Bennett Picker has an active ADR practice, serving both as a mediator and arbitrator in business disputes and as a trainer in mediation and negotiations. He has successfully resolved several hundred domestic and international disputes with a cumulative value of more than $2 billion. He has served as a mediator in complex business disputes in corporate and commercial transactions, asset/stock purchase agreements, securities, employment, environmental, ERISA, intellectual property, health care, real estate, products liability, bankruptcy, construction, class actions, professional liability, and shareholder and partnership disputes.
In 2010, Mr. Picker received the American Bar Association’s "Lawyer as Problem Solver Award." He was recognized for his unprecedented insight into new avenues of dispute resolution. The award is presented annually to an individual or institution that demonstrates profound creativity in problem solving.
Mr. Picker is a member of the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals and the Employment Panel of the CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution; a member of the Commercial Mediation, Arbitration, International and National Class Action Panels of the American Arbitration Association; a fellow of both the American College of Civil Trial Mediators and the International Academy of Mediators and is certified by the International Mediation Institute. He is the author of Mediation Practice Guide – A Handbook for Resolving Business Disputes (Second Edition) published by the American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution, and has written numerous book chapters and articles on mediation and arbitration.
Over several prior decades, Mr. Picker represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of commercial cases, including contract, securities, employment, UCC, products liability and complex commercial matters.
An active participant in the Philadelphia Bar Association, Mr. Picker served as the Association’s chancellor and as chairman of the Association’s board of governors, judiciary committee and appellate courts committee. He is a founder and advisory board member of Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts and a former member of the Pennsylvania Trial Court Nominating Commission (First Judicial District).
Mr. Picker was also named one of the "Top 100 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers") consecutively since 2004 by a vote of his peers. In addition, he was selected to be included in the 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, regarded as a definitive guide to legal excellence in the United States, as well as the 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 editions of Chambers USA.Read full bio » |
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| PRACTICE AREAS |
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| Mediation & Arbitration |
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution |
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| BAR ADMISSIONS |
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| Pennsylvania |
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| EDUCATION |
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| J.D., Columbia University School of Law, 1966 |
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| Hague Academy of International Law, summer 1966 |
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| B.A., magna cum laude, Temple University, 1963 |
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
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| Fellow, International Academy of Mediators |
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| Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators |
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| Executive Advisory Committee and Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution |
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| Board of Directors and Executive Committee, American Arbitration Association |
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| Mediation and Arbitration Panels, American Arbitration Association |
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| Advisory Council of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution of Pepperdine University School of Law
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| Advisory Board and Co-founder, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts |
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| Former Chancellor, Philadelphia Bar Association |
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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| Click here for a list of publications |
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| NEWS AND EVENTS |
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