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Background: Kathleen M. Scanlon is an experienced litigator and problem solver of commercial disputes with expertise in ADR processes. Ms. Scanlon was Special Counsel at Heller Ehrman where she practiced in the International Arbitration and ADR group and in the Complex Commercial Litigation and Insurance Practice Groups.
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Prior to joining Heller Ehrman, Ms. Scanlon was a Senior Vice President and Director of Public Policy Projects at the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution (New York, New York), an ADR coalition of leading general counsel and law firms, where she was responsible for counseling, research major publications, public policy projects and the CPR Awards Program. She served as staff director for the revision of the CPR Arbitration Rules, the CPR Patent Commission and the CPR-Georgetown Commission on Ethics and Standards in ADR. Before that, Ms. Scanlon was a senior litigation associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where she practice in all phases of complex commercial litigation, including insurance disputes, intellectual property disputes, banking litigation, reinsurance arbitrations, and employment disputes.

After graduating from law school, Ms. Scanlon clerked for one year for the Honorable Louis L. Stanton in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is an adjunct Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School where she teaches International Arbitration and ADR Ethics courses and acts as Consulting Director to its Conflict Resolution and ADR Program.

Education: Brown University (A.B. Economics, 1981, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 1986, cum laude), Associate Editor, Fordham Law Review.

Admissions: New York, United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Memberships: International Bar Association (Mediation Committee – U.S. National Representative); The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (International Commercial Disputes Committee); International Law Institute (ADR Center, Advisory Committee); CPR Institute (International Committee on Arbitration)

Pro Bono: Arbitrator, Civil Court for the City of New York, Small Claim Part; Mediator for the Southern District of New York; Advisor for Project Reconciliation for University of Ghana.       

Appointments: Named to the CPR's Panels of Distinguished Neutrals; Appointed as Chair of the Arbitration Committee for The Association of the Bar of the City of New York.