R. Wayne Thorpe JAMS 1201 W. Peachtree St. Suite 2650 Atlanta, GA 30309 Tel: (404) 588-0900 Fax: (404) 588-0905 Email: wthorpe@jamsadr.com www.jamsadr.com

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ADR Services: Mediation (Civil/Commercial) Arbitration (Civil/Commercial) Early Neutral Evaluation Med-Arb Discovery Referee Special Master

Serving the following Judicial Districts & Circuits: 1st - Brunswick 2nd - Tifton 3rd - Macon 4th - Rockdale, Stone Mountain 5th - Atlanta 6th - Clayton, Griffin 7th - Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas 8th - Dublin 9th - Appalachian, Gwinnett 10th - Augusta [ Click for Map of Georgia's Districts & Circuits ]

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Biographical Notes:

R. Wayne Thorpe, Esq. has been a full-time ADR professional affiliated with JAMS since 1998, with additional neutral experience for ten years before that. He has ADR experience in all kinds of civil disputes, including class actions, mass torts, and other high stakes and complex cases. Mr. Thorpe has taught ADR in law schools for several years and has devoted substantial efforts to various bar, pro bono, and professional activities related to ADR. He was a litigation partner at Alston & Bird until 1998.

Wayne has has acted as mediator, arbitrator, special master, case evaluator, or other neutral in over 1,500 cases of various types in Georgia and 15 other states. 

Full bios found at www.jamsadr.com/thorpe.

Education:

• J.D., cum laude, University of Georgia Law School; Georgia Law Review, Research Editor
• B.A., with distinction, University of Virginia

Languages

English

Memberships & Affiliations :

• Best Lawyers in America 2012 Atlanta Mediation Lawyer of the Year; Named in Georgia Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America for ADR for several years 
• Member, Georgia Commission on Dispute Resolution, 1997-2002, appointed by Georgia Supreme Court
• ABA, Dispute Resolution Section: Immediate Past Chair, August, 2011 to present, Chair, August, 2010 to 2011; Section Officer and member, Section Council, 2001-2009; Chair, Ethics Committee, 1997-2002; Drafting Committee, Model Standards of Conduct for Mediators (2005); Co-Chair, Task Force on Improving Mediation Quality, 2006-2008
• State Bar of Georgia, ADR Law Section: chair, 2003-2004; officer, 2000-2004; chair or co-chair, annual ADR Institute, 2000, 2003;
• Atlanta Bar ADR Lawyers Section Board of Directors
• Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
• Fellow, College Commercial Arbitrators
• Adjunct Law School Professor, University of Georgia and Georgia State University,
• Member, CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
• Member, American Health Lawyers Association, Panel of Dispute Resolvers 
• Member, US Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution National Roster
• Member, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now FINRA) Roster of Mediators and Arbitrators
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation;
• Fellow, Atlanta Bar Foundation

Rates: call Mr. Thorpe's office, 404-588-0900

Payment: call Mr. Thorpe's office, 404-588-0900

Cancellation Policy: call Mr. Thorpe's office, 404-588-0900

AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION

Calendar Last Updated: 29 Jan 12	Click your preferred date to send our office a Date Request form. All such requests will go immediately to Wayne Thorpe's scheduling staff (Karen Lucarelli, klucarelli@jamsadr.com)