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CURTISS K. BEHRENS, ESQ. Email: [email protected] Present Occupation: Professor EmeritusIFull-time Arbitrator Business Address 705 Cambridge Place Sycamore, IL 60 178 Phone: (cell) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Illinois State Bar Association Iowa State Bar Association EDUCATION: L.L.M., DePaul University - 1982 J.D., University of Iowa - 1979 B.A., University of Iowa - 1977 CERTIFICATIONS: Law Iowa 1980 Law Illinois 1980 ARBITRATIONILABOR RELATIONS EXPERIENCE: 1979 - 2008: Professor of Human Resource Management, Employment Law and Compensation at Northern Illinois University, College of Business, DeKalb, lllinois until retirement Fall of 2008. Have published several law review articles involving the enforceability of compulsory, prospective arbitration agreements; Illinois right to privacy in the workplace act; employee committees; sexual harassment; and other employment law topics. 1983 - Present, served as a neutral with the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board and conducted many mediations, fact-findings, interest arbitrations and grievance arbitrations; issued timely awards in all cases. Written awards are accessible on-line at Iowa PERB's website. INDUSTRIES: Aerospace, Airlines, Advertising, Agriculture, Aluminum, Automotive, Bakery, Banking, Beverage, Building Products, Brewery, Broadcasting, Canning, Cement, Chemicals, Clothing, Coal, Conlmunications, Construction, Dairy, Distillery, Education, Electrical EquipmentIAppliances, Electronics, EntertainmentIArts, Feed & Fertilizer, Food, Foundry, Furniture, GlassIPottery, Grain Mill, Health Care, Hotels/MotelslCasinos/Resorts, HospitalfNursing Home, Iron, Lumber, Machinery, Maritime, Meat Packing, Metal Fabrication, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Office WorkersIClerical, Organizations, Packaging, Paint & Varnish, Petroleum~Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Plumbing, Police and Fire, Printing and Publishing, Prison Guard, Pulp and Paper, Railroads, Real Estate, RefrigerationIHVAC, Restaurants, Retail Stores, RubberITire, ShipbuildingIDry Dock, Sports, StoneIQuarry, Textile, Tobacco, Transportation, Trucking and Storage, Upholstering, Utilities, Warehousing.

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CURTISS K. BEHRENS, ESQ.

Email: [email protected]

Present Occupation: Professor EmeritusIFull-time Arbitrator

Business Address 705 Cambridge Place Sycamore, IL 60 178 Phone: (cell)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Illinois State Bar Association Iowa State Bar Association

EDUCATION: L.L.M., DePaul University - 1982 J.D., University of Iowa - 1979 B.A., University of Iowa - 1977

CERTIFICATIONS: Law Iowa 1980 Law Illinois 1980

ARBITRATIONILABOR RELATIONS EXPERIENCE: 1979 - 2008: Professor of Human Resource Management, Employment Law and Compensation at Northern Illinois University, College of Business, DeKalb, lllinois until retirement Fall of 2008. Have published several law review articles involving the enforceability of compulsory, prospective arbitration agreements; Illinois right to privacy in the workplace act; employee committees; sexual harassment; and other employment law topics. 1983 - Present, served as a neutral with the Iowa Public Employment Relations Board and conducted many mediations, fact-findings, interest arbitrations and grievance arbitrations; issued timely awards in all cases. Written awards are accessible on-line at Iowa PERB's website.

INDUSTRIES: Aerospace, Airlines, Advertising, Agriculture, Aluminum, Automotive, Bakery, Banking, Beverage, Building Products, Brewery, Broadcasting, Canning, Cement, Chemicals, Clothing, Coal, Conlmunications, Construction, Dairy, Distillery, Education, Electrical EquipmentIAppliances, Electronics, EntertainmentIArts, Feed & Fertilizer, Food, Foundry, Furniture, GlassIPottery, Grain Mill, Health Care, Hotels/MotelslCasinos/Resorts, HospitalfNursing Home, Iron, Lumber, Machinery, Maritime, Meat Packing, Metal Fabrication, Mining, Nuclear Energy, Office WorkersIClerical, Organizations, Packaging, Paint & Varnish, Petroleum~Petrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals, Plastics, Plumbing, Police and Fire, Printing and Publishing, Prison Guard, Pulp and Paper, Railroads, Real Estate, RefrigerationIHVAC, Restaurants, Retail Stores, RubberITire, ShipbuildingIDry Dock, Sports, StoneIQuarry, Textile, Tobacco, Transportation, Trucking and Storage, Upholstering, Utilities, Warehousing.

