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MEMBER PROFILE: Penn Payne |
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ADR SERVICES & CERTIFICATIONS |
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ADR Services:
 Mediation (Civil/Commercial) |
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Arbitration (Civil/Commercial) |
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Early Neutral Evaluation |
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Fact Finding |
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Serving the following Judicial Districts & Circuits:
3rd - Macon
4th - Stone Mountain
5th - Atlanta
6th - Clayton
7th - Cobb
9th - Gwinnett
[ Click for Map of Georgia's
Districts & Circuits ]
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Penn Payne has experience in the following areas of Civil
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ADA Disability |
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Civil Rights |
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Commercial/Business |
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Contract Disputes |
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EEOC |
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Employment |
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Partnerships |
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Biographical Notes:
Penn Payne serves as a mediator and arbitrator for employment, restrictive covenant, contract and commercial disputes and conducts independent investigations of employee complaints for corporations or their outside counsel.
By temperament and training, Penn is ideally suited to serve in these neutral capacities. Known for her fairness and skill in obtaining the trust of each party, she has cultivated the ability to be open-minded and to analyze all sides of a dispute. She has broad experience in employment and restrictive covenant law, and her proficiency as an arbitrator, mediator and investigator is based on 28 years of litigating disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants and providing sound business judgment and common sense solutions to her clients.
Education:
Penn earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her law degree with honors from Emory University School of Law, where she was elected to the Order of the Coif and taught legal research and writing to first-year students.
Languages
English
Memberships & Affiliations :
Recognized in:
The Best Lawyers in America;
Who's Who Legal USA - Management Labor and Employment;
Who's Who Legal USA - Arbitration;
Georgia's Legal Elite published by Georgia Trend Magazine; and
The Guide to the Best Attorneys in Georgia published by Atlanta Magazine and Georgia Super Lawyers (in the areas of employment litigation and alternative dispute resolution and as one of the Top 50 Women Lawyers in the state).
- Former Board Member and Board President, Federal Defender Program
- Board Member, Atlanta Bar Foundation
- Atlanta Bar Association - Member of Board of Directors of Labor and Employment Section
- Emory Law School Alumni Council
- State Bar's Rules of Evidence Study Committee
- Master of the Lamar American Inn of Court, Executive Committee member
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RATES & PAYMENT INFORMATION |
Rates: $300 per hour or fraction thereof for mediation preparation and mediation session and for arbitration rulings, study time and arbitration hearing.
Payment: Mediation: Advance deposit of $600 per party required prior to date of scheduled mediation. Remainder due upon receipt of billing statement after mediation session. Arbitration: Advance deposit to cover all hearing days [8 hour days] due 30 days before scheduled hearing dates. Remainder due upon receipt of billing statement.
Cancellation Policy: Mediation: Cancellation fee of $600 per party if mediation cancelled less than two (2) business days before scheduled mediation date. Arbitration: cancellation fee of $2400 [eight (8) hours time], if notified less than five (5) business days before hearing. Reimbursement for reasonable & related out-of-pocket expenses, including travel, meals & lodging if arbitration is outside metro Atlanta.
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AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION |
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Calendar Last Updated: 30 Aug 10
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Click your preferred date to send our office a Date Request form.
All such requests will go immediately to
Penn Payne's scheduling staff
(ppayne@pennpayne.com)
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