David Acton, Esq. is a professional Arbitrator and Mediator. He has also been a business executive and manager as well as a 25-year practicing lawyer in the areas of contracts, antitrust, securities, human resources, intellectual property, maritime, commercial, corporate, construction, and real estate.

His work history has included:

• Attorney, Arbitrator and Mediator, Self-employed, 1985-present
• Executive Vice President, Energy & Minerals Research Company, 1982-85
• Vice President, Crockett Mortgage Co., General manager, Hersey’s Mill, 1977-82
• Attorney, General Practice of Law, 1975-77, AV rated by Martindale Hubbell
• Vice President/General Counsel, K.S. Sweet Associates, 1971-75
• Secretary and General Counsel, Leeds & Northrup Co., 1963-1971
• Associate, Kruzen, Evans & Byrne, Trained as Litigator, 1960-63

His professional licenses are:

• Admitted to the Bar: Pennsylvania, 1961
• U.S. District Court, District of Pennsylvania, 1961.

He is a member of the following professional associations:

• Philadelphia Bar Association
• L’Ordre Mondial (Society of Wine Professionals)
• Mensa
• Member of both the Commercial and the Construction Panels of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) for both arbitration and mediation.
• Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR)
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)

He is also certified as a mediator by the International Mediation Institute in The Hague, the Netherlands.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University (1955) and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania (1960).

He is a frequent lecturer to litigation departments of major law firms on the role of mediation in dispute resolution. He has been retained by a Fortune 500 company to provide advanced mediation training to the senior litigators from their worldwide legal staffs.

He lives in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania and is a citizen of the United States of America.

David Acton, Esq. has a broad range of experience in alternative dispute resolution including arbitration and mediation.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training:

• AAA, Dealing with Delay Tactics in Arbitration, 2010
• ABA (Section of Dispute Resolution), Advanced Mediation & Advocacy Skills Institute, 2009
• AAA University, Advanced Mediator Training, 2009
• AAA Construction Conference: ADR Works, 2008
• CIArb-CPR, Advanced Arbitrator Training, 2007
• ICDR, International Commercial Arbitration and Mediation Conference, 2006
• AAA and ACR, Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute, 2006
• AAA, Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics, 2005
• AAA, Dealing with Delay Tactics of Parties and Advocates, 2005
• AAA, National Neutrals Conference, 2005
• AAA, Mediating Complex Cases, 2005
• ALI-ABA, Communication Skills for Lawyers, 2004
• AAA, Arbitrator Ethics and Disclosure, 2004
• AAA, Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding & Writing Awards, 2003
• AAA, Arbitrator Update, 2002
• AAA, National Mediators Conference, 2001
• AAA, Construction Industry Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2001
• AAA, Commercial Arbitrator Training, 1999
• AAA, Advanced Construction Mediator Training, 1998
• AAA, Large Complex Case Panels Arbitrator Training, 1997
• EEOC, Mediation Training, 1997
• AAA, Construction Industry Arbitrator Training,1996
• PA Bar Institute, Labor-Management and Employment Law, 1996
• PA Bar Institute, Ethics in Mediation and Arbitration, 1996
• PA Bar Institute, Effective Legal Negotiation and Settlement, 1996
• Phila. Bar Association, Compulsory Arbitration, 1995
• AAA, Construction Arbitration, 1995
• AAA, Basic Mediation Training, 1994
• AAA, Basic and Advanced Arbitrator Training, 1993
• Various other ADR training