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ISSUES: Affirmative Action; Absenteeism; Arbitrability; Bargaining Unit Work; Conduct (Off-Duty)/Personal; Demotion; Discipline (Non-Discharge); Discipline (Discharge); Age Discrimination; Disability Discrimination; Race Discrimination; Sex Discrimination; Religion Discrimination; National Origin Discrimination; Drug/Alcohol Offenses; Bonus; Holidays; Insurance; Leave; Vacation; Grievance Mediation; HealtWHospitalization; Hiring Practices; Job Perfomlance; Job PostingIBidding; Jurisdictional Dispute; LayoffslBumpinglReca11; Management R~ghts; Official Time; Past Practices; Pension and Welfare Plans; Promotion; Retirement; SafetylHealth Conditions; Seniority; Sexual Harassment; Strikes, Lockouts, Work Stoppages, Slowdowns; SubcontractingIContracting Out; TenurelReappointment; Union Security; Cost-of-living Pay; Holiday Pay; Incentive Pay; Job Classification & Rates; Merit Pay; Overtime Pay; Severance Pay; Vacation Pay, Work HoursIScheduleslAssignn~ents; Worlung Conditions/Work Orders; Violence or Threats.

ARBITRATION ROSTORS: lllinois State Labor Relations Board Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board Iowa Public Enlployment Relations Board

FEES:

PER DIEM FEE: $1,200 DOCKETING FEE: $100 CANCELLATION FEE: (See below)

Cancellation Policy: If the scheduled hearing is postponed or canceled with notice of less than twenty-one business days (21), the per diem fee shall be charged.

Grievance Arbitration: The fee is $1,200 per day for hearing, and for research and preparation of the opinion and award. A hearing day is any portion of a day up to eight (8) hours. Time for research and preparation is prorated.

Interest Arbitration, Fact-finding and Labor Mediation: Arbitrator charges $1,500 per day (for up to eight (8) hours. Time for research and preparation is prorated.

Travel Time: Arbitrator charges per diem fee for any portion of a travel day up to eight (8) hours. Fee is prorated for travel time over eight (8) hours.

Expenses: Arbitrator charges actual cost of reasonable expenses, including airfare, car rental, food and lodging. Automobile mileage is charged at the applicable IRS expense rate.

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JULES I. CRYSTAL Labor Arbitrator and Mediator

OFFICE One South Dearboril Street Suite 2 100 Chicago, Illinois 60603 Phone: (3 12) 212-4444 Fax: (3 12) 2 12 4445 Email: [email protected]

EDUCATION Uiliversity of Michigan, J.D. (1 97 l), B.A. (1 968)

BAR ADMISSIONS Uilited States Supreme Court Uilited States Courts of Appeal for the Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Federal Circuits United States District Courts for the Nortbem District of Illinois and Northern District of Indiana Illinois

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY Labor and Employment Law Labor Arbitrator and Mediator (full-time): Current Labor Arbitrator and Melator (part-time): 2007-2009 Private Practice since 1975, most recently at Bryan Cave, LLP (Partner): 2004-2009 National Labor Relations Board (Trial Attorney): 197 1 - 1975

TRADITIONAL LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT LAW EXPERIENCE Law practice ellcompassed all facets of labor and employment law, including federal and state

court litigation, and proceedings before federal, state and local agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor, Illinois Humail Rights Coinmission, Indiana Civil &ght Coinnlission and Wisconsiil Department of Workforce Development; negotiating collective bargaining agreements; counseling clients regarding a variety of traditional labor and einployinent law issues; and participating in more than 200 labor arbitrations

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EXPERIENCE Has participated in the negotiations of more than 150 collective bargaining agreements, inclulng

initial and successor contracts, and also has bargained over mid-term contract modifications, letters of uilderstanding and grievance settlement agreements, working, collaborating and negotiating with such labor orgailizations as the American Federation of Teachers ("AFT"); Airline Pilots Association ("ALPA"); Association of Flight Attendants ("AFA); Brotherhood of Locon~otive Engineers and Trainmen ("BLET"); Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union ("BCTWU"); Chicago Laborers' District Council ("CLDC"); Communications Workers of America ("CWA"); Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International Union ("GMP"); International Union of Operating Engineers ("IUOE"); International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts ("IATSE"); Interi~ational Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers ("LAMAW); International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ("IBEW"); International Brotherhood of Teamsters ("IBT"); National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians ("NABET"); Office & Professional Employees International Union ("OPEIU")'; Paper-Allied, Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union ("PACE"); Service Employees International Union ("SEIU"); United Automobile Aerospace and Agricultural Impleinent Workers of America ("UAW"); United Mine Workers of America ("UMWA"); United

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Steelworkers of America ("USWA"); United Transportation Union ("UTU"); and University Professionals of Illinois, IFT-AFT ("UPI")

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE Has experience in the following industries: Airline; Apartment Leasing; Automotive; Chemical,

Communications; Construction; Drug Store; Education; Entertainment; Financial; Food Production and Packaging; Funeral Home; Grocery; Health Care; Hotel and Hospitality; Janitorial and Building Maintenance; Local and State Government; Mining; Nursing Home; Office Management; Packaging; Paint and Coatings Manufacturing; Petroleum; Plastics; Printing and Publishing; Radio and Television; Railroad; Research, Design and Development; Restaurant; Retail Trade; Rendering; Security; Steel; Transportation and Storage; Truclung; Utilities; Warehousing; and Waste Management Services

ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION PANELS American Arbitration Association - Roster of Labor Arbitrators American Arbitration Association - Roster of Neutrals Circuit Courts of Cook County and Lake County, Illinois - Mandatory Arbitration Program;

