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Alvin L. Zimmerman

Address: 

3040 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1300
Houston, TX 77056
USA

Phone Number: 
(713) 552-1234 x 2611
Fax Number: 
(713) 212-2710
Email: 
azimmerman@zimmerlaw.com
Born: 
1943 Houston, Texas
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
University of Houston (1964-B.S.; 1967 – J.D.)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
1967 – State Bar of Texas
1967 – Supreme Court of Texas
Present Position: 
Attorney; Chairman, Zimmerman, Axelrad, Meyer, Stern & Wise, P.C.
Professional Experience: 

TX state district judge for 309th Family Dist. Ct. and 269th Civil Dist. Ct. (1980-19984); Briefing Atty.-US Dist. Judge (1967); Asst. TX Attorney General (1967-1968); General Counsel of AMEX Corp. (1969-1980); Director of Nat’l Bank (1986-1994); Director and General Counsel for New York Stock Exchange Company (1985-1998).

Professional Associations: 

Past Chair: Houston Bar Association (HBA) ADR Section and State Bar of Texas ADR Section; Past Chair – HBA Family Law Section; Fellow American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Past President – International Academy of Mediators; Board Certified by Texas Board of Legal Specialization; Fellow-College of Commercial Arbitrators; 1998 recipient of Outstanding Mediator by Frank Evans Dispute Resolution Center for Legal Responsibility; 2001 recipient of the Gibson Award for Professionalism by Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists. I have served on the faculty of the ABA National Family Law Annual Trial Course and was the Outstanding Adjunct Professor for teaching Contracts at South Texas College of Law.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Neutral, AAA (Sole and Panel of Arbitrators and have served on its special panel for emergency hearings); ICC; ICDR, CPR (special assigned arbitrator for conflict between arbitrator and party).

Arbitration Experience: 

Since 1981 through present, he has arbitrated over 300 cases in which he has been the sole arbitrator in approximately 70% of the cases and had served on a Panel in over 30% of the cases. He had been the Chair of the Panel, in over 50% of those cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Contracts
Employment Law
Family Law
Environmental Law
Intellectual Property
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
3 Hous. L. Rev. 260 (Res Ipsa Loquitur); 3 Hous. L. Rev. 418 (Habitual Criminality); Author - Attorney General of Texas opinions: (1) M. 284 (Art. 1.103 Election Code - validity of rules promulgated by Secretary of State), (2) M. 298 (Use Tax Art. 20.02 - determination of whether rental pipeline is personalty or realty), (3) M. 300 Sales Tax Art. 20.01 (T) interpretation; Speaker and Author, “Arbitration,” Houston Bar Association, 1997; Speaker and Author, “Complex Arbitrations,” ABA Annual Litigation Conference, Houston, Texas, 2003; Mediator Accountability - Ethical and Legal Standards for the Profession, American  Journal of   Trial Advocacy.  Vol. 28:1, Summer 2004; Is a Mediated Settlement Involving a Child Binding?, Co-Author, State Bar of Texas - ADR Section  Newsletter, Spring, 2012; Succeeding in Texas Family Law Litigation: What Attorneys Need to Know, Co-Author, Strategies for Family Law In Texas. 2012 Edition (Aspatore); How to Resolve a Disagreement Involving a Mediated Settlement, Co-Author, State Bar ADR Handbook, 2016.