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We have successfully used ADR techniques in a number of cases to provide clients with a swifter resolution than would otherwise be available through judicial or administrative processes. We have participated in formal and informal ADR at The Court of Federal Claims, Boards of Contract Appeals and the General Accounting Office. Recently, we proposed using ADR to resolve a matter involving an appeal by the Government of a favorable entitlement decision for our client at the ASBCA. Following a two day mediation utilizing a private mediator, the parties reached an agreement to dismiss the appeal and resolve the underlying claim.
Karen Powell is the in-coming Chair of the Federal Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Section. The Section has four active committees and regularly sponsors programs for all sectors of the Dispute Resolution community. Contact Karen if you would like more information or to participate in committee and section activities. You can also get more information by visiting the FBA's website at www.fba.org. Please contact Karen at Petrillo & Powell, (202) 887-4827, or by e-mail at kdp@petrillopowell.com, about upcoming meetings or to make arrangements to participate by telephone.
To read articles by Ms. Powell on the Federal Government's ADR initiative, visit our publications page. Karen Powell has also given a number of talks to meetings of attorneys and contract professionals on the use of ADR.
Ms. Powell chaired a panel at the Dispute Resolution Section Conference in Wasington, DC on April 23 - 25, 2001. For a copy of her presentation, click HERE (requires Microsoft® Power Point®). For an outline of her presentation on ADR and Government Contracting, given at the NCMA Twin Cities Spring Chapter meeting, click HERE (Requires Microsoft® Power Point®). Ms. Powell moderated the recent Brownbag program at Northrup Grumman on Dispute Review Boards. Contact her if you would like to receive copies of the handouts used at the program.
Ms. Powell was also a contributing author to the recent ABA publication: Alternative Dispute Resolution: A practical Guide for Resolving Government Contract Controversies, authored by the Honorable Martin J. Harty, Joseph M. McDade, Jr., and Richard C. Walters, et al, 1999. A copy of this important guide to the Federal Government's use of ADR can be obtained from the publications department of the ABA at the link provided above.