Committed to the value of Alternative Dispute Resolution
David has over 35 years’ legal experience in all aspects of Civil Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution as a trainer, neutral mediator, and attorney representing interested parties. This gives David unique expertise in addressing individual and corporate business disputes involving construction, business operations/succession, employment, land use, probate and estate matters, commercial litigation and personal injury. David’s career arc has led to a personal and professional commitment to the value of ADR in addressing the full spectrum of disputes.



Process Centered
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) is a broad descriptor of a complex and varied set of alternatives to the rights-based traditional system of laws which pits disputants’ legally interpreted and defined positions in a contest that assumes (for only one side) a successful outcome at trial.
This adversarial approach assumes a zero-sum gain, in other words, winners and losers. ADR provides opportunities in even the unlikeliest scenarios for all parties to win and experience gains. All ADR processes provide the real opportunity for confidentiality and privacy in the resolution process, and an outcome of disputes that is not often available under traditional rights-based litigation in the court system. There are three major classes of ADR: Mediation, Arbitration and Peacemaking.