Chancery Division Mediation Program; Law Division Major Case Court-Annexed Civil Mediation Program

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") - Roster of Arbitrators Illinois Department of Labor - Roster of Arbitrators lllinois Educational Labor Relations Board ("IELRB") - Roster for Mediation, Grievance

Arbitration, Interest Arbitration and Fact-Finding Illinois Labor Relations Board - Illinois Public Employee MediationIArbitration Roster National Mediation Board - Roster of Arbitrators State Universities Civil Service System - Roster of Hearing Officers for Labor Grievances

PUBLICATION AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Has written and is a frequent speaker on various aspects of labor and employment law at labor

and eillploylnellt law conferences, and has been a contributor to the Practice Handbooks of the Illinois Institute of Colltinuing Legal Educatio~l and to other legal publicatioils

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section: Committees on Alternative

Dispute Resolution in Labor and Einployment Law, State and Local Government Bargaining and Employment Law, Development of the Law Under the National Labor Relations Act, and Practice and Procedure Under the National Labor Relations Act; Litigation Section: Committee on Employment & Labor Relations

Chicago Bar Association - Labor and Enlploynlent Law Sectioil Association of Attorney-Mediators

TEACHING AND RECOGNITION Chicago-Kent College of Law, Adjunct Faculty ("Labor and Employment Considerations

Impacting the Start-up and Evolution of a Privately-Owned Company") (Spring 201 1); ("Privacy in the Workplace") (Fall 2009);

DePaul University College of Law, Adjunct Faculty ("The Collective Bargaining Process") (Fall 2010)

Northwestern University Law School, Adjunct Faculty ("Beyond the Basics: Applying Labor Law Priilciples to the Start-Up, Evolution and Eventual Sale of a Privately-Held Business") (2006, 2007, 2008)

The College of Labor & Employlnent Lawyers - Fellow Illinois Super Lawyers 201 1 Illinois Leading Lawyers 20 1 1 The Best Lawyers in America@ 201 1

January 201 1

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Dr. Michael Jay Jedel

Occupation Arbitrator

Experience Associate Dean, DePaul University, July 2004 - December 2009. Previously, Associate Dean, University of lllinois at Chicago. Previously, Professor at Georgia State University from 1971 to 2001, teaching courses in collective bargaining, labor relations, and personnel. AAA arbitrator since 1975. Arbitrated issues listed below. Completed the GEIKTE Arbitrator Development Program from 1975 to 1976.

Issues Absenteeism, alcohol and drug abuse, arbitrability, bumpinglrecall, contract terns, discharge, discipline, discrimination, dress, H & W, holidays, incentive rateslstandards, job class and evaluation, job posting/bidding, jurisdiction, layoff, management rights, overtime, pay, promotion, RIF, Rept., safety, scheduling of work, seniority, strikes, subcontracting transfer, vacation, work assignment, work performance/condition.

Industries Agriculture, aluminum, auto, bakery, brass, can, cement, chemical, communication, electric equipment, federal sector grievance, food, foundry, furniture, healthcare, hotellrestaurant, local government, machine, manufacturing, paint and varnish, police and fire, print and public, public sector, pulp and paper (international), retail service, shipbuilding, steel, textile, tone, transportation, trucking, upholstery, utilities.

Permanent Arbitrator TVA and OPEIU; International Paper and PACE; GSA and AFGE; GE & IUE; GE & UE (Expedited).

Work History Associate Dean, DePaul University, 2004-09; Associate Dean, University of Illinois at Chicago, 200 1-2004; Professor, Georgia State University, 197 1-0 1 ; Research Associate, Business Administration, Harvard Business School, 1967-70.

Education Cornell University (BS- 1964); New York University (MBA- 1966); Harvard University (DBA-1972).

Professional Associations National Academy of Arbitrators.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training AAA Labor Arbitrator I1 Training, Chicago, 8/04.

Compensation $1,200 Per Day Cancellation fee of $1200.00 if notice is within 21 days; $600.00 if more than 21 days' notice. No docketing fee.

Citizenship

Locale Chicago, IL

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S. Richard Pincus, Esq.

Chicago, IL 60601 312 5604263

Occupation - Arbitrator & Mediator

Experience - Devoted entire professional career to the practice of labor and employment law. Began career with the National Labor Relations Board. Later, devoted 30 plus years to private practice of law with emphasis on labor relations issues, including contract negotiations, arbitrations, and resolution of employment disputes.

Served as a spokesman in over 50 collective bargaining negotiations and as advocate in 100 plus arbitration cases.

Served as an arbitrator in the Cook County Mandatory Arbitration process, and as trial judge in national American Bar Association sponsored student Trial Competition of employment cases.

Received distinguished service award from the Chicago Chapter of LERA and selected as an Illinois Super Lawyer (2005-2009) and member of Leading Lawyers Network. Served as an adjunct professor at Chicago Kent College of Law teaching labor law and on advisory boards of the Institute for Law in the Workplace at the law school. Was also active in the Labor Law section of the ABA serving as Chair of the State and Local Government subcoinmittees of the Section.

