Creative Dispute Resolutions: Mediation and Arbitration in Maryland and D.C.

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Edward J. Gutman, Esq.

Practice Areas:
Labor and employment disputes, employment contracts, wrongful discharge, discrimination / harassment, severance agreements, collective bargaining, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, wage and hour disputes, commercial claims, and personal injury disputes

Experience:
- Full-time Mediator and Arbitrator, 2004-present
- Principal, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Maryland
- Principal, Blum, Yumkas, Mailman & Gutman, Baltimore, Maryland
- Labor Commissioner of Baltimore City
- Assistant City Solicitor, City of Baltimore
- Trial Attorney, National Labor Relations Board

Education:
- LL.B., University of Maryland School of Law
- B.A., University of Maryland

ADR Training:
- 40-Hour Mediation Training, MICPEL
- Family Mediation Training, MICPEL
- Workers’ Compensation Mediation Training, MICPEL
- Arbitration Training, American Arbitration Association
- Arbitration Training, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Panel Member Training, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) (formerly NASD)
- Mediation Training, Maryland Commission on Human Relations
- Mediation Training, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

ADR Certifications:
- Certified Mediator, FINRA; Legal Aid of Maryland; U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; New Jersey Public Employment Relations Board; and National Arbitration and Mediation
- Approved Mediator, Circuit Courts of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Frederick County, Harford County, and Howard County, Maryland
- Certified Arbitrator, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; FINRA; the National Arbitration Forum; International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; the American Arbitration Association; New Jersey Public Employment Relations Board; and National Mediation and Arbitration
- Hearing Officer, Local Boards of Education and the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board

Teaching:
- Adjunct Professor, Labor Law, University of Baltimore (formerly Mount Vernon School of Law)
- Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Community College of Baltimore City

Affiliations:
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section
- Member, Baltimore City Bar Association
- Member, Maryland Council of School Board Attorneys
- Charter Member, National Public Employer Labor Relations Association