Professional of the Year - Government/Legal Mediation

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M. Ann Anderson

Title: Partner
Industry: Government
Type of Organization: Superior Court Mediation
Major Product/Service: Alternative dispute resolution for mediation and arbitration
Expertise: Ms. Anderson has over 15 years experience. Her current practice is limited to serving as a neutral. She travels on a national basis providing mediation and arbitration for pending court cases and has served as a mediator for all types of state, workers’ compensation and federal court matters. She has mediated hundreds of cases and is experienced in the following areas of civil law: ADA disability, civil rights, commercial/business contract disputes, EEOC, employment, insurance, labor unions, libel and slander, local government, medical malpractice, negligence, personal injury, public policy, Title VII, torts, workers compensation and workplace wrongful death.
Geographic Area of Distribution: National
Affiliations: Board of Governors and Chair, Dispute Resolution Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association; American Bar Association; Past Chair, Judicial Immunity Ad Hoc Committee of Dispute Resolution Council; American Bar Association
University/Degree: J.D., The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1981; Certified Mediator, 1993
Hobbies/Sports: Travel, reading, painting
Work History: Ms. Anderson practiced management employment law with Constangy Brooks & Smith from 1993-1996 and Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice where she served as a Partner from 1989-1991 and was an Associate from 1981-1989. She has represented employees while in practice in Pilot Mountain, North Carolina.
Honors & Awards: "AV" rated, Martindale-Hubbell; Woodward and White's The Best Lawyers in America, 2006, 2007
Published Works: Articles, Dispute Resolution Newsletter; North Carolina Bar Association Journal