Issues - Performance standards and criteria for assessing discipline and discharge of tenured faculty, layoffs and job elimination, impact of past practice, staffing and scheduling, misconduct in discharge cases, including theft of time, threats and horseplay, drug and alcohol use, weapons in the workplace, insubordination, constructive discharge, and strike misconduct.

Industries - Education, hospitals and nursing homes, newspaper and printing, construction, retail, appliance repair, warehouse and distribution, trucking, beverage and food services, hotel and motel, warehouse and distribution, garment , manufacturing, landscape, television and cable.

Arbitration Panels -- American Arbitration Association Labor and Employment; ISBE Teacher Tenure.

Work History - Arbitrator and Mediator, 2009- present; Partner, Holland &Knight LLC 200 1-2008;; Associate & Partner, Fox and Grove, Chartered, 1969-0 1 ; Associate Attorney, Roskowski and Paddock, 1967-69; Trial SpecialistlSupervisor, National Labor Relations Board, 1961-67.

Teacher Tenure Panel Resume R'vd 8.5.11

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Education - George Washii~gton University (BA-1958); University of Chicago (JD-196 1).

Professional Associations - American Bar Association (Labor Law Section; ADR Section; State and Local Government Section, Past Chair); The Chicago Bar Association (Labor Law and ADR Committees); ; Labor & Employee Relations Association (Chicago Chapter); College of Labor and Employment Lawyers (Fellow); Labor &Employee Relations Association (Chicago Chapter).

Professional Licenses - Admitted to the Bar; Illinois, 1961; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals and United States Supreme Court. Currently inactive member of Illinois Bar.

Publications and Speaking Engagements - "Final and Binding Arbitration: A Sensible Alternative to Expensive Employment Litigation," JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND HOSPITAL LAW, November 1989; "Retaliatory Discharge - The Public Policy Doctrine," Chapter 4 of EMPLOYEE TERMINATION HANDBOOK, lllinois Institute for CLE, 1994; "The Common Law Contract and Tort Rights of Union Employees: What Effect After the Demise of the 'At Will' Doctrine?," CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW, Winter 1983; "The Impact of Technology on the Traditional Workplace," 14"' Annual Public Sector Labor Relations Programs, October, 1998.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training - AAA Labor Arbitrator I, 2009;AAA Employment and Commercial Arbitrator Workshop 20 10; FMCS, Becoming a Labor Arbitrator, 2008; Institute for Conflict Management, 40-Hour Mediation Certification, 2005; Cook County Court, Arbitrator Training, 1992.

Compensation - Per diem as per Illinois statute for teacher tenure cases, otherwise $850 per day; Time for research and study is prorated. Expenses will be charged at actual cost. If hearing is postponed or cancelled with less than 15 days notice, the per diem will be charged for each day scheduled.

Teacher Tenure Panel Resume R'vd 8.5.1 1

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ELIZABETH C. SIMON, JD 234 Franklin Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305

708.205.7503 csimon@ad1-soIutio11~3.~01i1

Arbitrator and Mediator Full-time neutral providing arbitration and mediation services, with a concentration on labor and employment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LAW OFFICE OF ELIZABETH SIMON, River Forest, IIIinois 2002- present Full time mediation and arbitration practice.

PrincipaI Serve on six arbitration rosters and five mediation panels, providing mediation for courts, individuals and federal agencies and arbitration of labor, employment and commercial disputes. Instructor at two Chicago law schools and one on-line legal organization.

Rosters & Panels: American Arbitration Assn. (employment & labor) Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service National Mediation Board National Railroad Adjustment Board Financial Industry Regulatory Authority State University Civil Service System

EEOC Contract Mediator Cook County Major Case Court-Annexed Mediation Cook County Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Center for Conflict Resolution

Adjunct faculty appointments and courses: DePaul University: (2010- present)(Advanced Mediation) John Marshall Law School (2006- present) (Advanced Mediation, Counseling & Negotiation), Lexis-Nexis Faculty: (2010-present)(Dispute Resolution]

ELMHURST MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE, EImhurst, Illinois 2006-2008 $326 million, 316-bed community healthcare organization serving DuPage County.

EmpIoyee Relations Manager Directed and led employment law functions as a strategic business partner for Patient Care Services Group. Piloted new dispute resolution program to resolve doctor-nurse disputes.

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, Des Plaines, Illinois 2002-2006 Federal agency with 37,000 employees and operating budget of $8.4 billion.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Program Manager Designed and implemented agency-wide dispute resolution program for 8,000 union and non- union air traffic controllers and other agency employees; negotiated and mediated more than 60 cases annually for 8-state Midwest region. Developed and implemented national program to train and certify agency employees as mediators to resolve EEO/workplace disputes.

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ELIZABETH C. SIMON, JD 234 Franklin Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305

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FMC CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois 1989-1999 Diversified, Fortune 150 manufacturing and Chemical Corporation with $4.4 billion annual sales and 16,000 union and non-union employees.

Litigation Counsel (1994-1999) /Labor & Employment Counsel (1989-1994) Responsible for commercial and employment-related litigation for three divisions. Designed and implemented new litigation strategies and alternative dispute resolution procedures to decrease litigation costs by 15%. Negotiated resolutions in antitrust, trade secret, patent infringement and employment litigation, saving an estimated $4.5 million in fees and costs.

