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Thomas J. Stipanowich, J.D.
Academic Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution, and Professor of Law

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  • J.D., University of Illinois, 1980, magna cum laude
  • M. Arch, University of Illinois, 1976
  • B.S., University of Illinois, 1974, highest honors

Curriculum Vitae

SSRN Author Page

SelectedWorks

Thomas J. Stipanowich is William H. Webster Chair in Dispute Resolution and Professor of Law at Pepperdine University, as well as Academic Director of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. The Straus Institute was ranked number one among academic dispute resolution programs each of the last seven years by U.S. News & World Report. He was co-author, with Ian Macneil and Richard Speidel, of the groundbreaking five-volume treatise Federal Arbitration Law: Agreements, Awards & Remedies Under the Federal Arbitration Act, cited by the Supreme Court and many other federal and state courts, which was named Best New Legal Book by the Association of American Publishers. He also co-authored Resolving Disputes: Theory, Law and Practice, a law school course book supplemented by many practical exercises and illustrations on video; the second edition was just published. He is the author of many other much-cited publications on arbitration and dispute resolution, and has twice won the CPR Institute's First Prize for Professional Articles (1987 and 2009)--most recently for "Arbitration: The 'New Litigation.'" In 2008, he was given the D'Alemberte/Raven Award, the ABA Dispute Resolution Section's highest honor, for contributions to the field.

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Key Awards/Affiliations
  • Lawyer as Problem Solver Award from the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, 2011
  • Practical Achievement Award, International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, 2010
  • Advisor, ALI Restatement of U.S. Law on International Arbitration

Publications


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Forthcoming Books


  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, REBELS ON THE LOT (Exploring the conflicts between creative artists and studios in Hollywood's golden age) (forthcoming).

  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, THE LINCOLN WAY: THE EVOLUTION OF A MASTER OF CONFLICT (forthcoming).

    • Forthcoming Articles


  • Thomas J. Stipanowich and J. Ryan Lamare, Living with "ADR": Evolving Perceptions and Use of Mediation, Arbitration and Conflict Management in Fortune 1,000 Corporations, HARV. NEGOT. L. REV. (forthcoming)
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Future of Consumer and Employment Arbitration, (forthcoming)
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Olivia de Havilland v. Warner Bros. Pictures: Changing the Landscape of Hollywood Contracts, (forthcoming)

    • Books


  • Thomas J. Stipanowich (ed.), COLLEGE OF COMMERCIAL ARBITRATORS PROTOCOLS FOR EXPEDITIOUS, COST-EFFECTIVE COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION: KEY ACTION STEPS FOR BUSINESS USERS, COUNSEL, ARBITRATORS AND ARBITRATION POWER INSTITUTIONS (Thomas J. Stipanowich et al., eds. 2010). SSRN WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Jay Folberg, Dwight Golann, & Lisa A. Kloppenberg, RESOLVING DISPUTES: THEORY AND PRACTICE FOR LAWYERS (Jay Folberg ed., 2d ed. Aspen 2010). WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Dwight Golann, & Lisa A. Kloppenberg, RESOLVING DISPUTES: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND LAW (Jay Folberg ed., Aspen 2005). WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich & Nancy Nelson, COMMERCIAL MEDIATION IN EUROPE: BETTER SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS (CPR Institute Master Guide Series) (CPR 2005). WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich & Peter H. Kaskell, COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION AT ITS BEST: SUCCESSFUL STRATEGIES FOR BUSINESS USERS: A REPORT OF THE CPR COMMISSION ON THE FUTURE OF ARBITRATION (CPR 2001). WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Ian R Macneil, & Richard E Speidel, FEDERAL ARBITRATION LAW: AGREEMENTS, AWARDS, AND REMEDIES UNDER THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT (1994, Supp. 1997). WorldCat

