Richard D. Faulkner, J.D., LL.M., F.C.I.Arb., Dip.Intnl.Com.Arb., is a former Professor of Alternate Dispute Resolution Law, former Tutor - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, North American Branch, and serves as a Umpire, Mediator and Arbitrator focusing on commercial & insurance disputes. He has been appointed as an Umpire, Mediator or Arbitrator by state and federal courts, served as a trial judge in Louisiana and Texas, counsel or arbitrator in hundreds of domestic arbitrations, counsel or arbitrator in international arbitrations, authored arbitration briefs in U.S. Supreme Court, argued or briefed arbitration issues in federal and state appellate courts, and authored or coauthored numerous articles on arbitration, mediation and Dispute Boards. He is a contributing author to ABA arbitration reference book “How Arbitration Works,” 6th Ed., writes for Alternatives and discusses arbitration issues on “CPR Speaks.”