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Teresa F. Frisbie |
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Practice
Ms. Frisbie’s practice includes representing and advising clients in a wide range of federal and state court litigation as well as alternative dispute resolution. She has more than twenty years of experience and has represented individuals, small businesses, and international corporations as plaintiffs and defendants in commercial and business disputes; employment matters, including discrimination, wage actions, employment contracts, and restrictive covenants; insurance coverage; consumer fraud; professional licensure; privacy rights; real estate; construction; franchise; fraud and tort matters. Ms Frisbie has extensive mediation and arbitration experience both as a mediator, arbitrator and advocate in ADR proceedings and frequently writes and lectures on these topics. She is an adjunct professor of mediation and negotiation skills classes at Loyola University of Chicago School of Law and has coached international arbitration and mediation competitions. She is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has been recognized by her peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation, Employment, International.
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
Employment
· DeGrand & Wolfe, P.C. Of Counsel (2006 to present) · Davis McGrath Of Counsel (2001-2006) · Foran & Schultz Partner (1986-2000)
Licensure and Admissions
· Illinois (1986) · Northern District of Illinois (1986); Trial Bar (1989) |
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Professional Affiliations
· Illinois State Bar Association · Chicago Lincoln Inn of Court 2007- Present · ADR Systems of America, 2004–Present · Center For Conflict Resolution, Chicago, IL, 1998–Present · Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association, 1997–Present · Judicial Dispute Resolution, Inc., Chicago, IL, 2002–2006 · Certified Mediator (Law and Chancery Divisions); Certified Arbitrator (Chair qualified): Circuit Court of Cook County, IL, 1990–2006 · Member: Association for Conflict Resolution, Chicago Chapter, 1999–2007 · Fellow: Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, U.K, 1997 to 2005 · Executive Committee, North American Branch, 2001–2004 · Chicago international arbitration course tutor/local course coordinator, 1998 and 2002 |
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Publications and Speaking Engagements
· Speaker Mediation Skills (Estates) Illinois State Bar Association, February and May, 2008 · Speaker “Mediation Skills Workshop,” presented to Croatia Bar Association, Zagreb, Split and Rijeka, Croatia, February 2003 · Speaker “Negotiating and Drafting the Dispute Resolution Clause in Major Business Agreements” - Negotiating and Drafting Major Business Agreements Conference, The Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL, December 6-7, 2001 · Speaker “Mediation, Arbitration and Litigation in the Global Economy,” Loyola University Chicago School of Law, September 2001 · Speaker “Applying a Systematic Approach to Conflict Resolution in Mediations Involving Small Businesses,” American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, Washington, DC, April 2001 · Speaker “Resolving International Business Disputes: Litigate, Arbitrate or Mediate,” Chicago Bar Association, International Law Committee, February 2002 · “Bringing Mediation to the Balkans,” Chicago Bar Record, May 2003 “Online Mediation Can Benefit International Trademark and Domain Name Disputes,” 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,” reprinted in JAMS Dispute Resolution Alert, Vol. 2, Nos. 2, November/December 2001 |
