Top Rated Alternative Dispute Resolution Attorney in Grosse Pointe Park, MI

Jerome F. Rock is an attorney, engineer, and former business executive who maintains a full-time practice as a mediator and arbitrator for general civil, insurance and indemnity, business, technology, automotive supplier, and construction industry disputes. He is on the panel of arbitrators for the American Arbitration Association for commercial, construction, and large complex cases, and also serves as a Private Arbitrator. Mr. Rock is also on the panel of civil mediators for the Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, and Washtenaw County Circuit Courts, as well as the roster of approved ADR Neutrals for the Business Court for the Third and Sixteenth Judicial Circuits. Mr. Rock focuses  on Business Court cases , particulary where there is an opportunity to engage in  Early Case Mediation and enhanced  multi stage facilitation for complex cases. His approach to Mediation relies on Interest Based Negotiation principles and he often schedules Pre-Mediation sessions with each party prior to the formal Mediation Hearing as a strategy to greatly improve the quality of the outcomes.  He has served as court-appointed mediator and special master in federal and state courts and acts as a facilitator of negotiations for complex business transactions. Mr. Rock has been a construction and business lawyer, a chief executive of a high tech engineering firm, and has degrees in both mechanical and civil engineering as well as law. Mr. Rock has beens a licensed residential builder, LEED accreditied professional with the US Green Building Council, a former adjunct lecturer in engineering and construction law, and the holder of a U.S. patent. He is a member of the Engineering Society of Detroit and serves on the board of directors of the Michigan chapter of the Design-Build Institute of America. Mr. Rock is also a member of the Professional Resolution Experts of Michigan (PREMi) and an instructor for the SCAO-approved advanced mediation course on Med-Arb. He is the Chapter Author for Settlement & Negotiation for ICLE’s Michigan Civil Procedure. Mr. Rock has earned the Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Rating of Preeminent. He has served as a Director and Secretary Board of Directors of the Detroit Athletic Club, and is an advanced SCUBA instructor.  His website is www.JeromeRockLaw.com.