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Text Box: ar-bi-tra-tion (n) A process in which a disagreement between two or more parties is resolved by impartial individuals called arbitrators, in order to avoid costly and lengthy litigation. Text Box: Burdin Arbitrators

Suzanne Duvall: Award-winning neutral, trainer, arbitrator and community leader,  practicing and serving the Bench and Bar for over 25 years.  Faculty member, trainer and lecturer for many dispute resolution and educational organizations, including the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association.

Kathy Fragnoli: Nationally recognized neutral and trainer in labor, Title VII, EEOC and business matters.  Has conducted more than 200 arbitrations nationwide. Active as a labor arbitrator for the U.S. Postal Service as well as municipalities and corporations.  Trainer of mediators under contract to the Pentagon.

Sid Stahl: In mediation/arbitration practice for 17 years; distinguished alumnus of SMU School of Law; conducted mediations and arbitrations nationwide; former Dallas City Councilman; civic leader and board member of many non-profits, the State Bar of Texas and the Dallas Bar Association; recipient of numerous awards for community and legal service.

Burdin Mediations, 4514 Cole Ave. Ste. 1450  Dallas, TX 75205 . 214.528.1411 . Fax 214.528.2070 email kb@burdin-adr.com

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Text Box: Click here for printable rules and arbitration agreement Text Box: Burdin provides individuals and teams of arbitrators throughout Texas

Ken Rubenstein:  Has practiced law in Texas since 1985. He has served as an arbitrator and a mediator, having conducted more than 3,500 mediations since 1993. He has received appointments as a federal court receiver and frequently serves as a guardian ad litem.  He was selected by his peers as one of Texas’s Super Lawyers for 2008 in the mediation field.

Paul Salzberger:  Has served as a Dallas Bar Association Fee Dispute Arbitrator and NASD Arbitrator.  Mr. Salzberger has mediated more than 1,500 cases since 1989, acts a mediator coach and trainer, and is moderately fluent in Spanish.  Salzberger has received American Arbitration Association and NASD Arbitration Training, and is a member of the American Arbitration Association.

Michael Penick:  Adjunct Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University School of Law, where he teaches the medical malpractice course of study.  He has in the past and continues to write and lecture extensively in the area of medical malpractice and nursing home litigation.

Penick has chaired various state bar events and is the author of Volume 44 and Volume 44A of West’s Texas Practice Series, entitled Medical Malpractice.

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