Arthur L. Pressman Dispute Resolution Services LLC — offering expert witness services
Expert witness in legal matters, including lawyer malpractice, involving franchise-related issues
Independent Full-time Neutral serving as mediator, arbitrator, neutral evaluator, early dispute resolution consultant
Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators (iam.org)
International Mediation Institute certified international mediator based on peer-review of actual mediation results
Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
CPR Distinguished Neutral Franchise Panel Member
Arbitrator and mediator of Franchise Disputes, Large Complex Case Panel, American Arbitration Association
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
Adjunct law professor, Boston University School of Law, since 2012/ ADR, Negotiation, Professional Responsibility, Representing Clients in Civil Litigation
Work History
Arthur L. Pressman Dispute Resolution Services, LLC (August 2017 forward)
Boston University School of Law, adjunct faculty 2012 - present
Equity Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP (BOS), February 2003 - February 2017
Babson College, MBA program, co-taught Franchising with Steve Spinelli, Ph.D 2006 - 2008
Capital Partner, Buchanan Ingersoll PC (PHL), 1998 - 2003
Temple University School of Law, adjunct faculty, taught franchise law, 1992
Partner/Founder, Abraham Pressman & Bauer PC (PHL), 1973 - 1997
Associate, Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz (now Troutman Sanders) (PHL), 1971 - 1973
Experience as a Lawyer
For 40 years, Arthur helped to resolve business and tort matters, primarily commercial disputes involving businesses, franchisors and franchisees, dealers, distributors, suppliers, manufacturers, customers, and vendors, involving breach of contract, real estate and lease disputes, investment disputes, fiduciary duty claims, fraud, misrepresentation, trademark infringement and intellectual property, wrongful death, serious personal injury, vicarious liability, employment misclassification claims, insurance disputes, food safety claims, franchise and dealer terminations and non-renewals, equitable relief claims including in-term and post-term covenants, class, aggregate and association claims and other franchise, dealership and licensing matters with an emphasis on dispute resolution through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and trials.
Experience includes first-chair jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, mediations, and appellate arguments in more than 25 jurisdictions, including Puerto Rico and Hawaii and multiple U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. Cases have ranged in value from less than $250,000 to over $600,000,000.
Previously practiced in Philadelphia from 1971 to 2002, first as an associate at a large firm, then as a founding partner of a small firm with law school classmates, and then as capital partner at Buchanan Ingersoll, PC; moved to Massachusetts in 1997
Expert witness in legal malpractice and other matters relating to franchise issues, including for law firms and insurers
Adjunct Professor at Babson College, Wellesley, MA, Entrepreneurship Division MBA Program, co-teaching "Franchising: Pathway to Wealth Creation,” 2006 - 2008.
Adjunct Professor, Temple University School of Law, 1992, “Franchise Law” instructor
Professional Licenses
Admitted to Bar, Pennsylvania (1971), New York (1989), Massachusetts (1999)
Admitted to First Circuit, Second Circuit, Third Circuit, First Circuit, Eighth Circuit, Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal
Admitted to U. S. S. Ct. 1987
Professional Associations
American Bar Association, Forum on Franchising (First Chair, Litigation and Dispute Resolution Division 1993-1995; Governing Committee 1997-2001)
American Bar Association, Litigation Section; Dispute Resolution Section
Federal Bar Association, Boston Chapter, ADR Committee
CPR Dispute Resolution Institute, mediator and arbitrator on distinguished neutral panels
International Bar Association, Mediation and Franchising Committees
Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) (admitted 2020)
Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators (iam.org)
Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (nadn.org) (inducted 2022)
International Mediation Institute (certified June 2019)
Massachusetts Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Committee
Massachusetts Bar Association, Fee Dispute Committee, Arbitration Panel
Education
Temple University (JD); University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Awards and Honors
International Mediation Institute (IMI) Certified International Mediator
International Bar Association, Mediation Committee Officer
Best Lawyers in America, 2019-2020, Franchise Lawyer of the Year, Chambers USA, Band 1, Notable Practitioner, Franchise Law
Massachusetts Super Lawyers 2019 for ADR, many prior years for franchising
Franchise Times Magazine "Legal Eagles Hall of Fame"
Mediate.com Senior Practitioner
Publications and Speaking Engagements
Blog posts on mediation and related topics, search www.arthurlpressman.com
mediate.com and LinkedIn.
Guest teaching, Negotiation program, March 2018, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
Guest teaching, Negotiation program, January 2020, Translegal Institute, Shanghai, China
10 Things an Arbitrator Hates About Arbitration — With Apologies to William Shakespeare and Heath Ledger,
American Bar Association, “The Franchise Lawyer,” Summer 2022
"You Say You Want a Resolution," mediate.com, April 2019
"Trusting the Mediator -- Why it Matters in Franchise and other Disputes," www. law.com, January 11, 2019
"How the mediator gains the parties' trust," mediate.com, November 2018
"The importance of trust in the mediator," Federal Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, The Resolver, September 2018 and mediate.com, August 2018
"A modest proposal," mediate.com May 2108
"How I Spent my First Year as a Mediator, Arbitrator and Occasional Expert Witness," www.linkedin.com, January 2018
"In search of strong mediator; other characteristics considered," American Bar Association, The Franchise Lawyer (2017) and mediate.com, November 2017
"Gerry Spence, Marshall McLuhan and what lawyers do in mediation," mediate. com, September 2017
"Discovery Dilemmas and Opportunities: Ethical, Practical and Legal Issues in the Discovery Process," American Bar Association Forum on Franchising 2001
"How to Be Effective Advocate in Mediation," American Bar Association Forum on Franchising 2005
"Maximizing Insurance Benefits for Franchise Clients," American Bar Association Forum on Franchising 2007
"The Sometimes Blurry Line Between Independent Contractors, Franchisees and Employees," American Bar Association Forum on Franchising 2009
"The Strategy of Arbitration," American Bar Association Forum on Franchising 2012
"Franchise Law Demystified," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education 2015
"Labor/Employment Law Collides with Franchise Law: Holy Cow! Where Are We Going"", International Franchise Association Annual Legal Symposium, Plenary Session, Moderator and program planner 2015
"Applicable Law and Jurisdiction in Franchising, Commercial Agency and Distribution Agreements," International Journal of Franchise Law, vol. 13, issue 6, 2015 (co-author)
Citizenship
United States of America
Languages
English