Professional Work History:
Mr. Shaller has been a full time impartial arbitrator and mediator of employment and labor disputes since 2005. He is a Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, and serves on a variety of labor and employment arbitration and mediation rosters. Prior to becoming a neutral, Mr. Shaller spent 25 years in practice as an attorney at several law firms, representing clients in the full panoply of labor, employment and employee benefits matters. He has also served as a Professorial Lecturer in Law at the George Washington University Law School, where he taught a course on Mediation.
Dispute Resolution Experience
Mr. Shaller has served as an impartial arbitrator or mediator Served as an arbitrator and mediator in a variety of employment and labor disputes involving, among other things, issues of discrimination, harassment, wrongful discharge and contract interpretation retaliation and whistleblowing. Court-appointed mediator for the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and for the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. Contract mediator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. As an advocate, represented clients in numerous arbitrations and mediations.
Cornell University Dispute Resolution Training (Course titles and dates taken)
Employment Mediation Training, May 2008; Employment Arbitration Training, February 2008;
Other Dispute Resolution Training
American Arbitration Association, Labor Arbitrator I; American Arbitration Association, Labor Arbitrator II; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Becoming a Labor Arbitrator; National Association of Securities Dealers, Arbitration Training (for securities and employment arbitration panels); U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Mediation Training Superior Court the District of Columbia, Civil Mediation Training Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Mediation Training Co-presented (with Vice President of AAA) program on employment arbitration
Education
L.L. M. in Labor Law, George Washington University Law School (1979); J.D. (with honors), George Washington University Law School (1977); B.S. (Magna Cum Laude), City University of New York (1974)
References
References Available Upon Request
Fee Policy
$300 per hour for service as a mediator or arbitrator, including, pre-and post-hearing conferences, document review, study, research and drafting any arbitration opinions and awards. -No charge for travel time. -Five-hour minimum for any d