James Marvin Rhodes

Jim Rhodes is a full-time arbitrator and mediator.

A litigator, arbitrator and mediator with extensive

international and domestic experience, as well as

experience as a business executive and house counsel, he

has sat in over 60 domestic and international arbitrations

as sole arbitrator, Chair or as a member of tripartite panels

in both institutional and ad hoc settings. Cases arbitrated

have involved complex commercial and financial business

issues, including contract actions, disputes under APA

and SPA agreements, construction, securities, real estate,

intellectual property, employment disputes, distribution,

franchise and supply contracts and other matters.

He is a former litigation partner with two major

international law firms, and has long been involved in

an ADR practice, having first acted as counsel for clients

in international arbitrations in institutional settings in

the late 1970’s. In addition to his legal career, Jim has a

business background, including serving as counsel and

principal in several investment firms which were involved

in the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate

properties and privately-held companies.

He believes an effective arbitrator must be a successful

case manager with skills in dealing with people and with

process management, ever mindful of matters of cost and

efficiency. An arbitrator should be knowledgeable about

the issues in the case; be prepared to dig in and read

all of the materials and documents; honor the parties’

agreement; be neutral and impartial to the end of the

hearings; make himself available at all times during the

course of the arbitral proceeding; and be organized and

manage the arbitration effectively and efficiently. The

arbitrator should monitor and supervise disclosure and

discovery matters, and must be knowledgeable and

sensitive to ediscovery issues. During his career, he has

served as Chair, panelist or sole arbitrator in over 60

institutional commercial and investment arbitrations, and

self-a ministered arbitrations under the CPR rules.

Since 2006, Mr. Rhodes has also mediated over 115

commercial disputes involving corporate acquisitions,

broken deals, licensing disputes, contract, employment,

and other commercial matters.