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

Rogers

Sean J. Rogers, Esq.

Practice Areas:
Labor and employment disputes; collective bargaining impasse resolution; Railway Labor Act major and minor disputes; employment contracts; wrongful discharge; discrimination; severance agreements; non-competition and non-solicitation agreements; commercial, banking and finance-related disputes; brokerage, broker, and securities disputes; consumer disputes; health care; elder care and nursing home disputes; and intellectual property disputes

Experience:
- Full-Time Arbitrator-Mediator, Sean J. Rogers & Associates, LLC, Leonardtown, Maryland, 2003-Present
- Senior Hearing Officer/Senior Counsel, National Mediation Board, 1998-2003
- National Director of Labor Relations, Internal Revenue Service, 1995-1998
- Arbitrator-Mediator, Sean J. Rogers & Associates, LLC, 1995
- Director, Planning and Policy Division (Labor-Employee Relations), Office of Human Resources, Montgomery County, 1986-1995
- Mediator-Arbitrator, Bill Usery Associates, 1985-1986
- National Counsel, National Treasury Employees Union, 1978-1985
- Assistant Counsel, National Association of Government Employees/International Brotherhood of Police Officers, 1975-1978
- Police Officer, Tech II, Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, 1970-1974

Education:
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center
- M.S., American University
- A.B., Georgetown University

Teaching Experience:
- Adjunct Professor, Troy State University Masters Program
- Adjunct Professor, Central Michigan University Masters Program
- Administrator, Center for Advanced Study of Law and Dispute Resolution Processes and Professor of Law and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University School of Law

ADR Experience and Memberships:
- Arbitrator, National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA)
- Arbitrator, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
- Arbitrator, National Mediation Board Roster of Arbitrators
- Arbitrator, Foreign Service Grievance Board (former)
- Arbitrator, Maryland Health Claims Arbitration Office
- Member, National Association of Distinguished Neutrals
- Mediator and Arbitrator, Better Business Bureau
- Hearing Examiner, District of Columbia Public Employee Relations Board
- Mediator, Fact-finder, and Arbitrator, Delaware Public Employment Relations Board
- Arbitrator, National Arbitration Forum
- Mediator, United States Congress Office of Compliance Roster of Mediators
- Panel Arbitrator, GSA-AFGE; DOEd-AFGE; SSA-AFGE; HUD-AFGE; DOL-AFGE; PAPBA-NYNJPA
- Employment Grievance Fact-finder, Montgomery County, Maryland
- Public Arbitrator (Panel Chairman), Roster of Neutrals for FINRA Dispute Resolution
- Mediator, FINRA
- Arbitrator, World Intellectual Property Organization
- Attorney-Client Dispute Mediator and Arbitrator, District of Columbia Bar Association

Affiliations:
- Member, Maryland State Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
- Member, St. Mary’s County Bar Association
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Association for Conflict Resolution
- Member, Society of Federal Labor and Employee Relations Professionals
- Member, National Association of Railroad Referees
- Member, LERA (Baltimore)