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James F. Stapleton

Address: 

Arbitrator and Mediator
6 Winding Way
Trumbull, CT 06611
USA

Phone Number: 
(203) 268-8507
Email: 
adr@jamesfstapleton.com
Born: 
1932, Bridgeport, CT USA
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
Georgetown University, L.L.M. in Taxation
Boston College Law School, LLB
Fairfield University, B.S.S., Cum Laude
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
State of Connecticut 1957
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut, Eastern District of New York and Southern District of New York U.S. Supreme Court
Present Position: 
Sole practitioner since 2011 with practice limited to acting as an arbitrator and mediator.
Professional Experience: 

Attorney-Appellate Section Antitrust Division of the U.S. Justice Department, 1957-1958;
Associate and Partner in the firm of March, Day and Calhoun, 1958-1973;
Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court, 1973-1978;
Partner in the law firm of Day Pitney, LLP and its predecessor, 1978-2010;
U.S. District Court District of Connecticut Counsel to the Grievance Committee, 1984-1988 and Chair of Merit Selection Committees for Bankruptcy Judge (1993) and Chief Probation Officer (1988);
City of Bridgeport Corporation Counsel, 1971-1973;
Sacred Heart University Adjunct Associate Professor in Department of Philosophy, 1976-1977;
Connecticut Bankers Association, Legislative Counsel, 1971-1973;
Chairman of the Criminal Justice Commission of the State of Connecticut 1991-1995

Professional Associations: 

Past President of Connecticut Bar Association; Fellow, Connecticut State Chair and former Regent of American College of Trial Lawyers; Fellow of College of Commercial Arbitrators; member of the American Board of Trial Advocates; Chair and Director of the Federal Bar Council Foundation; member of the A.B.A. House of Delegates, 1987-1991.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

Commercial, employment and mediator panels for the AAA; Judicial panel for CPR International Institute; ICC International Court of Arbitration Dispute Resolution Center; Certified mediator for the International Mediation Institute.

Arbitration Experience: 

Acted primarily as a neutral arbitrator for the past ten years and handled over 100 arbitrations as a party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator or panel chair with many involving international business transactions, including a claim to terminate an $8.5 billion worldwide outsourcing contract
for telecommunications services; disputes arising out of the spin-off of a major subsidiary of a diversified international healthcare company, claims over the amendment and termination of a contract for long distance telephone service to a wireless carrier, disputes over reinsurance between domestic and foreign insurance carriers and franchise disputes with a major international franchisor. Acted as sole arbitrator or as chair of a panel in most of the cases.

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
Business Law
Transactional Law
Employment Law
Insurance
Securities
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 
Panelist and lecturer on trial practice and ADR sponsored by the A.B.A. Connecticut Bar Association, Federal Bar Counsel and the New York State Commercial Division Judges’ Judicial Institute.