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Alternative Dispute Resolution

The attorneys in our Alternative Dispute Resolution Practice serve as arbitrators and mediators and also represent clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings. Drawing on their skills and involvement as practicing lawyers, group members have developed extensive experience in mediating, arbitrating and acting as neutral evaluators in a wide variety of disputes including employment, business and commercial matters, products liability, energy, and personal injury. Several of our attorneys also serve as arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association on its commercial and employment panels.

Practice Focus

  • General business and commercial
  • Debtor-creditor
  • Tax exempt status
  • Shareholder and other corporate disputes
  • Bankruptcy preference and avoidance issues
  • Insurance coverage
  • Employment
  • Medical malpractice and other professional negligence
  • Personal injury
  • Domestic relations
  • Products liability
  • Real estate and land use
  • Probate

Representative Matters

  • provided private mediation services in litigated matters involving personal injury, employment discrimination, professional negligence, commercial disputes
  • served as mediators in New Hampshire Superior Court, United States District Court and New Hampshire Human Rights Commission, New Hampshire Probate Court
  • arbitrated sex discrimination matters for national retailer, resulting in favorable decision for employer
  • served as neutral evaluator and mediator in contested marital cases
  • arbitrated telecommunications interconnection agreement for New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission

Business and Industry Sectors Represented

  • Banking
  • Telecommunications
  • Health care
  • Financial services
  • Manufacturing
  • Retail
  • Education
  • Law firms
  • Retail grocery and supermarkets
  • Utilities and energy generators
  • Hospitality
  • Title insurance
  • Utility customers
  • Automobile dealerships
  • Aircraft manufacturing
  • Electrical contracting
  • Insurance

Members in this Practice Area

James P. Bassett
Attorney
(603)223-9100 jbassett@orr-reno.com
Judith A. Fairclough
Attorney
(603)223-9114 jfairclough@orr-reno.com
Susan S. Geiger
Attorney
(603)223-9154 sgeiger@orr-reno.com
John A. Malmberg
Attorney
(603)223-9125 jmalmberg@orr-reno.com
Douglas L. Patch
Attorney
(603)223-9161 dpatch@orr-reno.com
Emily Gray Rice
Attorney
(603)223-9112 erice@orr-reno.com
Richard Y. Uchida
Attorney
(603)223-9127 ruchida@orr-reno.com
Martha Van Oot
Attorney
(603)223-9156 mvanoot@orr-reno.com