8, 2011, from 8:30 until noon in the moot court room at the law school.  

Steve Heninger from Heninger Garrison Davis, and Stanley Cash from Huie, Fernambucq & Steward will tackle, “A Practitioner’s Approach to Preparing for Complex and Emotional Mediations,” moderated by Jack Neal of Sirote & Permutt.  Oscar Price of Wallace Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, Beverly Baker of Ogletree Deakins, John Scott of Starnes Davies Florie, and Scott Simpson of Simpson, Glick, Burford will cover, “Ethical Issues in Arbitration,” moderated by Corkey Strickland, associate dean and professor at Cumberland.  A mediation panel will wrap up the day: John Ott, magistrate judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District, Charles Denaburg of Najjar Denaburg, Fern Singer of Watterson & SInger, Bill Ratliff of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, moderated by Judge John Carroll, dean & professor of Cumberland.

To register contact the Cumberland Community Mediation Center at  (205) 726-4342, ccmc@samford.edu.  Registration fee is $100 for section members and $125 for non members.  The program is approved for 3 hours of CLE including 1 hour ethics.