CITY OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois 1986-1989 Assistant General Counsel, Labor Relations Investigate, prepare and defend police and fire departments in labor arbitrations; assist in negotiation planning and counseling and drafting collective bargaining language.

HALEY, BADER & POTTS, Chicago, Illinois 1983-1986 Associate, Class Action Employment Discrimination Litigation

EDUCATION

J.D., Law Review Loyola University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Arts, Journalism & History Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York

TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

Arbitration Certification, (AAA and FMCS) Mediation Certification (AAM, DePaul) Mortgage foreclosure training, Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR)

AFFILIATIONS

Training and Peer Review Evaluation Committee: Center for Conflict Resolution Association for Conflict Resolution, Chicago Chapter, Board of Directors and Past President

Association of Attorney Mediators, National and Chicago Chapters International Academy of Dispute Resolution [InADR), Board of Directors

American Bar Association, Sections: Labor & Employment Law and Dispute Resolution Chicago Bar Association, Committees: Labor & Employment Law and ADR

Labor and Employee Relations Association (LERA)

Admission to Illinois State Bar: Current

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LAMONT E. STALLWORTH, PH.D. LABOR ARBITRA TION AND AL T E W A TIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

University Circle 1 1 1470 Euclid Avenue Cleveland, Ohio 44 106 877-81 1-9113

OCCUPATION: Educator - Labor Arbitrator - Mediator - Fact Finder YEAR OF BIRTH: 1947

EDUCATION: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations - Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1974-78: Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Major: Labor and Employment Law, Collective Bargaining & Negotiations; University of Massachusetts (Amherst) 1971 - 1972 Labor Relation Center, Degree M.S. Labor Relations. (Interdisciplinary curriculum including labor problems, economics, sociology and management); Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1965-70: Degree: Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major: Industrial Relations, Minor: Economics and Spanish.

EXPERIENCE: Arbitrated over 1,500 cases. Thirty years experience. Member, lllinois Local Labor Relations Board (1984-1988); Member, Judicial Review Committee (1988-1991); ad hoc Fact Finder and Mediator, N.Y.S. Public Employment Relations Board (1975-1980); Field Examiner, National Labor Relations Board (Boston) (1972-1974); Labor Relations Representative, Ford Motor Co. (1968-1970); Research Staff, Communication Workers of America (Washington, D.C.) (1 97 1).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: Professor Jean T. McKelvey Neutral In Residents, Cornell University, NY SSILR (2004-2005); National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA) (1986 to present); Past President, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) (1988- 1989); (now Association for Conflict Resolution), Board of Directors, Industrial Relations Research Association (1990-1994) (now Labor and Employment Relations Association) and Founder, Center for Employment Dispute Resolution (CEDR) (1993-present); Co-Chair, SPIDR ADRIEmployment Dispute Sector (1993-1995) and Chair, SPIDR Law and Public Policy Committee, (1995-1999); Co-Chair, SPIDR ADR In Workplace Committee (1996-2000).

ROSTERS: American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Mediation Board, Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board' as Illinois State Labor Relations Board. Grievance Mediator, Mediation Research and Education Project (1988 to present) and Center for Employment Dispute Resolution (1993 to present).

CONTRACT ARBITRATION: Current Panels: MSC Pre Finish Metals and United Steelworkers Local 7773-5 (2000 to present); Midwest Textile Service Association and Chicago and Central States Joint Board, UNITE, AFL-CIO-CLC (2000 to present); Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers7 Union Grievance Mediation Panel (2000-present); Goodyear Tire and Rubber and United Steelworkers of America (1997 - present); U.S. Postal Service and APWU (Great Lakes and Gateway Districts) (1987 to present); CNH (J.I. Case International) and

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United Autoworkers (1982 to present). Herman Miller (Integrated Medal Technology, Inc.) and United Steelworkers of America; University of Minnesota University and Staff and Faculty Arbitration Panel (1998 to present); U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and National Treasury Employees (2003 to present); Union Pacific Railroad and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (Special Expedited Subcontracting Panel) (2006 to present) and Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (Special Expedited Subcontracting Panel) (2006 to present) and AT&T and Local No. 21, lBEW (2006 to present).

INDUSTRIES ARBITRATED: Automotive and Farm Implementation; Cement; Chemicals; Clerical; Coal; Communications; Construction and Building; Copper; Education; Extractive Industry; Federal Sector; Food; Bakery, Gas and Electric Power; Grain Mill; Hospital; Health Care; Higher Education; Manufacturing (Miscellaneous); Maritime; Meat Packing; Printing and Publishing; Police and Fire Fighters; Public Sector (state and local); Air Lines; Railroads; Retail and Chain Stores; Steel; Tire and Rubber, Transportation; Public Transit, Trucking and Storage, and Warehousing.

