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Richard J. Medalie

Address: 

Friedman & Medalie
1901 Pennsylvania Avenue #407
Washington, DC 20006-3405
U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
(1-202) 659-0880
Fax Number: 
(1-202) 659-5618
Born: 
1929, Minnesota
Languages: 
English Russian Serbo-Croatian
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
B.A. 1952, Univ. of Minnesota; Certificate 1953, Univ. of London; A.M. 1955, J.D. 1958, Harvard
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to District of Columbia bar 1958, New York bar 1963
Present Position: 
Lawyer, Friedman & Medalie
Professional Experience: 

Lawyer, Friedman & Medalie (and predecessors), Washington (1968- ); Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Univ. Law Center (1967-1970); Deputy Director, Ford Foundation Institute of Criminal Law and Procedure, Georgetown Univ. Law Center (1965-1968); Associate, Kaye,
Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York (1962-1965); Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States, J. Lee Rankin and Archibald Cox, U.S. Dept. of Justice (1960-1962)

Professional Associations: 

ABA; ALI; Assoc. of the Bar of the City of New York; District of Columbia Law Revision Commission; District of Columbia Bar

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA, ICC

Arbitration Experience: 

Chief arbitrator (of Tribunal), AAA case, re: contract claims and disputes in Libya (1981-1985); Neutral arbitrator, re: complex breach of contract arising out of business acquisition (1988); breach of contract concerning substantial attorney fees (1992); Sole arbitrator and member of panel, numerous other cases

Areas of Specialization: 
Franchise Law
Insurance
Oil & Gas
Publications from JURIS: 
The New Appeals Amendment: A Step Forward for Arbitration - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 44, No. 2
Publications: 

Commercial Arbitration for the 1990s (ABA Press 1991) (coauthor and editor); Complex, Multiparty Arbitration, in ABA Litigation Section, Arbitration: A Viable Alternative to Litigation? (1984); Preparing for a Nonadministered Arbitration, in ABA Litigation Section, Critical Issues in Arbitration (1993); The Libyan Producers' Agreement Arbitration: Developing Innovative Procedures in a Complex Multiparty Arbitration, J. Int. Arb (June 1990); The New Appeals amendment: A Step Forward for Arbitration, Arb. J., June 1989, at 22; numerous other articles dealing with insurance law, criminal, civil, international and comparative law; author of three other books.