    • Book Chapters


  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Revelation and Reaction: The Struggle to Shape American Arbitration, in CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION: THE FORDHAM PAPERS (Arthur Ravine ed., Martinus Nijhoff Pub. 2010) . SSRN WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Behind the Neutral: The Critical Role of Provider Institutions, in AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, HANDBOOK ON COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION (Juris 2010) . SSRN WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Contract and Conflict Management, in ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE EMPLOYMENT ARENA: PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK UNIVERSITY 53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON LABOR (Samuel Estreicher & David Sherwyn eds., Kluwer Law International 2004) . WorldCat
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Arbitration as an Alternative to Litigation, in COMMERCIAL DAMAGES: A GUIDE TO REMEDIES IN BUSINESS LITIGATION (Matthew Bender 1992) . WorldCat

    • Articles


  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Arbitration Fairness Index: Using a Public Rating System to Skirt the Legal Logjam and Promote Fairer and More Effective Arbitration of Employment and Consumer Disputes, 60 KAN. L. REV. 985 (2012) SSRN
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Third Arbitration Trilogy: Stolt-Nielsen, Rent-A-Center, Concepcion and the Future of American Arbitration, 22 AM. REV. INT'L ARB. 323 (2012) SSRN
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Third Arbitration Trilogy: Revelation, Reaction and Reflection on the Direction of American Arbitration, SCOTUSblog, Sept. 21, 2011
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Revelation and Reaction: The Struggle to Shape American Arbitration, 2011 Y.B. ARB. & MEDIATION (2011) SSRN
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Beyond the Debate Over Consumer and Employment Arbitration, L.A. Daily J., Aug. 24, 2011
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Arbitration: The "New Litigation", 2010 U. ILL. L. REV. 1 (2010) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Lincoln's Lessons for Lawyers, DISP. RESOL. MAG., Winter 2010, at 18 SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Is Arbitration the 'New Litigation'? The Choice is Yours, L.A. DAILY J., Jun. 23, 2010
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, American Justice at a Crossroads: Remarks of Thomas J. Stipanowich, 11 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. 169 (2010) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Expanded Review of Awards: Hall Street and Cable Connection, 2010 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECTION OF PUBLIC UTILITY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION LAW (2010)
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich et al., The Future of Commercial Arbitration: The Speeches, 9 PEPP. DISP. RESOL. L.J. 415 (2009) HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Arbitration and Choice: Taking Charge of the "New Litigation", 7 DEPAUL BUS. & COM. L.J. 383 (2009) (symposium issue) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Mediation Could be Key to Improving U.S.-Chinese Business Relations, L.A. DAILY J., Nov. 28, 2007, at 4
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Real Time Strategies for Relationship Conflict, IBA LEGAL PRACTICE DIVISION MEDIATION COMMITTEE NEWSL., July 2007, at 6 SSRN
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Arbitration Penumbra: Arbitration Law and the Rapidly Changing Landscape of Dispute Resolution, 8 NEV. L.J. 427 (2007) (symposium issue) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Conflict Management in Evolution: Three Predictions in ACCL Princeton Symposium, Building the Future, J. AMER. C. CONSTR. LAW., Special Edition, May 2007, at 156
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, ADR and the Vanishing Trial: The Growth and Impact of Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1 J. EMPIRICAL LEGAL STUDIES 843 (2004) (symposium issue) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, ADR and 'The Vanishing Trial': What We Know -- and What We Don't, DISP. RESOL. MAG., Summer 2004, at 7 HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Howsam, Humana and Bazzle: Recent Cases that may Affect Your Arbitration/ADR Practice, ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH COST LITIG., Mar. 2003, at 51
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Publisher's View on 'The Costs of Arbitration', ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH COST LITIG., May 2002, at 103
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Transition Year Sets Stage for an Expanded Agenda, ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH COST LITIG., Jan. 2002, at 1
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Learning Curve: Education and the Culture of Conflict Management, ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH COST LITIG., Jan. 2001, at 32