SELECTED PUBLISHED ARBITRATION AWARDS:

Worldwide Flight Services, 1 15 LA 680 (Arb. 2001) Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 115 LA 216 (Arb. 2000) Matteson School Dist. 162,114 LA 789 (Arb. 2000) Milford Township, 1 13 LA 973 (Arb. 1999) Integrated Metal Technology, 1 12 LA 676 (Arb. 1999) AGCO Corp., 1 1 1 LA 296 (Arb. 1998) Perfection Bakeries, Inc., 1 10 LA 1043 (Arb. 1997) Village of Winnetka, 97-2 Arb. 33 17 (CCH) (1997) Copley Newspapers, 107 LA 3 10 (Arb. 1996) Klein Tools Inc., 106 LA 63 1 (Arb. 1996) Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp., 105 LA 298 (Arb. 1995) Kelly-Sprin~ield Tire Co., 103 LA 1207 (Arb. 1994) Inland Employees Federal Credit Union, 103 LA 95 5 (Arb. 1994) South Suburban Community College, 103 LA 591 (Arb. 1994) Customized Transportation, 102 LA 1 1 79 (Arb. 1994) Pittsburg & Midway Coal Mining Co., 102 LA 63 1 (Arb. 1994) Northern Indiana Public Service Co., 101 LA 707 (Arb. 1993) Kelly-Springfield Tire Co., 100 LA 1141 (Arb. 1993) Pillsbury Co., 100 LA 436 (Arb. 1993) Richco Plastics Co., 99 LA 694 (Arb. 1992) General Mills, 99 LA 143 (Arb. 1992) Snap-On Tools, 98 LA 905 (Arb. 1992) Inland Employees Fed, Credit Union, 98 LA 728 (Arb. 1992) Gavin School District, 98 LA 41 7 (Arb. 1991)

ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE: Decided over 1 500 cases.

General Fees and Postponement/Cancellation Policies: $1,250 Grievance Arbitration Docketing Fee $1 00.00 per party after second offering of proposed dates 30 day postponement and cancellation fee policy Grievance mediation $2,500 Interest Arbitration $3,200 per day Training $2,000 per day

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Professor Lamont E. Stallworth received his Ph.D. from Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, majoring in Labor Law and Collective Bargaining and minor in law. Since graduating from Cornell, he has held faculty positions at the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, at the University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana). Professor Stallworth is currently a member of the faculty of the Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations at Loyola University of Chicago. Professor Stallworth has been published in numerous industrial relations iournals and law review iournals.

He has been a recipient of grants and fellowships from such organizations as the National Institute of Mental Health, the Rockefeller Foundation, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Fund for Labor-Relations Studies, University of Michigan School of Law.

In addition to his academic experience, Professor Stallworth has held various positions in the labor-management relations arena: Research Staff of the Communication Workers of America (1971); Labor Relations Representative with the Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, Michigan) (1 968 to 1970); Labor-Management Field Examiner National Labor Relations Board (1 972- 1974); ad hoc mediator-fact finder with the New York State Public Employment Board (1975- 1978); Board Member, lllinois State Judicial Classification Review Board (1988-91) and Board Member, Illinois Local Labor Relations Board (1984-1988). He is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators (1986) and has served on the National Executive Board of the Industrial Relations Research Association (now called Labor and Employment Relations Association); he is a past President of the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) (now Association for Conflict Resolution). He was a member of the National Labor-Management Task Force, American Arbitration Association (1998 - 2000) and cochaired the ADR in the Work Place Committee (Track I) of the Society of Professional in Dispute Resolution. ACR (formerly SPIDR) is an international professional organization of dispute resolvers. Under SPIDR's Law and Public Policy Committee (established by Dr. Stallworth), ACR published the "Guidelines and Safeguards for Designing and Implementing Integrated Conflict Management Systems" (200 1) (Cochairs Lamont E. Stallworth and Anne Gosline). Dr. Stallworth has also served on a national task force to examine the feasibility of promoting dispute resolution system design in the unionized setting. This task force was established by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and the Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution at the School of Law, Pepperdine University.

Dr. Stallworth is listed on the arbitration and mediation panels of the American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the National Mediation Board. Mediation Research and Education Project, the Center for Employment Relations, Illinois Educational Board and Illinois State Labor Relations Board. He also serves as a permanent arbitrator and grievance mediator on a number of private, public and federal sector arbitration and grievance mediation panels.

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Dr. Stallworth is founder and chairman of the Center for Employment Dispute Resolution (CEDR), a not-for-profit ADR and public policy research organization. CEDR is also the program administrator of the ADR Consortium, a cooperative organization consisting of various ADR providers and individual workplace neutrals. Through the ADR Consortium, CEDR has established and administered EEO mediation programs in cooperation with the Illinois Human Rights Commission, and the District Offices of the EEOC in Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City. CEDR was supported by an initial grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Dr. Stallworth, under the auspices of the Center for Employment Dispute Resolution and with the cooperation of the ADR Committee of the Federal District Court (N.D. IL), has designed and implemented mediation programs to resolve EEO lawsuits and police excessive and police misconduct lawsuits. The City of Chicago and County of Cook were the first government entities to agree to use this program.

