Don Philbin, J.D., M.B.A., LL.M., is an AV-rated attorney-mediator with extensive business, legal, and negotiation experience and education. He has resolved disputes and crafted deals for more than two decades as a business and commercial litigator, general counsel, and president of technology-related companies. Don holds a Masters of Law degree from Pepperdine’s top-ranked Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, where he is now an adjunct professor, has been trained at and published through Harvard’s Program on Negotiation, is an elected Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, the American Academy of Civil Trial Mediators, the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and the American College of e-Neutrals, and was one of the first U.S. mediators certified under the international standards established by the International Mediation Institute. He has mediated hundreds of individual and class matters in a wide variety of substantive areas and serves as a neutral on several panels, including CPR’s Panels of Distinguished Neutrals. Don has published widely in the field, is Co-Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section’s Negotiation Committee, and a member of the ADR Section Council of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Philbin is listed in The International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediation, The Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, and The Best Lawyers in San Antonio. His firm is listed in the U.S. News and Best Lawyers “Best Law Firm” survey and the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Don was recently recognized as the 2011 Outstanding Lawyer (Mediation) by the San Antonio Business Journal.
