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Alan M. Kanter
Alan M. Kanter is a
lawyer practicing in
many different areas
of law, and a
neutral ADR provider
(i.e., an
arbitrator,
mediator,
facilitator and case
evaluator). In
addition, Alan is an
educator, teaching
both practicing
attorneys and law
students; a
consultant and an
author, focusing
primarily on the
field of mediation
and arbitration.
Alan engages in a
significant amount
of ADR work for the
American Arbitration
Association (“AAA”)
and has been an
arbitrator from the
early 1980’s to the
present. He is
currently
AAA-certified as an
active mediator and
arbitrator panelist
on the regular and
complex Commercial
and Employment Law
Panels of the AAA, a
panelist for the
National Arbitration
Forum, and a
panelist for the
American Health
Lawyers Association.
He is also Court
certified to mediate
and arbitrate in the
Courts in the State
of Michigan. Alan
has been a case
evaluator for the
Oakland County
Circuit Court since
1984, and
participated in the
creation of the
Oakland County
Circuit Court Early
Case Evaluation
Program.
For the last
approximately 30
years, Alan has
practiced as a
litigator in the
complex commercial,
corporate and
employment areas,
and has also
specialized in
complex
transactional law.
His ongoing
experience is in
very diverse areas,
including commercial
law, corporate law,
employment law,
health law, business
law, franchise law,
and diverse areas of
business law. In
addition, he has
specialized in
computer and
licensing law and
technology, focusing
on Internet Law.
Alan has long
represented people
who have been
defrauded while
engaging in
securities, business
and franchise
transactions. Alan
was appointed to be
an attorney
disciplinary
panelist by the
State Bar Attorney
Grievance
Commission, and has
participated in
deciding the
professional fate of
many attorneys for
the last
approximately 12
years. He has been a
Council Member of
the State Bar
Computer Law
Sections and the ADR
Section. During the
2005-2006 term, he
was elected and
served as the
Chairperson of the
ADR Section Council.
Alan is a frequent
lecturer for the
Institute for
Continuing Legal
Education and other
educational
institutions,
including most of
the law schools in
Michigan.
Alan attended Wayne
State University
where, in 1976, he
earned a BA with
High Distinction in
the field of
History, and was
awarded membership
in the Phi Beta
Kappa Fraternity,
which emphasizes
excellence in the
field of liberal
arts.
Alan continued his
post graduate
education by
attending law school
at the Wayne State
University School of
Law, where he earned
his Juris Doctor
Degree in 1979. He
has been a member of
the American Bar
Association since
1979 to the present,
and a member and
elected chairperson
of numerous sections
of the Oakland
County Bar
Association. He has
been a member of the
American Bar
Associations
Franchise Forum
since its inception.
In the year 2000, he
was asked to become
a member of the
International
Academy of Mediators
and was elevated to
the position of
Fellow of that
organization in the
year of 2005. He has
taken post graduate
classes in the field
of ADR at the
Pepperdine
University School of
Law, Strauss Center
for Dispute
Resolution, and at
the Harvard
University School of
Law. He has been
selected as one of
the Best Lawyers in
America from 2004 to
the present; has
been included in the
“Who’s Who in
American Law Book”
and the Who’s Who in
America Book at
least 20 times in
the last 30 years.
In 2007, Alan was
chosen as one of the
Best Lawyers in the
Metropolitan Detroit
Area by Hour
Magazine, and in
2008 Alan was
selected to be
included in the
Super Lawyers of
Michigan
Publication.
In 2012 Alan was
named one of
"Detroit's Best
Lawyers".
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