Dr. Stallworth has completed a number of diversity and multicultural training programs including "Training of Trainers" program offered by the National Multicultural Institute (1995). He currently teaches graduate level courses at the Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations, Loyola University, in managing a diverse workforce, conflict management and alternative dispute resolution, negotiation and mediation, labor arbitration, and human resources law and employment discrimination law.

Dr. Stallworth has combined his interests in organization development, employment law, diversity, conflict management, alternative dispute resolution and the resolution of statutory based workplace dispute in his teaching, research and professional practice. Most recently Dr. Stallworth's research has also focused on workplace bullying and mobbing (also called "psychological violence" and "statutory-blind harassment-") and the impact of offers of apology in resolving workplace disputes. He is a nationally recognized practitioner and scholar in this developing area.

Dr. Stallworth was the Frank Sanders Lecturer for the American Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, at the ABA's annual meeting in August 1995 in Chicago. His presentation was entitled "Contract with the American Worker: Workplace Civil Rights and the Potential Role of ADR." He has also been the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution on two occasions.

Dr. Stallworth was the Professor Jean T. McKelvey Neutral In Residence, Cornell University, NY SSILR (2004-2005). Professor Jean T. McKelvey was one of the founding faculty members of Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the first female president of the National Academy of Arbitrators ( 197 1).

In March of 2008, Professor Stallworth was appointed by the U.S. Federal District Court (N.D. Ill.) to serve on a panel of ten arbitrators to decide claims arising under the Shakman decision. Shakman involves claims of denial of employment or employment opportunities stemming from impermissible political patronage.

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LAMONT M. WALTON ATTORNEY/ARBITRATOR

9034 S. Ridgeland Chicago, IL 606 17 (773) 22 1-96 16 Email: [email protected]

SELF EMPLOYED PRIVATE PRACTICE.

EXPERlENCE Knowledgeable and experienced with labor disputes in both private and public sector; Past experience in determining legal liabilitylcourse of action based on statute, administrative and judicial precedents and rules of evidence; Past Prosecutor of licensees for violations of state lawlregulations and advocating licensingldisciplinary action against violators for violating the Public Health Code and Liquor Control Code; Researching contract interpretation; Litigation regarding government officialslemployees in statelfederal courts and before administrative agencies and providing legal advice regarding their policies and actions;

Interviewing witnesses and gathering documents; Examining policieslactions when challenged for violation of law; Negotiation of city and state collective bargaining agreements;

Presenting unfair labor practice and arbitration cases on behalf of employers involving city and state collective bargaining agreements;

Knowledge of meditation and arbitration law and practices.

LABOR ISSUES HANDLED- DISCHARGE AND DISCIPLINE CASES, DISCRIMINATION, CONTRACT INTREPRETATION, SENIORITY, WAGE DISPUTES, WORKING CONDITIONS AND JOB ASSIGNMENTS

ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE Worked in: Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division, Licensing Regulatory Division, Tort Defense Division, State Affairs Division, Corrections Division, International Trade & Agricultural Division and Transportation Division.

UNIVERSITY TEACHING Courses taught: Contract Law; Agency, Partnershp, Corporation and Securities Law; Government Regulation of Business and General Business Law.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chicago Legal Clinic, Inc. - Chicago, IL Legal Assistant

Michigan Dept. of Attorney General -Lansing, MI Assistant Attorney General

Office of the State Employer -Lansing, MI Labor Relations Representative

Michigan State University - Lansing, MI Assistant Professor/Adjunct Professor

Spaulding, Walton & Associates - Burlington, NC Partner

City of Ann Arbor -Ann Arbor, MI Assistant City Attorney

Washtenaw County Legal Aid -Ann Arbor, MI StaffAttorney

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EDUCATION 1972 to 1975

1968 to 1972 University of Michigan Law School University of Illinois

Juris Doctorate Bachelor of Science, with Honors

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Mediation Board, National Association of Railroad Referees, American Arbitration Association

PUBLICATIONS Fall 1983 "Resolving Real Estate Valuation Disputes by Arbitration" - Michigan Real Property Review September 1990 "Beyond Civility: Bigotry and Sexism in the Law" -Michigan Bar Journal

HONORS: Center for Conflict Resolution, 40 hours Mediation Training Illinois State Bar Association, Best Practices for Successfbl Settlement Conferences and Mediations Chicago Bar Association, Professional Responsibility, Developing an Ethical Practice American Arbitration Association, Advanced Labor Arbitration Training Annual Meeting of National Association of Railroad Referrees Labor and Employment Relations Association-Chicago Chapter meetings

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JEANNE CHARLES WOOD, ESQ.

