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FedArb Council
The Honorable William H. Webster, Chairman
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
(1970-1973)
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
(1973-1978)

The Honorable John S. Martin
U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1990-2003)

The Honorable George C. Pratt
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
(1976-1982)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
(1982-1995)

The Honorable Charles B. Renfrew
U. S. District Court, Northern District of California (1971-1980)

The Honorable Ralph G. Thompson
U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma
(1975-2007)

Judge Login

Judge Richard B. McQuade, Jr. (Fmr)

Judge Richard B. McQuade, Jr. (Fmr) served on the U.S. District Court (N.D. W.D. Ohio) from 1986 to 1989. He also served by designation on the Sixth Circuit, where he wrote several opinions. He is a former President of Blue Cross/Blue shield of Ohio, also serving on the board of that company for over twenty years. Earlier in his career, he was a judge of the Ohio Common Pleas Court and a prosecutor in Fulton County, Ohio.

Mr. McQuade served as Chairman of the Court Redistricting Committee of the Ohio Supreme Court and the Ohio Legislature, and as Chairman of the Ohio Supreme Court Committee to Reform Judicial Canons. He has served on many boards, including the board of National City Bank, N.A. of judicial and professional associations. His areas of expertise in dispute evaluation and resolution include corporate shareholder derivative suits and partnership rights, personal injury/wrongful death cases, and superfund and toxic tort cases involving air, ground, and waterborne chemical dispersion. He has resolved a number of class action lawsuits for Fortune 500 companies. His mediation experience includes numerous Title VII and ADA claims against employers.

Mr. McQuade is a graduate of the University of Toledo (J.D. 1965, B.A. 1962) and has completed coursework at the Wharton School of Business, University of Penn., the University of Michigan, and Case Western University. He has written and lectured about sentencing and product liability.



Board of Directors

The Honorable Abraham D.
Sofaer, Chairman

U. S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1979-1985)

Arnold I. Burns
Co-founder & Chair, QuanStar Group, LLC. (2004-present)
Former Deputy Attorney General of the United States
Former Managing Director, Natexis Bleichroeder, Inc.

Dr. Harry J. Saal
Entrepreneur. Investor. Founder and CEO of Network General Corp. and other companies

Advisory Panel
The Honorable Kenneth Conboy

Prof. Joseph A. Grundfest

Roberta R. Katz PhD, JD

Prof. F. Scott Kieff