Teresa F. Frisbie, of Counsel

Bio | Qualifications | Publications and Admissions

Teresa has been in private practice for more than 20 years, the last 12 of which she has spent serving as a mediator and arbitrator in addition to litigating cases. Most recently, she was named Director of the Dispute Resolution Program at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Although Teresa now spends the majority of her time at the Loyola School of Law in connection with her new position, she remains of counsel to DeGrand & Wolfe, P.C.

Teresa began her practice at the litigation firm of Foran & Schultz, where she later became a partner. Teresa has substantial experience in alternative dispute resolution processes, having been trained in international commercial arbitration as well as mediation. Teresa has mediated and arbitrated hundreds of cases and has taught mediation and international arbitration to law students. Teresa has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer by her peers in the areas of Alternative Dispute Resolution/Employment, ADR/Commercial Litigation and ADR/International.

Much of Teresa's experience as an attorney and as a mediator has involved employment, partnership, real estate and trust/estate disputes in recent years. She has also represented clients and acted as a neutral in a wide variety of cases. Examples include: representing a celebrity martial artist in a privacy rights dispute with the maker of a well-known martial arts video game; representing a contractor in a federal court trial under the Clean Air Act; serving as a mediator in a medical software partnership break-up; representing the buyers of a commercial property in a successful fraud action; defending a Fortune 500 long-time client in a wrongful death case; representing an elderly motel owner with a disabled spouse in obtaining damages and the return of real estate; successfully serving as a mediator in a contentious estate dispute; and representing a doctor in a professional license proceeding.

Teresa attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for her undergraduate degree and Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She is licensed to practice in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and is a member of the Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois.

Teresa F. Frisbie

Bio | Qualifications | Publications and Admissions

Education and Academic Honors

• Loyola University of Chicago School of Law (J.D. 1986)
• University of Illinois (B.A. 1983)
• Foreign Studies, Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria, 1982

Distinctions

• AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Named Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London) in 1997
• Illinois Leading Lawyer: ADR/Employment, ADR/Commercial Litigation, ADR/International

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Illinois Bar Association
• Mediator and Arbitrator, ADR Systems of America, 2004 to present
• Mediator, Center for Conflict Resolution, Chicago, IL (active volunteer 1998-2009)
• Mediator and Arbitrator, Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association (CIDRA) 1997 - present
• Certified Mediator, Circuit Court of Cook County (Law and Chancery Divisions)
• Certified Arbitrator, (Chair Qualified); Circuit Court of Cook County, IL, 1990-2006
• Member, Association for Conflict Resolution, Chicago Chapter, 1999 - present (intermittent)
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, U.K. 1997- 2005

Employment

• DeGrand & Wolfe, P.C., Of Counsel (2006 to present)
• Davis McGrath, Of Counsel (2001-2006)
• Foran & Schultz, Partner (1986-2000)

Teresa F. Frisbie

Bio | Qualifications | Publications and Admissions

Publications and Speaking Engagements

• Director, Dispute Resolution Program, Loyola University Chicago School of Law, 2010-Present
• Adjunct professor, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law, Mediation Advocacy, 2006-2008
• Coach, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition, Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law, Vienna 2007.
• Coach, International Competition for Online Dispute Resolution ("ICODR"), Loyola University of Chicago, School of Law (First Place Mediator) 2003.
• "Bringing Mediation to the Balkans," Chicago Bar Record, May 2003.
• Television interview for CLTV Your Money, "Benefits of Mediation for Small Businesses," February 2003.
• "Mediation Skills Workshop," presented to the Croatia Bar Association, Zagreb, Split and Rijeka, Croatia, February 10-14, 2003.
• "Online Mediation Can Benefit International Trademark and Domain Name Disputes," published in ADR Online Monthly, June 2002.
• "International Mediation and Arbitration on Main Street: What Medium-Sized Businesses and Their Lawyers Need to Know in the Global Age," American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, Washington D.C., April 2001.
• "Negotiating and Drafting the Dispute Resolution Clause in Major Business Agreements," Negotiating and Drafting major Business Agreements Conference, The Drake Hotel, Chicago, ILL, December 6-7, 2001.
• "Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation in the Global Economy," First Year Dinner, Loyola University of Chicago School of Law, September 25, 2001.
• "Applying a Systematic Approach to Conflict Resolution in Mediations Involving Small Business," American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution section, Washington D.C., April 2001
• Numerous presentations to Chicago Bar Association ADR and International Law Committees
• Editor - Undisputed Facts, newsletter of the Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association, 2000-2003.
• Tutor - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Entry Level Course on international arbitration, 1998.
• Guest Lecturer - Loyola University Chicago School of Law and Kent Law School courses on international arbitration and negotiation.
• Mock Arbitrator - VIS International Commercial Arbitration Competition, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Regional Competition, Chicago, IL. 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007.
• "Communicating Beats Litigating," Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, October 25, 2010

Licensure and Admissions

• Illinois (1986)
• Northern District of Illinois (1986); Trial Bar (1989)