Lawrence H. Fleischman

Lawrence h Fleischman is one of the nation's pioneers in mediation and alternative dispute resolution (adr). A Pima County (arizona) superior court judge from 1985-1997, and currently a full-time private mediator and arbitrator, he has mediated in excess of 9,000 cases. He founded arizona 's first judicial adr center and first private law firm specializing in adr.

As engagingly detailed in "inside the mediation" room, he helped negotiate tennis star andre agassi's 1995 Nike contract, which remains one of the largest sports endorsement deals in history