Harold D. Paddock III

Harold Paddock brings 51 years of legal and litigation experience to his private practice as a civil case mediator. Retired from the Franklin County Common Pleas Court, where he was Magistrate and Settlement Week Coordinator, and most recently the Clermont County Common Pleas Court where he served as Court Mediator and Senior Magistrate, Mr. Paddock has decades of experience and training to apply at the mediation table.

In his court-based experience and in private practice, Mr. Paddock has successfully mediated cases in the fields of personal injury, wrongful death, contracts, foreclosure, workers compensation, land use, eminent domain/appropriation, non-competition clauses, consumer sales practices, and general business litigation. His prior experience as a Magistrate includes presiding over both jury and jury-waived trials. He is the co-creator of the widely duplicated Settlement Week program for resolving civil cases with volunteer attorneys as mediators.

• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, cum laude, Ohio State University, major-economics (1970) (undergraduate studies included chemistry, physics, and engineering courses which provides a background in science and technology)
• Juris Doctorate, Ohio State University (1973)

• Former Member, Panel of Settlement Week volunteer mediators, United States District
• Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
• Former Special Master for foreclosure cases, United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division.
• Former Member, Roster of Mediators, American Arbitration Association.
• Former Member, Rosters of Neutrals, National Arbitration Forum.
• Former Member, Arbitration panel, Better Business Bureau AutoLine Program, Former Member, Panel of Dispute Resolvers, American Healthcare Lawyers Association.
• Former approved mediator, Delaware County Common Pleas Court, civil and foreclosure.
• Former Member, Roster of Neutrals, Ohio State Employment Relations Board.
• Former Impartial Hearing Officer (IHO) for the Ohio Department of Education for due process hearings on complaints regarding individual education programs.
• Former Member, Board of Zoning Appeals, Appointed by Westerville City Council.
• Elected as Vice-Chair.
• Westerville Area Chamber of Commerce, Government Relations Committee, former vice-chair.
• Former Member, Ohio Supreme Court, Dispute Resolution Committee, and ad hoc Working Group on
• Foreclosure Mediation Statewide Model Program.

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