Judge Akin has been a full-time mediator and arbitrator for the past 29 years, conducting more than 4,000 mediations with a settlement rate greater than 90%. With more than 40 years of judicial experience and having been a trial attorney, judge and mediator, Judge Akin is an expert in resolving even the most complex case.
Case Experience
ADA Disability
Agricultural
Anti-Trust
Appellate
Arts (Fine/Performing)
Automotive
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Creditors
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Class Actions
Commercial/Business
Community Associations
Condominiums
Construction
Consumer Fraud
Contract Disputes
Cross Cultural
Debt Collections
Discrimination
Divorce (High Asset)
Education
EEOC
Eminent Domain
Employment
Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
Engineering
Entertainment Sector
Environmental
Family Businesses
Franchise
Health Care
Industrial
Insurance
Intellectual Property
International
Internet
Labor/Unions
Land Use/Planning
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Lemon Law
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Media & Communications
Medical Devices
Medical Malpractice
Mergers & Acquisitions
Military
Mining
Mortgage Foreclosure
Natural Disasters
Non-profit Organizations
Nursing Homes
Partnerships
Pensions
Personal Injury
Pharmaceuticals
Police
Postal
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Public Policy
Railroad & Trucking
Real Estate
Religious Institutions
Securities
Sexual Harassment
Shareholder Disputes
Software
Sports
Taxation
Technology
Telecommunications
Title Disputes
Torts
Trademarks/Patents
Transportation
Trusts / Estates
Unfair Competition
Education
B.A. History /Government - Southern Methodist University 1953
J.D. - Southern Methodist University 1955
ADR TRAINING:,
American Arbitration Association - Mediator Training, 1990
American Bar Association - Resolution & Resilience in New York, 2004
Association of Attorney-Mediators - Advanced Training, 1996, 2004, 2005, 2007 - 2018
Association for Conflict Resolution - Annual Mediator Training Course, 2003
Civil Collaborative Practice Group - 2006
CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution - 2004 - 2012, 2014
Dallas Bar Association - Mediator Training, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2004 - 2018
FINRA (Formerly NASD Dispute Resolution) - 2004
J.A.M.S.. - 1990 - 1994
NADN - Advanced Mediation Training - 2011, 2015, 2017
Texas Association of Mediators - 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
Texas Bar CLE - 2004, 2006
Texas Center for the Judiciary - Mediation Training - 1993
Memberships & Affiliations
American Bar Association - ADR Section
American Judges Association
Association of Attorney-Mediators
Civil Collaborative Law Group - Former President
College of the State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association - ADR Section & Collaborative Law Section
Dallas Bar Association - Courthouse Committee
Dallas Bar Association - Senior Lawyers Committee - Past Chairman
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