Full Name
Shelby Grubbs, Esq.
Job Title
Mediator & Arbitrator
Company
JAMS
Speaker Bio
Shelby Grubbs, Esq. joined JAMS in 2020 after nearly 45 years as a litigator. Having worked across a broad spectrum of complex commercial litigation, he draws on extensive experience to resolve—efficiently and expeditiously—even the most challenging cases. Mr. Grubbs serves as an arbitrator, mediator, and court- appointed neutral/special master.
As an arbitrator, Mr. Grubbs has served in cases administered by JAMS, AAA, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) and the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). H e is also an approved panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He has served as mediator, sole arbitrator, panel chair and wing arbitrator. His experience as a court-appointed neutral/special master has included a claim brought by the United States against a major health insurer to recover over $1 billion in Medicare payments, claims alleging fraud, RICO and securities law violations, claims by property owners alleging water pollution, and personal injury claims against state sponsors of terrorism.
In addition to his experience as a neutral, Mr. Grubbs is significantly engaged with the International ADR community and was named International Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year for Atlanta by Best Lawyers in America in 2022. He is currently a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and active with the Arbitration Committee of the U.S. Council on International Business (USCIB). From 2014 to 2017, he was the executive director of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation (ACIAM), a component of the Georgia State University College of Law (GSU). In 2010, he was a founding member of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS) and remains active as a board member. He has taught international commercial arbitration as a member of the adjunct faculty at GSU, the Emory University School of Law and the Vanderbilt University School of Law. He is co-editor of the AtlAS Desk Book: A Dispute Resolution Manual for International Lawyers (2022), now in its fifth edition and editor of International Civil Procedure (Kluwer 2003).
Prior to joining JAMS, Mr. Grubbs was with the U.S. law firm of Miller & Martin PLLC, most recently as managing member of its Atlanta office. He served as lead counsel on matters involving various areas of substantive law, including business and commercial, consumer protection, copyright, corporate governance, defamation, employment, ERISA, wage and hour, securities, state antitrust, product liability, trademarks, trade secrets, trespass, and insurance. He also worked extensively in class litigation across various substantive areas including banking, employment, insurance and real estate development and served as coordinating counsel, monitoring and supervising related class cases in four separate U.S. jurisdictions for Fortune 100 consumer products company. His work included matters arising under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In addition to being admitted to practice in Tennessee and Georgia, he has practiced pro hac vice in Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin.
As an arbitrator, Mr. Grubbs has served in cases administered by JAMS, AAA, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) and the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). H e is also an approved panelist for the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He has served as mediator, sole arbitrator, panel chair and wing arbitrator. His experience as a court-appointed neutral/special master has included a claim brought by the United States against a major health insurer to recover over $1 billion in Medicare payments, claims alleging fraud, RICO and securities law violations, claims by property owners alleging water pollution, and personal injury claims against state sponsors of terrorism.
In addition to his experience as a neutral, Mr. Grubbs is significantly engaged with the International ADR community and was named International Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year for Atlanta by Best Lawyers in America in 2022. He is currently a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR and active with the Arbitration Committee of the U.S. Council on International Business (USCIB). From 2014 to 2017, he was the executive director of the Atlanta Center for International Arbitration and Mediation (ACIAM), a component of the Georgia State University College of Law (GSU). In 2010, he was a founding member of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS) and remains active as a board member. He has taught international commercial arbitration as a member of the adjunct faculty at GSU, the Emory University School of Law and the Vanderbilt University School of Law. He is co-editor of the AtlAS Desk Book: A Dispute Resolution Manual for International Lawyers (2022), now in its fifth edition and editor of International Civil Procedure (Kluwer 2003).
Prior to joining JAMS, Mr. Grubbs was with the U.S. law firm of Miller & Martin PLLC, most recently as managing member of its Atlanta office. He served as lead counsel on matters involving various areas of substantive law, including business and commercial, consumer protection, copyright, corporate governance, defamation, employment, ERISA, wage and hour, securities, state antitrust, product liability, trademarks, trade secrets, trespass, and insurance. He also worked extensively in class litigation across various substantive areas including banking, employment, insurance and real estate development and served as coordinating counsel, monitoring and supervising related class cases in four separate U.S. jurisdictions for Fortune 100 consumer products company. His work included matters arising under the First, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. In addition to being admitted to practice in Tennessee and Georgia, he has practiced pro hac vice in Alabama, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin.
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