Douglas E. Noll, a full-time Mediator in California, has been on the panel of the American Arbitration Association since 1981. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine School of Law. Mr. Noll received his B.A. from Dartmouth College, J.D. from University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, and M.A. from Fresno Pacific University in Peacemaking and Conflict Studies. He is the author of Peacemaking: Practicing at the Intersection of Law and Human Conflict