Donald R.  Philbin, Jr.


Donald R. Philbin, Jr. P.C./ADRtoolbox.com

Professional Experience
Resolved disputes and crafted deals for more than 20-years as a commercial litigator with Bar Register firms, general counsel, and president of $100M-plus communications and technology-related companies. Serves on several arbitration panels and has mediated over 200 cases in a variety of substantive areas.

Primary Practice Areas
Accounting, antitrust, bill processing, civil rights, commercial, communications, construction, consumer, contract, corporate and organizational, employment, entertainment, environmental, family, insurance, intellectual property, international, partnership dissolution, personal injury/death, property damage, real estate, regulatory, securities, software licensing and technology law, and business and personal torts.

Dispute Resolution Experience and Training
Served as mediator in over 200 cases and advocated party positions in many others; LL.M. (Dispute Resolution), Pepperdine University School of Law; Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School (Programs for Senior Executives and Dealing With Difficult People and Difficult Situations); M.B.A. (Executive Program), University of Texas at San Antonio.

Selected Honors, Awards, Publications, and/or Professional and Civic Associations
Author, The One Minute Manager Prepares for Mediation: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Negotiation Preparation, 13 HARVARD NEGOTIATION LAW REVIEW 249 (2008); Deal or No Deal? Or Perhaps a Better Deal? The Impact of Improved Information, 25 ALTERNATIVES TO THE HIGH COST OF LITIGATION 177 (Dec. 2007); The Psychology of Bad Economic Decisions, 7 JAMS DISPUTE RESOLUTION ALERT 1 (Fall 2007); Co-Author, Litigating Arbitration: A 2007 Texas Arbitration Review, 60 BAYLOR LAW REVIEW 613 (2008) and Fifth Circuit Survey Articles, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 40 Texas Tech Law Review 445 (2008); American Inns of Court (Secretary); Trinity University Board of Visitors; First Presbyterian Church Elder; San Antonio Rotary Director; Leadership San Antonio XXIX; Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow; TMCA Credentialed Distinguished Mediator; The Best Lawyers in America® (Alternative Dispute Resolution); The Best Lawyers in San Antonio; Pepperdine University School of Law (Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution) adjunct.

Education
J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law (Law Review and Moot Court Board); B.A. (Business Administration), Trinity University (internships on Capitol Hill and The White House).

Contact Information:
Post Office Box 12367
San Antonio, TX 78212
Phone: 210-212-7100
Fax:      210-212-7118
Email: don.philbin@adrtoolbox.com

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