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

Hon. Robert H. Heller (Ret.)

Practice Areas:
Domestic and family law, real estate, land use, property, business/commercial, construction, contracts, premises liability, condemnation/eminent domain, personal injury, malpractice, administrative appeals, insurance, guardianship, and products liability

Experience:
- Mediator, Court of Special Appeals, State of Maryland, Pilot Appellate Mediation Program, 2010-present
- Recalled Retired Judge for the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, 2002-present
- Private Mediator and Arbitrator, 2002-present
- Associate Judge, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Fifth Judicial Circuit
- Past County Administrative Judge
- Principal, Corbin, Heller & Warfield, Severna Park, Maryland
- Attorney, Turk, Manis & Duckett, Annapolis, Maryland
- Officer, United States Navy

Education:
- J.D., cum laude, University of Maryland School of Law
- B.S., University of Maryland
- Loyola College, Completed Approximately One-Half of Masters Degree Program in Clinical Psychology

ADR Training:
- Appellate Mediation Training Program, Maryland Court of Special Appeals, December, 2009
- Mediation Training, MICPEL

Affiliations/Awards:
- Past Member, Board of Directors, Judicial Institute of Maryland
- Past Member, Executive Committee, Maryland Circuit Judges Association
- Past Chair, Inquiry Committee, Attorney Grievance Commission
- Past Secretary, Character Committee, 5th Judicial Circuit
- Past Member, State Advisory Board to the Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice, State of Maryland
- Past Member, Circuit Court Differentiated Case Management Committee
- Past Member, Conference of Circuit Administrative Judges
- Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Maryland State Bar Association
- Past Member, Family and Domestic Relations Law Committee, Maryland Judicial Conference
- Past Member, Mental Health, Alcoholism and Addiction Committee
- Past Member, Child Support Enforcement Committee
- Past Member, Bench-Bar Committee on Domestic Law, Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Past Member, American Judges Association
- Past Member, Board of Trustees, Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Past Member, American Judicature Society
- Former Instructor, Judicial Institute of Maryland and the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers
- Fellow, The Maryland Bar Foundation, Inc.
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, Anne Arundel County Bar Association
- Past Member, Paralegal Advisory Committee, Anne Arundel Community College
- Past Member, Program Reformulation Committee, Crownsville Hospital Center