Sid McCollum
Phone: 501.376.2121 or 501.773.6566
Email: adrsid@sbcglobal.net
To schedule: please call 501.376.2121
Sid McCollum founded ADR, Inc. in Bentonville, Arkansas in 1995 after 24 years of a general and varied practice as an attorney and six years of service as a Circuit Judge for the 19 th Judicial District of Arkansas. He has conducted hundreds and hundreds of mediations and arbitrations in cases concerning personal injury, wrongful death, malpractice (medical, dental, hospital, nursing home, legal), construction (home, shopping center, large scale development and other), all types of contract cases, governmental and intergovernmental disputes, as well as all types of family or domestic relations cases. Sid has received over 300 hours of specialized training in basic and advanced mediation. He has taught for ten years at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada and has presented more than 50 lectures, programs, and one-day training sessions at various venues around the country. He has also conducted five 40-hour training courses for mediators in Arkansas. Sid is certified in civil, probate and family mediation in Arkansas and is also a Rule 31 listed civil mediator in Tennessee.
Education
LL.B., Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1965
B.A. in Natural Science, Hendrix College , 1962
Work History
Mediator, ADR, Inc., 1995-present
Circuit Judge, 19 th Judicial District of the State of Arkansas, 1989-1994
Partner, Little, McCollum, & George Law Firm (formerly Little, Lawrence & McCollum), 1973-1988
Associate Attorney, Little & Lawrence , 1972-1973
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Arkansas, 1969-1972
Associate Attorney, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings of Little Rock, 1967-1969
Chief Clerk of the Hon. Gordon E. Young, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 1965-1967
Instructor of Criminal Law and Agency for Bar Review of Arkansas, 1969-1981
Special Associate Justice, Supreme Court of Arkansans, February 1981 and June 1996
Mediation Training
Workplace Mediation Training, 40 hours, Arkansas ADR Commission, 2000
Redress Mediation Training, 20 hours, U.S. Postal Service, 1998
Civil Mediation, 40 hours, National Judicial College, 1997- Faculty Assistant
Civil Mediation, 40 hours, National Judicial College, 1996 - Faculty Assistant
Settlement Week Training, 6 hours, American Academy of Attorney Mediators, 1996
Advanced Training in the Negotiation and Mediation of Business, Family and Divorce Conflicts, 20 hours, Mediation and Conflict Management Services of St. Louis, July 1995
Family Mediation, 40 hours, National Judicial College, 1995
Civil Mediation, 40 hours, Dispute Management, Inc. (DMI), 1995
Justice Without Law - III (Alternative Dispute Resolution), 6 hours, Christian Justice Center of Northwest Arkansas, Inc., 1995
Civil Mediation, 40 hours, National Judicial College, 1994
Professional Affiliations
Member, Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution), 1995-present
Member, Arkansas Conflict Resolution Association (ACRA), 1995-present
Member, Arkansas Dispute Resolution Commission, State of Arkansas, 1995-present
Chairman, 2001-present
Member, Arkansas Bar Association, 1967-present
Member of House of Delegates, 1973-1977 and 1983-1986
Tenured Delegate, House of Delegates, since 1986
Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 1994-1999
Chairman, 1996-1998
President, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, 1999-2000
Active Member of 12 different committees of the Bar Association
Master, American Inns of Court, 1990-2001
Member, American Bar Association, ADR Section, 2001-present
Member, Arkansas Bar Foundation, 1975-present
Chairman of the Foundation, 1980-1981
Active Member of 7 different committees of the Foundation
Member, Benton County Bar Association, 1973-present
President, 1975-1976
(Award, Outstanding Small Bar Association, 1975-1976)
Member, Pulaski County Bar Association, 1967-1972 and 2002-present
