Thursday, August 17th
8 a.m PST| 11 a.m EST
Offered by Will Work For Food and moderated by Jeff Kichaven (www.JeffKichaven.com ) and Jean Lawler (www.LawlerADR.com)
This worldwide conversation will be like nothing else. Join in! Share, learn, have fun, and raise money for food banks.
Mr. Maravilla invites you to support St. Martin of Tours Food Pantry
Our special guest this week, Scott Maravilla, Administrative Judge at Federal Aviation Administration - FAA, will Present on:
Star Wars and ADR:
Lessons From a Galaxy Far Far Away . . .
Explore alternative dispute resolution concepts in the Star Wars films including, among others, the Jedi mind trick as a form of distributive negotiation, the power of an apology, and the wisdom of never upsetting a Wookie. This is where the fun begins.
C. Scott Maravilla is an Administrative Judge and mediator with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at American University Washington College of Law.He has mediated over 150 cases in contract, workplace, and enforcement matters for the FAA and other federal agencies including The White House. He is an elected member of the American Law Institute.
Judge Maravilla received his law degree cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in May, 2000. During the spring semester of his second year in law school, he held a full-time clerkship in The White House, Office of Counsel to the President. He also holds a Masters degree from King’s College, The University of London, and a Bachelors degree from The University of Texas at Austin.
Judge Maravilla began his career as a judicial clerk to Judge Roger B. Andewelt at the United States Court of Federal Claims from 2000 to 2001, where he assisted with the adjudication of claims against the United States Government. He spent two years from 2001 to 2003 as an Associate with a large Wall Street law firm in New York. While in private practice, Mr. Maravilla was very active with the firm’s pro bono practice. He helped establish the firm’s 9/11 Pro Bono group, which included apprising the firm of all tax legislation enacted at both the federal and state level with regard to the victims of 9/11 and represented the family of a firefighter. Judge Maravilla also clerked for Justice Dale Wainwright of the Texas Supreme Court from 2003 to 2004. He joined the FAA in 2005 as an attorney in the Acquisition and Commercial Law Division.
Judge Maravilla is a prolific legal scholar and commentator. His work has appeared in, among others, Tulane Journal of International and Comparative Law, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property Law, and Florida Journal of International Law. His latest article, “Private Judges, Public Law: The Unconstitutionality of Arbitration under the Administrative Dispute Resolution Act" appears in The Ohio State Journal of Dispute Resolution. You can listen to him discuss it on the podcast A Hard Look, produced by the Administrative Law Review (https://soundcloud.com/user-322694192/episode-3-inferior-officers-v-employees). He also is a contributor to the book, Theories of Change for the Dispute Resolution Movement: Actionable Ideas to Revitalize Our Movement.