Email: j wood @ woodadr.com

Present Occupation: Arhitrator - Mediator - Attorney

First Business Address: Second Business Address: 18459 Pines Blvd. 17 E. Monroe Street # 157 #337 Pembroke Pines, Florida 33029 Chicago, Illinois 60603 (954) 680-81 10 (888) 265-7856 (888) 258-6482 Fax (888) 258-6482 Fax

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Bar Association Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators Illinois State Bar Association Labor and Employment Relations Association, Secretary, Florida Chaptex

EDUCATION: DePaul University, College of Law, JD, 1994, Dean's Scholarship Recipient Northern Illinois University, BS, Personnel and Industrial Relations 1986

LICENSESICERTIFICATIONS: Admitted to Illinois Bar, 1994 Admitted to US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1994 Supreme Court Certified Fanuly and County Court Mediator (Florida) FMCS Labor Arbitrator Certification AAA - Labor Arbitrator Certification

LEGALIADR EXPERIENCE:

ArbitratorIMediator. 2006-Present - Currently serve as a Labor Arbitrator on permanent panels and ADR rosters deciding workplace disputes pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement between the parties. Practice also includes private and public mediation in civil, family and workplace disputes. 2005-Present, Work part time as a Professor for Kaplan University's School of Legal Studies. I have taught, among other things, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Employment Dispute Resolution, Family Law Mediation, Legal Research and Writing, and Legal Ethics. 2003- 2006 As a private attorney, I provided advice and counsel to corporate managers on general corporate legal matters including, contract review, shareholder agreements, employment policies and procedures. Developed and drafted employment policies and employee handbooks for profit and not-for-profit corporations. Represented management in employment discrimination cases before the Illinois Commission on Human Rights. Provided training to managers and staff on Title VTT discrimination, employee performance standards, hiring, discharge and discipline. From 1995-2003, I held the position of Assistant Counsel for the National Treasury Employees Union. In this position I was responsible for representation of collective bargaining units for Federal Government agencies such as ATF, IRS, FDA Department of Health and Human Services and US Customs. On a daily basis, provided advice and counsel to union officials on matters covered by the collective bargaining agreement and federal statutes. Represented employees and/or the union before the FMCS, FLRA, FSIP, arbitrators and administrative law judges. Supervised union elections. Extensive mediation and arbitration practice involving discipline, discharge, performance and promotions. Managed entire litigation process including investigations, witness preparation, direct examinations, cross-examinations, and brief submissions. Lead collective bargaining negotiations for local and regional union offices. Conducted training of union officials routinely and at annual conferences. 1986-1995, worked for Xerox Corporation where after working several years in the Sales organization, moved to the Customer Service organization where I managed the Chicago District Field Inventory Asset Program. Developed and conducted training of management staff and field personnel regarding effective asset management. Also provided training to staff on various Employee Relations topics. Supervised the Regional Distribution office employees in a union environment.

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JEANNE CHARLES WOOD, ESQ.

ISSUES: AWOL, Absenteeism, Alcoholism, Arbitrability, Awards; Bargaining Unit Certification; Contracting Out, Disability Discrimination; Discipline (Non-discharge); Discipline (Discharge); Duty of Fair Representation; Excessive Use of Force; Overtime Pay, Race Discrimination ; Sexual Harassment; Falsification of Official Documents; Family Medical Leave; FLSA; Insubordination; Flexible Workplace/Schedules; Misuse of Employer Property; Office Moves; Official Timefunion Business; Leave; Performance Appraisals; Promotions; Reduction-In-Force; Telecommuting; Theft; Past Practice, Seniority, Management's Rights and Unfair Labor Practices.

INDUSTRIES:

Clerical, Correctional Facilities, Education, Financial, Healthcare, Law Enforcement, Technical, Tobacco, Transit

PERMANENT PANELS: State of FloridafAFSCME Council 79 National Treasury Employees Union and IRS State of IllinoistAFSCME Council 3 1 State Universities Civil Service System (Illinois)

ARBI'TRATION/MEDIATION ROSTERS: American Arbitration Association (Commercial & Labor) Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) Broward, Dade and Palm Beach Counties FINRA (formerly NASD) Cook County Circuit Courts National Mediation Board (NMB)

SPEAKERIPUBLICATIONS: Illinois Institute of TechnologyIKent Law School, Chicago, IL, served as a panel speaker for the annual Labor Arbitration Conference on the topic of the Telecornrnuting/Flexiplace. Capital University School of Law, Columbus, OH, served as a presenter at the Minorities in ADR Conference on the topic of Incorporating ADR into Your Law Practice. City Colleges of Fort Lauderdale, FL, guest speaker on The Fundamentals of Alternative Dispute Resolution. Co-Author Military Service and the Law chapter on Labor and Employment Law (IICLE 2009).

FEES: PER DIEM FEE: $950.00; DOCKETING FEE: $0 CANCELLATION FEE: $950

Grievance Arbitration: A full per diem fee will be charged for each hearing day, whether partial or full. A hearing day is any day up to seven (7) hours including travel time. Preparation/study/writing time is prorated on the basis of a seven- hour day.

Cancellation Policy: $950 will be charged for each day canceled if notice is provided to the arbitrator less than 15 calendar days before the first scheduled hearing date.

Expenses: Parties will be charged for actual cost of reasonable expenses for postage, long distance calls, airfare, carttaxi rental, food, and lodging. Automobile mileage is charged at the applicable IRS expense rate. Expenses are charged from closest business address. Arbitrator reserves the right to issue interim bills for out of pocket expenses prior to delivery of the award, including those for airfare and hotel.

Travel Time: Arbitrator charges pro-rated per diem fee for any portion of a travel day only if it is more than two (2) hours in travel time from the closest business address.

July 2010