National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals – MdMediators.org

The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is pleased to announce the launch of its Maryland Chapter – the “Maryland Academy of Mediators & Arbitrators†(MAMA) – online at www.MDMediators.org. 

Just 8 attorneys and former judges have been recognized as Charter Members of the Maryland Chapter, including most of the state’s most widely-accepted ADR professionals. The MD Chapter has an appointed Executive Committee which includes 3 leading local ADR practitioners: Jonathan Marks (Bethesda), Judge Steven I. Platt (Annapolis) and Sean Rogers (Leonardtown). 

Include the availability of the following neutrals:

The Academy’s new website is designed to “make life easier†for local attorneys, counsel, adjusters and legal support staff. www.MDMediators.org allows firms to quickly find a suitable neutral by identifying preferred practice criteria or dispute types, navigating straight to a roster of trusted local mediators and arbitrators. A majority of the Academy’s members also publish their availability calendars online for the benefit of clients. This allows the selection of a neutral and the scheduling of appointments to be greatly expedited for all parties involved. 

MDMediators.org is connected to the Academy’s national www.NADN.org database, already in wide use by attorneys across more than 30 state bars, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, New Jersey, the Carolinas, Tennesse & Texas.

In 2013, NADN was named Neutrals Database Partner to the national defense bar association (DRI) and the national plaintiffs bar (AAJ, formerly ATLA), providing these association’s 40,000+ litigators with vetted biographies of the nation’s top-rated mediators and arbitrators, via the DRI and AAJ websites. Only ADR professionals widely respected by local defense and plaintiff firms are invited to submit bio materials for review by NADN and state committees. 

“We’re delighted to welcome these top-rated neutrals to form the Maryland Chapter of the Academy,†commented Darren Lee, Executive Director of NADN. “We’re confident that the NADN database will prove as useful to litigation firms in Maryland as it has to other state bar communities in recent years.â€

The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) is an association whose membership consists of mediators and arbitrators distinguished by their hands-on experience in the field of civil and commercial conflict resolution. As of June 2014, the association has over 900 top-tier ADR attorneys and judges confirmed as members in each of the 50 states, making it the largest free online roster of vetted civil mediators and arbitrators in the nation. Membership to the Academy is by invitation-only, with a strict peer-nomination vote and extensive client-interview vetting procedure, intended to ensure that only the top 5-10% of civil ADR practitioners in each state are invited to join the association. For more info, please see www.NADN.org/about

For further info regarding the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, please contact Rose-Anne Raies (roseanne@nadn.org) or visit www.NADN.org/about

National Member Directory online at www.NADN.org/directory