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Contract and Conflict Management, 2001 WIS. L. REV. 831 (2001) (symposium issue) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Arbitration: Future Lies Down a Number of Divergent Paths, DISP. RESOL. MAG., Spring 2000, at 16 HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Behind the Neutral: A Look at Provider Issues, ADR CURRENTS, Dec. 1998, at 1
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, A Systematic, Dynamic Approach to Conflict Management, ADR REP., Sept. 30, 1998, at 1
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich & J. Clark Kelso, Protecting Consumers in Arbitration: Consumer Due Process Protocol Sets Forth 15 Principles for Assuring Consumers a Fundamentally Fari Dispute Resolution Process, DISP. RESOL. MAG., Fall 1998, at 11 HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Resolving Consumer Disputes: Due Process Protocol Protects Consumer Rights, DISP. RESOL. J., Aug. 1998, at 8
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Reconstructing Construction Law: Reality and Reform in a Transactional System, 1998 WIS. L. REV. 463 (1998) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Multi-Door Contract and Other Possibilities, 13 OHIO ST. J. ON DISP. RESOL. 303 (1998) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Punitive Damages and the Consumerization of Arbitration, 92 NW. U. L. REV. 1 (1997) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Growing Debate Over 'Consumerized' Arbitration: Adding Cole to the Fire, DISP. RESOL. MAG., Summer 1997, at 20 HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, At the Cutting Edge: Conflict Avoidance and Resolution in the Construction Industry, ADR & THE LAW (1997)
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, What's a NCCUSL? The Uniform Law Commissioners Tackle the Uniform Arbitration Act, ADR REP., June 11, 1997, at 5
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, NASD Should Reconsider Its Punitives Cap, ALTERNATIVES TO HIGH COST LITIG., Feb. 1997, at 13
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Beyond Arbitration: Innovation and Evolution in the United States Construction Industry, 31 WAKE FOREST L. REV. 65 (1996) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Charting the Course: The 1994 Construction Industry Survey on Dispute Avoidance and Resolution--Part II, CONSTR. LAW., Apr. 1996, at 8 HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich & Leslie King O'Neal, Charting the Course: The 1994 Construction Industry Survey on Dispute Avoidance and Resolution--Part I, CONSTR. LAW., Nov. 1995, at 5 HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Quiet Revolution Continues: Mediation and Other Emerging Approaches to Construction Conflicts, DART Professional Papers Series (1993)
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, The Quiet Revolution Comes to Kentucky: A Case Study in Community Mediation, 81 KY. L.J. 855 (1993) (symposium issue) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich & Douglas A. Henderson, Settling Disputes by Mediation, Mini-Trial and Other Processes--The ABA Forum Survey, CONSTR. LAW., Apr. 1992, at 6; J. BUILDING RES. & INFO. (1993); CONSTRUCTION CONFLICT MANAGEMENT & RESOLUTION (1992); PREVENTING AND RESOLVING CONSTRUCTION DISPUTES (1991) HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Of "Procedural Arbitrability": The Effect of Noncompliance With Contract Claims Procedures, 40 S.C. L. REV. 847 (1989) (symposium issue) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Rethinking American Arbitration, 63 IND. L.J. 425 (1988) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Arbitration and the Multiparty Dispute: The Search for Workable Solutions, 72 IOWA L. REV. 473 (1987); 6 Y.B. CONSTRUCTION ARTICLES 813 (1987); FUTURE SHOCK: A SURVIVAL GUIDE TO JOBSITE REGULATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE 90S (ABA 1990) SSRN HeinOnline
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Punitive Damages in Arbitration: Garrity v. Lyle Stuart, Inc. Reconsidered, 66 B.U. L. REV. 953 (1986) SSRN HeinOnline

    • Book Reviews


  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Review of COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN AUSTRALIA, INT'L CONSTRUCTION L. REV. (2011) (book review).

    • Reports


  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Nancy Welsh, Lisa Blomgren Bingham & Larry Mills, National Roundtable on Consumer and Employment Dispute Resolution, Consumer Arbitration Roundtable Summary Report. SSRN
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, Curtis E. von Kann, and Deborah Rothman, How to Drastically Reduce Cost and Delay in Commercial Arbitration, Draft Report of the College of Commercial Arbitrators for Discussion at the National Summit on Business-to-Business Arbitration.
  • Thomas J. Stipanowich, National Consumer Due Process Advisory Task Force, Protocol for Arbitration and Mediation of Consumer Disputes (1998).

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