Ruth V. Glick

Ruth Glick is an independent arbitrator and mediator whose skill and knowledge of ADR stem from her background as a lawyer, businesswoman, and educator. She has considerable experience as a dispute resolver in both her legal and business careers, and has resolved well over 1000 disputes. Ms. Glick specializes in financial, technology, business, commercial, securities, healthcare and medical products, real estate, and labor and employment disputes. She is a panelist on the Large Complex Case, Employment, Healthcare and Master Mediation panels of the American Arbitration Association and International Centre for Dispute Resolution (AAA/ICDR).

Ms. Glick received her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and law degree from University of California Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of the Law). She was an adjunct professor at UC Law San Francisco teaching arbitration and ADR Law for 10 years. Ms. Glick has authored numerous book chapters, law articles for law reviews, and professional publications; and has made presentations on ADR topics to bar associations and other professional organizations.

Ms. Glick is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FIArb); Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA); Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM); and member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN). Named yearly as a Northern California Super Lawyer, she is also a past Chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association and currently serves on the Council of the AAA/ICDR. Ms. Glick is the 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Service Award for ADR from the California Lawyers Association. For more information, see her website linked above.