Frank S. Hamlin
Phone: 501.376.2121
Fax: 501.376.2122
To schedule: please call our Little Rock office at 501.376.2121
Frank Hamlin has conducted over 2300 mediation and arbitration sessions throughout the mid-south since 1992. His experience with mediation and arbitration includes cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, aviation crash litigation, DalkonShield suits, medical malpractice suits, nursing home litigation, environmental disputes, construction cases, commercial litigation, securities litigation, employment litigation, insurance contract disputes, and disputes involving government entities. Frank has lectured at seminars and at law schools on mediation and arbitration. In 22 years of public and private practice, Frank tried over 80 jury trials and numerous non jury trials.
Education
J.D., University of Memphis, 1974
B.S.B.A., University of Arkansas, 1971
Work History
Mediator/Arbitrator, ADR, Inc., 1998-present
Solo Practitioner, 20% civil litigation practice; 80% mediator and arbitrator, 1995-1997
Part-time mediator and arbitrator, 1992-1994
Private Practice, Fourteen attorney firm, 1979-1994
Private Practice, Four attorney firm, 1977-1979
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. 1975-1977
Law Clerk for two trial judges, 1974-1975
Legal Intern, Memphis and Shelby County Legal Services, 1973-1974
Mediation/Arbitration Training
Advanced mediator training, 24 hours, Abrams Mediation and Negotiation, Inc., 2004
Arbitrator training, 6 hours, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), 1999
Arbitrator training, 10 hours, Duke University School of Law, 1995 and 1996
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediator Training, 3 hours, 1999
United States Postal Service Mediator Training, 20 hours, 1998 and 2000
Advanced mediator training, 20 hours, Mediation and Conflict Mgmt. Services, 1995
Advanced training, 15 hours, Attorney Mediator Institute, 1995 and 1996
Basic Mediation, 40 hours, Attorney Mediator Institute, 1993
Professional Affiliations
Association for Conflict Resolution
American Bar Association, section of Dispute Resolution
Arkansas Bar Association, ADR Committee, former chair and vice-chair
Arkansas Conflict Resolution Association, President 1999-2001
Association of Attorney-Mediators
American College of Civil Trial Mediators, Fellow
Mediation panels of NASD and U.S. Postal Service
