LAWRENCE R. MILLS is an experienced Seattle mediator and arbitrator with a nationwide dispute resolution practice. Mr. Mills is a former Chair of the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution and a principal in the Seattle law firm Mills Meyers Swartling. He has practiced business law, commercial transactions, and commercial litigation for over thirty years. For the past twenty-five years, Mr. Mills has maintained an active practice as a mediator and arbitrator in a wide variety of contexts, including business and commercial matters, real estate, construction, employment, insurance coverage, intellectual property, and estates and trusts.
He is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial, Construction, International, and Large Complex Case, and Mediation panels. Mr. Mills is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He has conducted hundreds of mediations and arbitrations throughout the United States. Mr. Mills has served as Chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the Washington State Bar Association and a Co-Chair of the Northwest Dispute Resolution Conference.
Mr. Mills has published numerous articles on dispute resolution topics and is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars on dispute resolution methods and ethics. He is an honors graduate of Princeton University and has a master’s degree in public policy and a law degree from the University of Michigan. His email address is lmills@mms-seattle.com.
For more information about Mr. Mills, please visit the Mills Meyers Swartling website: www.mms-seattle.com