Charles Forer

After practicing for more than thirty-five years as a big-firm litigator, I opened my own ADR practice in May 2018. I am now a full-time neutral arbitrator and mediator, handling all types of commercial and business disputes. I have mediated and arbitrated hundreds of claims, including business, commercial, corporate, real estate, employment, UCC, fraud, breach of contract, breach of warranty, shareholder, partnership, franchise, motor vehicle, personal injury, disputes between commercial tenants, disputes between landlords and tenants (commercial and residential), disputes involving residential and industrial condominiums, and disputes involving the clergy. For almost twenty years, my bimonthly columns on ADR matters (about protagonist “Bob”) have been published in the Philadelphia Legal Intelligencer. Plus, I have lectured and taught all aspects of ADR to lawyers, law students, and laypersons. For several years, I was an adjunct professor at Villanova Law School, where I taught Dispute Resolution and Arbitration Law. And I have been active in the Philadelphia Bar Association, where I am currently co-chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. My peers have recognized my abilities: for instance, I was selected by The Best Lawyers in America® as Best Lawyers’ Philadelphia Arbitration “Lawyer of the Year” in 2019 and in 2014-15.

EDUCATION

• UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA LAW SCHOOL J.D., cum laude, 1980; Order of the Coif (top 10% of class). Editor, University of Pennsylvania Law Review (1978-80).

• VASSAR COLLEGE A.B., cum laude, 1976 (English major). Phi Beta Kappa.

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION

• AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION® Advanced Commercial Arbitrator Training Workshop (2001); Commercial Arbitrator Training Workshop (1999).

• U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION Alternative Dispute Resolution Training Course (1998).

• PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW INSTITUTE FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION Mediation Skills Training Course (1995).

• THE ACADEMY OF ADVOCACY OF TEMPLE LAW SCHOOL Trial Advocacy Training Course (1988).