Frank Goldsmith Goldsmith, Goldsmith & Dews, P.A. 57 South Main Street P.O. Box 1107 Marion, NC 28752 Tel: (828) 652-3000 Fax: (828) 652-9196 Email: frank@goldsmithdews.com www.goldsmithdews.com

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ADR Services: Mediation (Superior Court) Mediation (Federal) Arbitration (Civil/Commercial)

Formal Certifications: Superior Court Mediator Superior Court Judicial Districts served: 24, 25A, 25B, 27B, 28, 29A, 29B, 30A, 30B [ Click for Map of N. Carolina's Districts ]

ADA Disability Civil Rights Commercial/Business Construction Consumer Fraud Contract Disputes EEOC Employment

Environmental Health Care Insurance Medical Malpractice Negligence Nursing Homes Personal Injury Police

Probate Product Liability Religious Institutions Title VII Torts Trusts Workplace Wrongful Death

Biographical Notes:

My practice is almost exclusively civil litigation and mediation. The civil practice emphasizes employment and civil rights cases but also includes much commercial litigation, general tort litigation, and other civil cases, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. Over half of the civil practice is in the federal courts. I have been certified since 1996 as a mediator by the North Carolina Dispute Resolution Commission and currently spend about one-third of my time mediating various kinds of legal disputes pending in the state and federal courts. I also often serve as an arbitrator, either individually or on a panel of arbitrators. In addition, I represent some Death Row inmates on a pro bono basis. I have litigated successfully at all levels of the state and federal judicial systems, including the United States Supreme Court (Blackledge v. Allison, 431 U.S. 63 (1977)).

Education:

Languages

English

Memberships & Affiliations :

Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (inducted in 1994 in Ottawa, Canada).

North Carolina Bar Association: member of Board of Governors, 1990-1993 (Executive Committee, 1991-92); Member (and former member of Council, 2005-2007), Dispute Resolution Section; member, International ADR Committee of Dispute Resolution Section; Chair, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1986-87; former member, Commission on Race Relations in the Legal Profession (chair, Research and Survey Committee); various other committees.

North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers: Board of Governors, 1988-1994, 2006-present; currently chair, Ethics Committee; member, Legal Affairs Committee; former chair and current member, Amicus Curiae Committee; former chair, Constitution and Bylaws Committee; member, Death Penalty Task Force.

Twenty-Ninth Judicial District (North Carolina) Bar Association: President, 1982.

McDowell County (North Carolina) Bar Association: President, 1984-86; former chair, Committee on Indigent Representation; Served as volunteer librarian of county law library for 12 years.

RATES & PAYMENT INFORMATION

Rates: $220 per hour, $220 one-time administrative fee, travel billed at half the regular hourly rate (no travel fee charged for mediations within a thirty-minute radius of the office).

Payment: Payment is expected at the conclusion of the mediation session unless other arrangements have been made in advance.

Cancellation Policy: As provided by the North Carolina Superior Court rules.

AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION

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