Stephen B. Goldberg
Professor of Law
Northwestern University Law School
850 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 408
Chicago, Illinois 60611
TEL: (312) 503-8426
FAX: (312) 503-0149
E-MAIL: stephengoldberg@law.northwestern.edu

MEDIATION

President, Mediation Research and Education Project, Inc. (not-for-profit corporation).

Member, Center for Public Resources Panel of Distinguished Neutrals.

Court-appointed special master (U.S. District Courts, Northern District of Illinois, Western District of Michigan).

Representative list of Mediations:

St. Louis Water Co. and Local 335, UWUA (2000) (collective bargaining agreement)

FirstEnergy and Local 270, UWUA (1999) (collective bargaining agreement)

American Auto Ass'n v. Experian (1999) (computer software contract)

AutoNation v. Lujack Schierbrock Chevrolet (1999) (franchise agreement)

Bradley v. SEIU (1998) (ERISA).

Lloyd's Syndicates v. Union Carbide (1997) (insurance contract).

United Airlines and Association of Flight Attendants (1996) (collective bargaining agreement).

American Airlines and Association of Professional Flight Attendants (1995) (strike settlement agreement).

Rynne Communications v. Greenhouse Communications (1995) (breach of fiduciary duty).

Lutz v. Arthur Andersen (1993) (wrongful termination).

First National Bank of Louisville v. Aetna Insurance Co.
(1992) (fidelity bond claim).

Little v. Furgatch (1990) (housing discrimination).

Kellogg Company v. General Foods (1988) (Lanham Act).

Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Allied General Nuclear Services (1988) (breach of contract).

Motor Works of Barrington v. BMW of North America (1986) (breach of contract).

Plummer, et al. v. Chicago Journeyman Plumbers, Local Union No. 130 (1983). (Title VII).

Kaufman, et al. v. Board of Trustees (1983) (Section 1983).

Graphic-Sales, Inc. v. Sperry Univac (1982) (fraud, breach of contract).

Ohio-Sealy v. Kaplan (1982) (anti-trust).

ARBITRATION

Member, National Academy of Arbitrators, 1974-

Chairman, National Arbitration Panel, Trucking Management, Inc. and International Brotherhood of Teamsters (1997 - 1999).

National Jobs Monitor, Bituminous Coal Operators Association and United Mine Workers of America (1998 - ).

Salary Arbitrator, Major League Baseball, 1982-1992, 1998 -

Representative List of Arbitrations:

Association of Flight Attendants and United Airlines (2000)

American Airlines v. Airline Pilots Association (1994).

Legat Architects, P.C. v. U.S. Development Corp. (1987).

Webb Imports, Inc. v. Barton Beers, Ltd. (1986).

Hawkonsen v. International Union of Police Associations (1984).

NEGOTIATED RULEMAKING

Consultant to Motorola/Iridium in Mobile Satellite Services Negotiated Rulemaking (Federal Communications Commission) (1992-93).

OMBUDSMAN

American Airlines and Association of Professional Flight Attendants 
(1997-1999).

DISPUTE RESOLUTION SYSTEMS DESIGN AND ADMINISTRATION

Co-designer, Plan of Allocation, Drexel Burnham Lambert SEC Civil Disgorgement Fund; SEC Representative, Executive Committee Administering Civil Disgorgement Fund (1991- 1994). 

SEC Representative, Co-designer, Plan of Allocation, Michael Milken Global Settlement (1992-98).

Director, Merrill Lynch Claims Resolution Project (1999- )

ELECTION ADMINISTRATION

Chief Election Officer, 1996 and 2001 Delegate and International Officer elections, Laborers International Union of North American (LIUNA) (Jointly selected by U.S. Department of Justice and LIUNA) 

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Dispute Resolution (Little Brown, 1999) (with Frank E. A. Sander and Nancy Rogers).

Getting Disputes Resolved: Designing Systems to Cut the Costs of Conflict (Jossey-Bass, 1988) (with Jeanne M. Brett and William L. Ury).

Union Representation Elections: Law and Reality (Russell Sage, 1976) (with Jeanne B. Herman and Julius G. Getman).

Selected Articles

"The Effectiveness of Mediation: An Independent Analysis of Cases Handled by Four Major Service Providers," 12 Negotiation Journal 3 (1996) (with Jeanne M. Brett and Zoe I. Barsness)

"Fitting the Forum to the Fuss: A User-Friendly Guide to Selecting an ADR Procedure", 10 Neg. Journal 49 (1994) (with Frank E.A. Sander).

"Designing Systems for Resolving Disputes in Organizations", 45 American Psychologist 162 (1990) (with Jeanne M. Brett and William L. Ury.

"Dispute Systems Design: A Special Section", 5 Negotiation J. 367 (1989) (Guest editor, with Jeanne M. Brett and William L. Ury).

"Litigation, Arbitration or Mediation: A Dialogue", ABA Journal 70 (June, 1989) (with Eric D. Green and Frank E.A. Sander).

"Grievance Mediation: A Successful Alternative to Labor Arbitration," 5 Negotiation J. 9 (1989).

"Meditations of a Mediator," 2 Neg. J. 345 (1985).

VIDEOTAPES

"Mediation in Action: Resolving a Complex Business Dispute", CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Legal Program (1994).

EDUCATION

A. B., Harvard College, 1954

LL.B. (cum laude), Harvard Law School, 1959

Graduate student, London School of Economics, 1959-60

EMPLOYMENT

Professor of Law, Northwestern University, 1974-

Visiting Professor of Law, Harvard University, 1979-80

Visiting Scholar, American Bar Foundation, 1973-74

Professor of Law, University of Illinois, 1965-73

Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1961-65

Teaching Fellow, Harvard Law School, 1960-61