Pepperdine University School of Law

Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

Straus Institute Faculty 2007-2008


Full-time Faculty

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Visiting and Adjunct Professors from Southern California

Eleanor Barr

Attorney/Mediator
B.A., Indiana University;
J.D., Indiana University School of Law

William Bollard

Attorney
B.A., Brigham Young University;
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law

Ken Cloke

Director of the Center for Dispute Resolution
B.A., University of California, Berkley;
J.D., Boalt Law School;
Ph.D., LL.M, UCLA;
National Judicial Law College

Richard M. Coleman

Mediator/Arbitrator, Coleman & Richards, apc
A.B., Georgetown University;
J.D., Harvard University;
LL.M., Georgetown University;
C.D.R., Pepperdine University School of Law

Brian Cox

Vice President, Dispute Resolution Training for the International Center for Religion & Diplomacy
B.S., University of Southern California;
M.Div., Episcopal Divinity School;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University School of Law

Robert Dobbins

Attorney/Private Practice Mediator
B.A., Boston University;
J.D. Southwestern University;
LL.M. Pepperdine University

Max Factor III

Mediator
B.A. Harvard College;
J.D., Yale Law School

Paul Fisher

Mediator/Arbitrator
B.A., Cal State University- Northridge;
J.D., University of San Diego School of Law

Jane B. Garzilli

President, Dignity Dispute Resolution
B.A., Vassar College;
J.D., New York University;
LL.M., Pepperdine University School of Law

Matthew P. Guasco

Attorney, Private Practice Mediator and Dispute Resolution Consultant and Educator
B.A., University of California, Davis;
J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco

Marlynn Howe

Attorney at Law
B.A., J.D.,LL.M., Pepperdine University

John Hurney

Attorney
J.D., Pepeprdine University School of Law

Jeffrey Kichaven

Private Practice Mediator and Former Chair, ADR Section, Los Angeles County Bar Association
B.A., University of California, Berkeley;
J.D., Harvard University

Jeffrey Krivis

Private Practice Mediator/Arbitrator
B.A., San Diego State University;
J.D., Southwestern University

Denise Madigan

Mediator, ADR Services, Inc.
B.A., Northwestern University; M.P.P., Harvard;
J.D., Harvard Law School

Jay McCauley

Attorney
J.D., Harvard Law School

Nina Meierding

President, Mediation Center for Family Law
B.S., M.S., University of Southern California;
J.D., Ventura College of Law

Forrest Mosten

Attorney/Mediator
B.A., University of California Riverside;
J.D., University of California Los Angeles

Gerald F. Phillips

Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator, and Dispute Resolution Consultant
A.B., M.B.A., Dartmouth College;
J.D., Cornell University Law School

Timothy Pownall

Assistant Director, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution B.A., Pepperdine University;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University

Ted Russell

Senior Vice President of Litigation, Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
J.D., University of Southern California Law School

Eric Van Ginkel

Mediator/Arbitrator, J.D., University of Leiden, Netherlands
J.D., Columbia University New York
LL.M., Pepperdine University School of Law

Alexander Williams

Superior Court Judge, Los Angeles
B.A., Yale University
LL.B., University of Virginia

Robert K. Wrede

Attorney/Mediator B.A., Cornell University J.D., Cornell University Law School LL.M., Pepperdine University School of Law


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Visiting and Institute Professors From Around the World

Grant Ackerman

Professor, Rutgers University
B.A., Pennsylvania State University;
M.B.A., Columbia;
J.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Richard Barnes

Executive Director, W.J. Usery Center at Georgia State University; Former Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

Robert D. Benjamin

Mediator
A.B., Washington University;
M.S.W., St. Louis University;
J.D., St. Louis University School of Law

Angela Brenton

Dean, College of Professional Studies,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Ph.D., University of Kansas

James Craven

Attorney/Mediator
B.A., Brigham Young University;
J.D., Gonzaga University

Charles Craver

Professor of Law, George Washington University Law School
B.S., M.A., Cornell University;
J.D., University of Michigan Law School

David Cruickshank

Director of Professional Development, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Garrison & Wharton
B.A., LL.B., University of Western Ontario;
LL.M., Harvard Law School

