Jerome A. Diekemper, LLC
| Profession: | Attorney |
| Work History: | Principal, Jerome A. Diekemper, LLC 2006-Present; President, Diekemper, Hammond, Shinners, Turcotte & Larrew, P.C. 1979-2006; Partner, Attorney, Private Practice, 1972-1979; Field Examiner and Field Attorney, St. Louis Regional Office of the National Labor Relations Board, 1971-72. |
| Experience: | Over 30 years specializing in labor and employment law matters. Clients included unions and individual employees, both as plaintiffs and defendants, in labor and civil rights cases. |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience: | Appointed as a mediator or early neutral evaluator in more than 1500 cases since 10/93. Member, Commercial, Labor, and Employment ADR Rosters of AAA; Special Master for Lead Paint Docket for Circuit Court of City of St. Louis (1997 to 1999); faculty member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy program on Negotiation and Mediation, 10/98. Appointed as an arbitrator in franchise termination disputes, employment contract disputes, FSLA minimum wage disputes, and employment discrimination disputes. |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution Training: | AAA-Labor Arbitrator II, 2009; AAA-Labor Arbitrator I, 2008; ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law, ADR in Labor and Employment Law, 2007; AAA Dealing with Delay Tactics in Arbitration (ACE004), 2006; AAA Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics (ACE005), 2005; AAA Arbitrator Ethics & Disclosure (ACE003), 2005; AAM Advanced Mediation Training, 2003, 1999; AAA Commercial Arbitrator II Training; Advanced Case Management Issues, 2002; AAA Arbitrator Update 2001; Attended AAA Mediator Conference, 2000; AAA Commerical Arbitrator Training, 1999; AAA Employment Arbitrator Training, 1997; American Academy of Attorney-Mediators Training Program, 1995; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation Training, 1994. |
| Professional Licenses: | Admitted to the Bar: Missouri, 1972; U.S. District Courts of Missouri, 1972; U.S. Supreme Court, 1977; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Neutral Certification, 1994. |
| Professional Organizations: | Member of National Academy of Arbitrators, Fellow in College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, Member of Association of Attorney Mediators. |
| Education: | St. Louis University (AB, cum laude-1968; JD, cum laude-1971). |
| Publications: | Law journal articles, CLE materials, and papers for presentation at attorneys' conferences. |
| Compensation: | $450.00 per hour. Travel time billed for travel outside St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area. Cancellation fee of 4 hours for each hearing day cancelled within 10 business days of a scheduled hearing and of 2 hours for each hearing day cancelled between 11 and 20 business days of a scheduled hearing. |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |