Patrick N. Bowles, BCL, BL, C. Arb, C. Med, MCIArb (UK)

Chartered Mediator – Chartered Arbitrator – FSCO Arbitrator/Mediator – OMMP Roster Mediator (since 1997)

DISPUTE RESOLUTION PRACTICE AREAS

Areas of specialty include:

Insurance: (all property and casualty disputes – Automobile; Fidelity; Product and General liability; Surety; Employer Liability; Life, Health and Accident; Subrogation; Marine, land transportation and cargo; Errors and Omissions; Director and Officer Liability; Reinsurance; Construction; Medical Malpractice

Corporate Commercial – Real Estate and Partnership Disputes

Main Services: Administrative-law adjudication, Arbitration, Mediation, ADR systems design and architecture.

Current Appointment:

• Sadowski Resolutions Group LLP: Mediator and Arbitrator
• FSCO Arbitrator & Mediator
• Senior Associate, RISK Oversight Solutions Inc.

Prior Appointment:

• Financial Services Industry – Insurance: Fifteen years claims administration and litigation management
• In-house risk consultant: (Operational) to a major Canadian multinational law firm
• President, Advance Dispute Resolution Group Inc.: (affiliated with Clarke Henning & Co. Chartered Accountants)
• Vice-Chair, Administrative-law Appeals Tribunal: (Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeals Tribunal)
• Consultant: Law Practice Management
• Centre for Financial Services OmbudsNetwork:
• Teaching: Past part-time faculty member and taught arbitration at University of Western Ontario and York University; past Chair ADR Program Development, Continuing Education; Atkinson College, York University; Instructor (Arbitration) ADRIO

Publishing: Founder and former co-editor of ADR Forum, published by CCH Canadian Ltd.; QUICKLAW on-line directory-editor; former ABA committee member of electronic publications, Law Practice Management section of the ABA Private Panel Appointments

• The Information, Technology and Communications (ITC) Center for Disputes Management KPMG Roster of Arbitrators: the arbitration of disputes arising from class actions.
• Financial Services OmbudsNetwork: Roster mediator, Insurance Disputes for the General Insurance OmbudService (GIO), the property and casualty arm for CFSON
• American Express Cardholder Dispute Resolution Roaster: Arbitrator

Other Positions of Interest

• Canadian Bar Association
• Chair (three term), National Law Practice Management Section
• American Bar Association
• Liaison to ABA’s Law Practice Section and member of various committees including electronic publishing
• Faculty, part time, teaching Arbitration, University of Western Ontario and York University

Federal and Provincial Appointments

Federal Appointments

• Farm Debt Mediation Services and Farm Debt Consultation Services: Clarke Henning LLP
• Canadian National Defense: Canadian Forces Base Borden
• Canadian Transport Agency ­- Arbitrator
• Veterans Review and Appeal Board, Canada: Appointment to the panel of arbitrators
• Canadian Forum on Dispute Resolution Report of task Group 4c Dispute Resolution and the Administration of Justice

Provincial Appointments

• Workplace Safety and Appeals Tribunal – Administrative-law adjudicator
• Ontario Farm Products Marketing Commission – mediator
• Ontario Vegetable growers Marketing Board – mediator
• Ontario Food Processors Association – mediator

Professional Associations

• Current Memberships
• Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators
• Canadian Psychological Association
• ADR Institute of Canada
• Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada

Prior

• Past Chair, (three-terms) National Law Practice Management Section, Canadian Bar Association and liaison to the American Bar Association
• Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals
• Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators (SOAR)
• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London England
• Insurance Accountants Association