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Craig Charles Beles
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10 Lessons You Weren't Taught in Law School
Started Mar 16, 2015 0 Replies 0 Likes
Here are some very important lawyering traits, many of which we foster in the ADR Section. …Continue
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- Title/Position
- Owner
- Company/Employer
- The Beles Group, Counselors at Law
- Services Provided
- Arbitrator, Mediator
- Practice Areas
- Business, Consumer Law, Corporate, Employment (Non-Union), Labor (Union), Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Securities
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- Craig C. Beles, Esq.
Arbitrator & Mediator
P.O. Box 915
Vashon, WA 98070
Phone: 206-618-9119
Email: Cbeles@belesgroup.com
Experience: My experience as an advocate, commercial arbitrator, mediator and law professor spans 41 years. I have focused on complex international commercial and high tech disputes pending before the AAA, ICDR, WIPO, ICC, FINRA, MARC and the Federal Courts. I have presided over or advocated in more than 400 complex disputes involving international contracts, intellectual property, antitrust, telecommunications, construction, personal injury and employment. Additionally, presided in over 60 hearings as a Washington State Administrative Law Judge resolving unfair labor practice and discrimination claims. Since 2006, I have taught “Transnational Litigation & Arbitration” and “Comparative European International Arbitration” as an Adjunct Professor of Law in Seattle, Washington and as a Fulbright Scholar in Prague, Brno, Czech Republic and the Republic of Mauritius.
Education: UC Berkeley, Boalt Hall (LLM, International Practice, with high honors -1988); Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington (JD, magna cum laude -1975); UC Santa Cruz (BA, Psychology -1971).
Work History: Owner/Arbitrator & Mediator, The Beles Group, Counselors at Law, Seattle, WA, 1990-present;
Adjunct Prof of Law, (Transnational ADR), Seattle University School of Law, 2006-present;
Arbitrator and Mediator for the AAA, ICDR, WIPO, ICC, CPR, FINRA, MARC, WSBA, Federal District Court & King County, 1987-present;
Private Practitioner, Kargianis, Austin & Erickson, Attorneys at Law, Seattle, 1987-90;
Associate Prof of Law, (Torts, Products Liability, Criminal Procedure & Forensic Evidence), Gonzaga University, Spokane, 1979-87;
ALJ, Washington State Higher Education Personnel Board, Spokane, 1980-86;
Washington State Assistant AG, (Antitrust & Education Divisions), Olympia and Spokane, 1976-79;
Professional Licenses: Admitted to the Bar: Washington State, 1975; U.S. District Courts for Washington, Eastern & Western Districts, 1976; U.S. District Court for California, Northern District, 1994; U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 1988.
Professional Associations: The London Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member; WSBA (International Practice & ADR Sections - Past Chair); WSBA Bar Examiners Executive Committee - Past Chair; WSBA Professional Development Committee; WSBA Judicial Recommendations Committee; AAA, WIPO, FINRA, ICDR, ICC, MARC Panel of Neutrals; WSBA - Disciplinary Hearing & Settlement Officer; U.S. District Court Mediator & Arbitrator; King County Arbitrator; Charles Powell Trial Advocacy Inn of Court, Bencher;
Publications and Speaking Engagement (Sample): Lecturer, Comparative International Arbitration Procedures and Expectations, Charles University Faculty of Law, Prague, CZ, April 2010;
Presentation, Comparative Best International Arbitration Practices, Mid-year Fulbright Conference, Velke Bilovice, CZ, February 2010;
Lecturer, Washington's Uniform Arbitration Act - Ask the Experts, Pierce County Bar Association, October 2007;
Guest Lecturer, International and High Technology Arbitration, University of Washington Executive MBA Program, Fall and Spring Quarters, 1996-99;
Parody as Fair Use, WASHINGTON VOLUNTEER LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS, March, 1988;
Torts and Consumer Protection, BAR-BRI BAR REVIEW, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980-84;
Honors & Recognition:
In December 2013, Mr. Beles was confirmed to the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals in recognition of excellence in ADR.
In April of 2013, I was awarded a 5-year appointment to the Fulbright Specialist Roster with a specialty in “International ADR." In July & August of 2015, I presented four weeks of seminars in Mediation and Arbitration to assist the Republic of Mauritius in fostering a culture of ADR on their island nation.
In 2008 through 2010, I was named a Fulbright Scholar and taught “Transnational Litigation & Arbitration,” and “Comparative European Arbitration Law,” in Brno & Prague, Czech Republic,
“Top Ten Lawyers in Washington State,” in the area of “Contracts/Agreements,” 2008 CEO Magazine.
Martindale-Hubbell, “AV” rating since 1990.
Avvo rating of “10.0 Superb” since 2007.
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2014 AAA Higginbotham Fellows Program
Posted on December 17, 2013 at 11:42am 0 Comments 0 Likes
Colleagues,
Please see below some information regarding the AAA Higginbotham Fellows Program. Please pass this along if you know of anyone who might be interested in applying for the program. I have contacts with many past Fellows who can provide interested candidates with some first-hand feedback on the program and how it's helped them develop their ADR skills and mediation/arbitration practice.
Thank you in advance for your…
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