Mediator of Complex Disputes

Litigation is a process, not a product. It involves strategic thinking, calculated implementation, and effective written and oral advocacy.  Mediation is no different.   Like litigation, successful negotiations require effective planning and preparation. A skilled mediator can help the parties communicate more effectively so that they might find a win-win solution.

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Cooper Shattuck is experienced in mediating all types of complex litigation including, but not limited to:

• Environmental

• Surety and construction

• Bankruptcy

• Higher education

• Multi-district litigation (MDLs)

• Defective products

• Consumer fraud

• Class actions

• Employment

• Personal injury

• Wrongful death

• Financial

• Oil and gas

• Healthcare

• Intellectual property​

Cooper Shattuck has extensive experience as an environmental lawyer, representing plaintiffs, defendants, government entities, and potentially responsible parties in complex environmental litigation and compliance.

This experience allows Cooper to effectively mediate environmental cases including, but not limited to:

• Complex environmental litigation

• Natural resource damages

• Restoration plans

• NEPA compliance

• Water contamination issues

• Superfund site litigation and clean-up efforts 

• Ruptured and leaking underground pipelines and storage tanks

Cooper Shattuck has extensive experience handling large and complex surety and construction claims all over the country and in Puerto Rico.

This experience allows Cooper to effectively mediate surety and construction cases including, but not limited to:

• Large commercial projects

• State projects

• "Little Miller Act" claims and disputes

• Federal projects

• Miller Act claims and disputes

• Public works

• Delay claims

• Construction contract disputes

• Change orders

• Surety claims

• Surety rights

• Surety takeovers

• General contractors

• Subcontractors

• Claims for additional work

• Latent defects

• Notice of default

• Faulty design

Cooper Shattuck has extensive experience handling a wide assortment of bankruptcy issues and claims.

This experience allows Cooper to effectively mediate bankruptcy cases including, but not limited to:​

• Chapter 11

• Reorganization plans

• Debtor-In-Possession

• Chapter 7

• Liquidation issues

• Trustee claims

• Debtor's claims

• Creditor's claims

• Involuntary filings

• Relief from stay

• Priority

• Claim valuation

• Secured status

• Nondischargeability

• Fraudulent transfers

• Preferences or preferential transfers

• Adversary proceedings

Having served as General Counsel for Alabama’s largest university and employer during one of the most challenging times for colleges and universities in the U.S., Cooper grasps the challenges facing universities and the importance of bringing process to the chaos, making him one of the most highly experienced higher education attorneys in Alabama. 

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This experience enables Cooper to effectively mediate matters arising in higher education, including:

• Compliance

• NCAA

• Athletics

• Name and likeness

• Branding

• Intellectual property

• Patents

• Governance issues

• Employment

• Benefits

• ADA

• VAWA

• Title VI

• Title VII

• Title IX

• HIPAA

• FLSA

• FMLA

• FERPA

• Ethics

• State constitutional and statutory requirements

• Open meetings

• Open records

• Student benefits

• SACS accreditation

• Hazing

• Student discipline

• Faculty and staff issues

• Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution: https://www.alabamaadr.org/ 

• Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution: https://alabamaadr.org/web/about_commission/index.php

• Model Standards for Mediators:

  • American Arbitration Association: https://www.adr.org/

  • American Bar Association: https://www.americanbar.org/

  • Association for Conflict Resolution: https://acrnet.org/