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Richard Ziegler
Mediator, Arbitrator, ADR Advisor
AcumenADR LLC
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Professional Bio
Richard F. Ziegler is an experienced arbitrator in international and domestic matters and an accredited mediator. As a former general counsel of the 3M Company and litigation partner in the New York offices of both Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton and Jenner & Block, he obtained extensive experience in commercial disputes with particular emphases on technology, IP, financial, securities, insurance and regulatory matters.
In recent years Mr. Ziegler has served as chair, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in more than 60 domestic and international proceedings administered by the ICC, the ICDR, the HKIAC, CPR and the AAA.
As General Counsel at 3M, where he led a department of more than 150 lawyers in more than 20 countries, he supervised many patent and IP licensing disputes as well as numerous issues arising from 3M’s pharmaceutical, medical devices and drug delivery systems businesses. In 2020-21 Mr. Ziegler chaired CPR's Task Force that produced CPR’s “Annotated Model Procedural Order for Remote Video Arbitration Proceedings.”
Mr. Ziegler is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is a member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center’s “Tech List” of arbitrators as well as of arbitrator rosters maintained by the ICDR, the AAA’s Large Complex Case Panel, the AAA-ICDR’s Aerospace, Aviation and National Security Panel and CPR’s National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals.
Mr. Ziegler is a member of the Board of Directors of CPR Dispute Resolution Services and chairs the Education Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ New York Branch.
Mr. Ziegler is a graduate of Yale College, summa cum laude, and Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, and was member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review.
More information about Mr. Ziegler’s background and experience is available on his website, www.acumenadr.com/richard-ziegler
In recent years Mr. Ziegler has served as chair, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in more than 60 domestic and international proceedings administered by the ICC, the ICDR, the HKIAC, CPR and the AAA.
As General Counsel at 3M, where he led a department of more than 150 lawyers in more than 20 countries, he supervised many patent and IP licensing disputes as well as numerous issues arising from 3M’s pharmaceutical, medical devices and drug delivery systems businesses. In 2020-21 Mr. Ziegler chaired CPR's Task Force that produced CPR’s “Annotated Model Procedural Order for Remote Video Arbitration Proceedings.”
Mr. Ziegler is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is a member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center’s “Tech List” of arbitrators as well as of arbitrator rosters maintained by the ICDR, the AAA’s Large Complex Case Panel, the AAA-ICDR’s Aerospace, Aviation and National Security Panel and CPR’s National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals.
Mr. Ziegler is a member of the Board of Directors of CPR Dispute Resolution Services and chairs the Education Committee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ New York Branch.
Mr. Ziegler is a graduate of Yale College, summa cum laude, and Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, and was member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review.
More information about Mr. Ziegler’s background and experience is available on his website, www.acumenadr.com/richard-ziegler
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AcumenADR LLC
AcumenADR LLC
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