Edward Dauer

Dean Emeritus and Professor of Law, University of Denver College of Law
A.B., Brown University; LL.B., Yale University

Dorothy Della Noce

Fellow and Founding Member Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation, Hofstra University School of Law
B.A., La Salle College; J.D.,
Western New England College School of Law;
Ph.D., Temple University

Bruce A. Edwards

Senior Mediator, JAMS/Endispute, San Francisco, California
B.A., University of California, Davis;
J.D., Hastings College of Law

Joseph Folger

Professor of Communication, Temple University
B.A., Northwestern University;
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Eric Galton

Mediator and Arbitrator
B.A., Duke University;
J.D., Texas Law School

Dwight Golann

Professor, Suffolk Law School

Cynthia Greer

Private Practice Mediator and Dispute Resolution Consultant
B.A., David Lipscomb;
M.Ed., Georgia State;
Ed.D., Pepperdine University;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University School of Law

Jay Grenig

Professor of Law, Marquette University
B.A., Willamette;
J.D., Hastings College of Law

Sally Harpole

Solicitor (Hong Kong), Attorney at Law (California)
A.B., University of California, Berkeley;
J.D., University of Washington School of Law

Stephen K. Huber

Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center
B.A., Earlham College;
J.D., University of Chicago Law School;
LL.M., Yale Law School

Bryan Johnston

Dean, Atkinson Graduate School of Management, Willamette University
B.A., Northern Illinois University;
J.D., Loyola University of Chicago Law School

Wendell Jones

Ombuds, Sandia National Laboratory

Kimberlee Kovach

Lecturer, University of Texas School of Law
B.S., Ohio State University;
J.D., Capital University School of Law

Alana Knaster

President, The Mediation Institute
B.A., Cornell University;
M.A., University of Michigan;
M.A., Michigan Institute of Technology

Speed Leas

Seminar Leader, Consultant, The Alban Institute
B.A., University of California at Berkeley;
M.Div., Yale Divinity School, New Haven

Michelle LeBaron

Associate Professor of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University
M.A., LL.B., Simon Fraser University,
University of British Columbia

Ilhyung Lee

Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
B.A., University of Maryland;
M.A., Washington College;
J.D., Boston College Law School

L. Randolph Lowry

President, David Lipscomb University and Founding Director, Straus Institute
B.A., Pepperdine University;
M.P.A., Pepperdine University;
J.D., Hamline University School of Law

Lela Love

Clinical Professor and Director of the Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, Cardozo School of Law
B.A., Harvard; M.Ed.,
Virginia Commonwealth University;
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center

Jim Melamed

Founder, Mediation Center in Oregon
Mediator, Mediation Trainer
B.A., Stanford University;
J.D., University of Oregon Law School

Nathan Mellor

Director of Academy of Leadership and Liberty, and Assistant Professor, Oklahoma Christian University

Robert O'Donnell

Director and Senior Instructor, Woodstock Institute for Negotiation, Vermont
B.S., University of California Berkeley;
J.D., Boston College Law School

Arthur Pearlstein

Director, Werner Institute and Professor of Law, Creighton University

Richard Reuben

Associate Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
B.A., University of Georgia;
B.A., Georgia State University;
J.D., Georgia State University College of Law;
J.S.M., Stanford Law School

Leonard Riskin

Chesterfield Smith Professor of Law, University of Florida, Levin College of Law
J.D., New York University;
LL.M., Yale University

Ben Sheppard

Partner, Vinson & Elkins
B.A., University of North Texas;
LL.B., University of Texas School of Law

Larry Sullivan

Curriculum Specialist, Baker University
B.A., Trinity College;
M.S., Pepperdine University;
M.D.R., Pepperdine University

E. Wendy Trachte-Huber

Claims Administrator, Dow Corning Settlement Facility
B.S., University of Houston;
J.D., University of Houston Law Center

Daniel Van Ness

Executive Director, International Centre for Justice and Reconciliation
B.A., Wheaton College;
J.D., DePaul University College of Law;
LL.M., Georgetown University Law Center
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