Summary Bio

Don Philbin is an attorney-mediator, negotiation consultant and trainer, and arbitrator.  He has resolved disputes and crafted deals for more than 20-years as a commercial litigator, general counsel, and president of communications and technology-related companies.  Don has mediated hundreds of matters in a wide variety of substantive areas and serves as an arbitrator on several panels, including CPR’s Panels of Distinguished Neutrals.  He is an adjunct professor at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine Law School, Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section’s Negotiation Committee, and a member of the ADR Section Council of the State Bar of Texas. Don is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Civil Trial Mediators and the International Academy of Mediators, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (Dispute Resolution), Texas Super Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in San Antonio, and the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.