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Jules I. Crystal is a full-time labor arbitrator and mediator, practicing as such since 2007 (full-time since 2010). He previously practiced labor and employment law and litigation from 1975 to 2010 and served as a Trial Attorney with the National Labor Relations Board from 1971 to 1975. He holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and is listed on numerous arbitration and mediation rosters.

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E. Frank Cornelius, PhD, JD is a labor arbitrator and consultant with over 100 published arbitration decisions cited by federal courts, legal treatises, and the American Bar Association. He holds a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan, and was formerly a university professor of mathematics. He provides impartial arbitration across the private sector, public sector, and federal government, resolving labor, employment, employee benefits, and technical disputes, and accepts cases nationwide.

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JAMS is described as the world's largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services, resolving business and legal disputes through arbitration, mediation, neutral analysis, and court-appointed neutral services. It has a panel of more than 500 neutrals, 29 locations, and handled over 21,000 disputes a year.

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Jeff has been a practicing attorney in Minnesota since 1980 and has arbitrated labor disputes since 1995, authoring nearly 1000 written final and binding decisions. He previously practiced extensively in labor relations representing union and management clients in the private and public sectors. He is a member of the National Academy of Arbitrators and is on several state and FMCS arbitration lists. He also arbitrates and mediates civil and administrative matters in the District Courts and Minnesota Workers Compensation system.

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Richard G. Kass works exclusively as a labor arbitrator after a 35-year career as an advisor and litigator in labor and employment law and five years of experience as a neutral. He serves on labor arbitration panels including the American Arbitration Association (since 2024) and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (since 2022), and as a panel arbitrator for SEIU Local 32BJ and the NYC Realty Advisory Board and for Transport Workers Union Local 100 and MTA/New York City Transit Authority.

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