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Profession:
Lawyer; trial practice 1971-2000; since 2000 practice limited to arbitration, mediation and ADR training for advocates and neutrals.
ADR Experience:
Thirty years (1979-present) of experience serving as a sole arbitrator of a wide variety of commercial disputes in the U.S. and western Canada from various administrative agencies (AAA, CPR, BCICAC, Arbitration Works) and in non-administered arbitrations. First trained in mediation in 1979 by the American Arbitration Association and service since in mediations (both administered and non-administered) of disputes ranging from several million dollars to smaller, home owner-contractor disputes as low as $25,000.
Disputes handled include:
- Construction claims
- Intellectual property
- Insurance coverage
- Patent and trademark, infringement and licenses
- Copyright
- Breach of contract
- Construction defects
- Software and software licensing
- Partnership, LLC and shareholder disputes
- Law firm dissolution
- General commercial
- Employment, wrongful termination and discrimination
- Unfair competition
ADR Affiliations:
- American Arbitration Association: construction, commercial, intellectual property and large complex case arbitration and mediation panels.
- British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre (Vancouver, B.C., Canada): arbitrator and mediator.
- International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR): Seattle, construction and intellectual property panels.
- Certified mediator for the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
- Fellow (ret.), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).
- Member, ADR Roundtable, Seattle WA.
Employment History:
1970-71: Law Clerk, The Honorable Eugene A. Wright, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
1971-74: Schweppe Law Firm, Seattle WA.
1975-1991: Logerwell, Schoonmaker and Berger (et ante), Seattle WA.
1991-2000: Garvey, Schubert & Barer, Seattle, WA.
2000-Present: Self employed arbitrator, mediator and ADR educator.
Publications and Speaking Engagements:
Mr. Logerwell is a frequent speaker on ADR related topics for the Washington State Bar Association, the King County Bar Association, the American Arbitration Association, the Office of the Attorney General of Washington and the University of Washington among others. He was selected as a member of the National Faculty of the American Arbitration Association and conducted more than fifty AAA sponsored training programs for construction arbitrators in the western United States including Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Nevada and California.
Training and associated publications focused on ADR-related advocacy for lawyers include:
- “Ethics in Mediation”, King County Bar Association (June 2003).
- “Ten Worst Mistakes by Lawyers in Arbitration”. American Arbitration Association (October, 2004).
- “Arbitration Advocacy for Lawyers”, American Arbitration Association, Seattle WA (October 2005).
- “The Revised Uniform Arbitration Act in Washington”, 14th Annual Dispute Resolution Conference, University of Washington, Seattle (April 2006).
- “Evaluating and Resolving Construction Claims”, Contract Solutions Group, Seattle WA (April 2007).
- “Effective Arbitration Advocacy”, 15th Annual Dispute Resolution Conference, University of Washington (April 2007).
- “Discovery in Arbitration”, Washington State Bar Association, Seattle WA (April 2007).
- “Prepare to Succeed in Mediation”, Office of the Attorney General of Washington, Olympia WA (February 2008).
- “Improving Patent Adjudication Through ADR”, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego CA (April 2009).
- “Tips for Lawyers in Non-Judicial Dispute Resolution”, Office of the Attorney General of Washington, Olympia WA (November 2009).
