Robert C. Prather, Sr.

For 20+ years has arbitrated and mediated matters involving commercial and residential real estate, real estate valuations, brokers, residential construction, consumer transactions, partnerships, business organizations, distributorship, trade secrets, non-competition, contracts, fraud, commercial transactions, gas pipeline partnerships, securities, insurance companies and their agents and contracts, health care, health insurance and prompt pay,  health provider and health entities, other employment relationships, probate, agriculture,  farm matters, personal injury, tax condemnation, property tax valuations, lender liability, telecommunictions, energy, EEOC,and Post Office since before 1992. 

Chairman on numerous AAA Panels and $10 Million + cases.

ADR Experience (Conducted 260+ Mediations, 90+ Arbitrations, 38 Hearing Exams).

ADR Training (600+hrs). 100+ hrs. Arbitration, 500+ hrs. Mediation, 40+ hrs. Collaborative Law, 4+ hrs. Summary Jury Trials, 40+ hrs. Hearing Examiner, 25+ hrs Collaborative Law;


EDUCATION

• University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas (J.D., 1970)
• University of Tasmania, School of Law (Rotary International Scholar), 1968
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas (B.Sc.; Minor – Business, 1967)

PUBLICATIONS

• Co-Author: Texas ADR Practice Guide (l995 West Group)

HONORS

• Special Acheivement Award, U.S. Department of Justice re Task force and fraud prosections (1976)
• Dallas Bar Association, Outstanding Committee Chairperson (1994)
• Dallas County Grand Jury, Foreman (2008) (2010)

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION

•            2004: Texas Mediator Credentialing Association: Credentialed Advanced
• 1985  DBA Judiciary Subcom. rev ADR for Dallas Co. Commissioners
• 1988: Dallas County Settlement Weeks.
• 1991: Volunteer with Dallas Mediation Services (30+ cases)
• 1991: AAA Arbitration Panel; Seminars Faculty
• 1992: Dallas District and County Court referrals
• 2000: Collin County court referrals, Courthouse Mediator Volunteer
• 1992: Association of Attorney-Mediators: AAM Certified; 2003 Pres. N. Tx. Chapter
• 1996: Texas Education Agency Certified Independent Hearing Examiner
• 2006  AAA Advisory Committee for Home Construction Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures

Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR)

• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Collaborative Law
• Hearing Officer

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR 1992 to present:

• Business Law

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• 1971: Texas Supreme Court
• 1978: United States Supreme Court
• 1981: United States Court of Appeals, Fifth & Eleventh Circuit
• 1990: United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
• 1990: United States District Court, Northern District of Texas

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS

• AAA: Arbitration Trainer
• AAA Securities Arbitrator Training, Faculty, Dallas, 6/94
• State Bar of Texas: Arbitrator Roundtable 11/09
• SMU Masters Class: Arbitration/Mediation Lecture
• U.Tx.SchoolLaw Conference: Hearing Examiner Panel, 2000
• Dallas Area Gerontological Society, Collaborative Law: 10/15/09

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• State Bar of Texas
•             ADR Section Council Member & Secretary 2011
• DallasBar Association:
• Judiciary (Chair 1993, 1994) & Courthouse, ADR Committees
• Federal Judiciary Liaison Committee 1992-94
• Collaborative Law Section, Chair 2008; Chairman Award 2009
• Collin County Bar Association: ADR Section
• College of the State Bar of Texas: 1986
• Association of Attorney-Mediators: 2003 Pres., N. Tx. Chapter
• Texas Association of Mediators
• Global Collaborative Law Council: 2009 Director, 2005 Advisory Board
• Children's Cancer Fund-Dallas: 1982-91 (General Counsel & founding Director)
• Rotary Club of Dallas: 1971- (Director, Officer, Trustee); Paul Harris Fellow

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

• Texas Supreme Court
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals, Fifth & Eleventh Circuit
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas
• United States District Court, Northern District of Texas

EDUCATION

• University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas (J.D., 1970)
• University of Tasmania, School of Law (Rotary International Scholar), 1968
• University of Texas, Austin, Texas (B.Sc.; Minor – Business, 1967)