DENNIE SPORTS LAW
Creativity â—¦ Vision â—¦ Solutions
ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION
"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible."
-- Jonathan Swift
The Firm provides a wide range of alternative dispute resolution services as both advocates, mediators, and arbitrators. The Firm provides the parties with their thorough knowledge of the law and uses techniques to allow parties to decide their own fate in mediation or allow an arbitrator to do so in arbitration. The Firm mediates and arbitrates in the following areas, among others, business, commercial, construction, employment, estate and probate, healthcare, intellectual property, municipal, labor, personal injury, real estate, and sports and entertainment matters. Christian Dennie is a Member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Christian has received appointments to serve as a neutral for American Arbitration Association (AAA), International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), JAMS, New Era, National Arbitration Forum (Forum), Construction Dispute Resolution Services (CDRS), United States Council for International Business (USCIB), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), American Health Lawyers Association DRS, DeMars & Associates, Alternative Dispute Resolution Services International, National Futures Association, Texas Tax Appraisal Arbitration, and Resolute Systems. In addition to mediation and arbitration, Christian is available to serve as an early neutral evaluator, private judge, referee, umpire, and special master.
REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
The following are examples of services previously provided (results may vary), but this is not an exhaustive list of prior representation:
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Appointed to serve as an arbitrator in over 500 disputes involving business, commercial, construction, employment, estate and probate, healthcare, intellectual property, municipal, labor, real estate, and sports and entertainment matters.
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Served as a mediator in more than 125 disputes involving business, commercial, construction, employment, estate and probate, healthcare, intellectual property, municipal, labor, personal injury, real estate, and sports and entertainment matters.
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Served as an arbitrator in numerous temporary measures and full hearings held under the policies and procedures for the U.S. Center for SafeSport.
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Served as an arbitrator in a contract dispute between the middleweight boxing champion and his former manager.
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Served as an arbitrator in a Section 9 claim under the USOPC Constitution and Bylaws relating to athlete participation.
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Served as an arbitrator in a dispute between an NFL running back and a beverage sponsor relating to an allegation of breach of the contract's morals clause.
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Served as an arbitrator in a multi-party breach of contract matter relating to the purchase of future receivables.
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Served as an arbitrator in a construction dispute regarding whether construction defects were caused by mold on the property.
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Served an an arbitrator in an insurance coverage dispute regarding construction defects.