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PAUL JACOBS, Q.C., C. MED., C. ARB.
MEDIATOR, ARBITRATOR
BACKGROUND
- CALLED TO THE BAR OF ONTARIO 1970
- APPOINTED QUEEN'S COUNSEL 1982
- DESIGNATED CHARTERED MEDIATOR 2002
- DESIGNATED CHARTERED ARBITRATOR 2003
PRACTICE
- 37 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS GENERAL COUNSEL: wide range of litigation before all Ontario courts and many tribunals;
- PRINCIPLED PLAIN LANGUAGE NEGOTIATOR;
- ADVOCATE AT MEDIATIONS AND ARBITRATIONS: Financial Services Commission of Ontario;
- APPROVED COUNSEL: Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company;
- ARBITRATOR: Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan; Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission; Canadian Panel of Arbitrators for Domestic Commercial Arbitrations, British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre; International Centre for Dispute Resolution – New York (International affiliate of American Arbitration Association); ADR Institute of Canada; American Dispute Resolution Center – Connecticut;
- FORMER ROSTER MEDIATOR: Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program - Superior Court of Justice;
- CHARTERED MEDIATOR: ADR Institute of Canada; CHARTERED ARBITRATOR: ADR Institute of Canada;
- MEDIATOR: various industry panels for dispute resolution service providers including insurance, banking, franchising, automotive, and commercial disputes;
- APPROVED ARBITRATOR, MEDIATOR AND ADVOCATE: Canadian Bar Association-Ontario Directory of Alternative Dispute Resolution Professionals;
- MEDIATOR: Canadian Bar Association-Ontario Client/Lawyer Fee Dispute Programme; International Mediation Center, Dallas, Texas; Windsor Mediation Services;
- APPROVED MEDIATOR: Bank of Montreal business panel;
- MEDIATOR AND ARBITRATOR: York Street Dispute Resolutions; ADR Institute of Canada; ADR Institute of Ontario;
- LEADER: Industry Negotiation Committee for Ontario Petroleum Lease Guidelines mediation by Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Business Practices Division, 1986;
- COUNSEL: numerous automotive dealer groups involving negotiations and mediations at government tribunals dealing with the major oil companies, 1980 to date; Franchisors and Franchisees in wide variety of business undertakings; Advisory Board for Sources: National Directory for Editors, Reporters and Researchers; Automotive Aftermarket Retailers of Ontario; Chiropractic Alliance of Ontario; Ontario Naturopathic Association (past).
- LEADER: with extensive executive involvement in community service organizations.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- FOUNDER: Centre for Conflict Settlement, Toronto;
- AUTHOR: numerous articles in provincial and national, professional and trade publications respecting litigation, alternative dispute resolution and commercial business disputes;
- CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR: "Advocacy before the Administrative Tribunals" published by Canada Law Book;
- LECTURER: numerous business, trade and professional groups and associations;
- FOUNDING MEMBER: ADR Committee, The Advocates' Society of Ontario;
- IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: ADR Section, Ontario Bar Association
- MEMBER: ADR Institute of Canada; ADR Committee Business Law Section, International Bar Association;
- PARTICIPANT: Harvard Negotiation Project 1987; the Department of Justice Canada, "Network: Interaction for Conflict Resolution"; Arbitration Training Programme - Canadian Motor Vehicle Arbitration Plan;
- CHARTERED MEDIATOR, CHARTERED ARBITRATOR: both designated by the ADR Institute of Canada;
- ACCREDITED MEDIATOR: Centre for Dispute Resolution, Boulder, Colorado in Mediation Process and Conflict Management;
- GRADUATE: Advanced Mediation Training by Centre for Dispute Settlement, Washington, D.C. in Mediation Process and Systems Design.
CENTRE FOR CONFLICT SETTLEMENT
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