Andrew S. Price Biography


   Andrew S. Price is an experienced conflict and dispute resolution professional. He is a trained mediator and an impartial arbitrator skilled in assisting disputants in the selection and use of appropriate ADR procedures.

   Mr. Price graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1969. Prior to becoming a full time dispute resolution neutral, he was the founding partner of the Philadelphia based law firm of Bazelon, Less & Price. He was also a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell and Hippel. Before entering private practice, he was a trial attorney with the National Labor Relations Board in Detroit, Michigan and an attorney with the Law Reform Unit at Community Legal Services, Inc. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Pennsylvania, Michigan and Illinois Bars.

   He has taught courses at Temple Law School and has lectured at the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College and St. Joseph's University. In addition, Mr. Price is a frequent speaker on the effective use of ADR processes to resolve and manage disputes.

   Prior to becoming a full-time dispute resolution neutral, Mr. Price as an attorney represented, advised and served clients throughout the United States. His advocacy practice was in the areas of labor management and employer-employee relations, healthcare, commercial litigation, construction/real estate, securities and commodities law. He has represented both large and small businesses, their owners and management, as well as other private individuals in many other substantive business and related areas of the law.

   Mr. Price has received advanced mediation and dispute resolution training at Harvard Law School, PennACCORD, the American Arbitration Association, Center for Public Resources and the National Academy of Conciliators. He is a founding member of the National Coalition for Dispute Resolution, and a member of the AAA labor, commercial and construction arbitration panels. Mr. Price is also a member of the Center for Public Resources' Dispute Neutral Panel and the National Employment Mediation Services Panel. Mr. Price was recently inducted into the International Academy of Mediators.

   Mr. Price has mediated and arbitrated employment, environmental, insurance coverage, construction, commercial, property damage, securities, commodities, partnership, real estate, personal injury and public policy funding disputes. He has rendered written decisions and/or awards in more than one hundred arbitration cases.

RESUME OF
ANDREW STUART PRICE, ESQUIRE
 

Professional:

Currently
Dispute
Resolution
Neutral

Andrew S. Price Associates
Alternative Dispute Resolution Services
Philadelphia and Media, PA

 
1983-1989
Founding
Partner

Bazelon, Less & Price
Attorneys at Law
Philadelphia, PA

 
1981-1982
Attorney/
Arbitrator

Law Offices of Andrew S. Price
Attorneys at Law
Philadelphia, PA

1973-1980
Partner

Obermayer, Rebrnann, Maxwell & Hippel
Attorneys at Law
Philadelphia, PA

1970-1973
Attorney

Community Legal Services, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA

1969-1970
Trial
Attorney

National Labor Relations Board
Detroit, Michigan

 
Education:
University of Michigan Law School
Graduated: May, 1969 J.D.
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Graduated: April, 1966 B.S. (cum laude)
New Trier Township High School
Winnetka, Illinois
Graduated: June, 1962
 

Scholastic Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa - National Leadership Honorary
 Pi Sigma Alpha - National Political Science Honorary
Beta Alpha Psi - National Accounting Honorary

 
Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience:
Experienced conflict and dispute resolution professional, trained in mediation and arbitration. Mediated environmental, insurance coverage, construction, employment, property damage, commercial securities, commodities, partnership, real estate, personal injury and public policy funding disputes.
Publications:
The Lawyer's Role Before and During Mediation, 1996. Alternative Dispute Resolution for Employment Disputes... Why More and More Companies are Jumping on the Bandwagon, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, March 1996; Using ADR to Resolve Employment Related Disputes, Institute of Business Law, July 1995; ADR in the Employment Law Arena'. The Latest Trends and Procedures, Pennsylvania Bar Institute-Employment Law Institute, May 1995; Alternative Dispute Resolution - Minimizing Outside intervention. Institute of Business Law, June 1994: Effective Use of ADR Processes-Minitrials, Delaware County Bar Association Trial Practices Committee, May 1994: Restructuring of the Workplace: Emerging Legal Issues, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, March 1994; Litigate or Mediate? How Mediation Works to Resolve Disputes - Cheaper and Faster, Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update 1993, October 1993; Using Mediation to Resolve Business Related Disputes Effectively Efficiently and Economically, Graphic Arts Association of Philadelphia, September 1993, Mock Mediation-Ortiz/American Securities Corporation, Council on Education in Management Personnel Law Update, September 1993; Alternative Dispute Resolution: Monitoring Outside Intervention, Institute of Business Law Employment Regulations in Pennsylvania, July 1993.
Professional Activities:
 
1.
 Lecturer-in-Law, Temple University Law School,
Graduate Legal Studies Program, 1978-1980
2.
 Adjunct-Professor, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, 1979-1994
3.
 National Coalition for Dispute Resolution, Founding Member
4.
 Society for Professionals In Dispute Resolution (SPIDR) Member
5.
 Mediator, Center for Public Resources
6.
 Arbitrator, Philadelphia Stock Exchange
7.
 Arbitrator, New York Stock Exchange
8.
 Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association-Commercial and Labor Panels
9.
 Mediator, Pennsylvania Association of Realtors
(Delaware Valley Realtors)
Dispute Resolution System Mediation Panel
10.
 Arbitrator, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Bureau of Labor Relations
11.
 Arbitrator, New Jersey State Board of Mediation
12.
 Arbitrator/Mediator, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
13.
 Arbitrator, National Futures Association
14.
 Arbitrator, Delaware County Court of Common Pleas
15.
 Dispute Neutral, National Health Lawyers Association - ADR Panel
16.
 Mediator, Delaware County Bar Association-Fee Dispute Resolution Committee
17.
 Mediator, American Arbitration Association
18.
 Member, American Arbitration Association's Employment Advisory Committee
19. Mediator, National Employment Mediation Services
20. Arbitrator, United States Track & Field

Andrew S. Price Associates: Alternative Dispute Resolution Services

23 West Second Street
Media, PA 19063		 121 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107

(610) 566-4500
fax: (610) 566-3380