User details
ID 210035116 Email address neutraljohn@comcast.net
Status Active
First name John Adam Last name Kerns, Jr.
Full name John Adam Kerns Jr.
Gender Male
Pdf https://www.nadn.org/resolute/PDF/210035116.PDF
Photo photos/JohnAdam-KernsJr.jpg
Web folder john-kerns
Contact information
Corporation ADR Offices
Address 1 187 Brittney Lane
City Hartly
ZIP Code 19953-2278
State Delaware
Phone (302) 492-3445 Cell (302) 423-9985 Fax (302) 492-3446
Cell public? Yes
Video conferencing? Yes Promote video conferencing? No
CC name   CC email  
Formal Qualifications & Memberships
Judge? No
ADR services 1,2,11,7,3,6,9
Education

Temple University – BBA (Economics) ’69, JD ’76, MBA (Marketing) ’77 & completed 2/3rds LLM (Labor) (Program discontinued).

Memberships
  • ABA - American Bar Assoc. - Dispute Resolution Section
  • PBA - Philadelphia Bar Association - ADR Committee
  • ACAM - Academy of Court Appointed Masters - Fellow
  • CIARB - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Fellow Candidate
  • SPIDR/ACR - Delaware Valley
  • PA Counsel of Mediators
  • MCDR - Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution
  • NJAPM - New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
  • DE Federation for Dispute Resolution
  • Various Dispute Resolution Sections/Committees - ABA/Federal/State/County Bar Associations and Maryland Dispute Resolution Commission – Professional Responsibility Committee.
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - Senate Resolution 160

 

Biography

 

John has been a full-time Mediator/Arbitrator for over 25 years. He has now Mediated over 2,100 matters in 34 states. The causes of action cover virtually all parts of Commercial/Civil Litigation. Before permanently going over to the dark side he was a Philadelphia Deputy City Solicitor in Major Litigation. Earlier, he was Staff Counsel for Fireman’s Fund and Allstate Insurance Companies. Before that he worked with Milton M. Borowsky in Jones Act/LSHWA and Air Plane Crash Litigation. He has also served as a Law Clerk to Judges Ethan Allen Doty (In charge of Compulsory Arbitration) and Joseph I. Papalini. While in and just after law school he worked as a Senior Law Clerk in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia on both Civil/Criminal matters. He has a BBA in Economics; an MBA in Marketing in Statistical Analysis, with a minor in Management; a Law Degree; and he almost completed an LLM in Labor Law all at Temple University. Finally, he moved to Hartly, Delaware, more than 19 years ago, where he calls himself the current edition of Green Acres-Eddie Albert because he, and his wife Eleanor, have a farm complete with a  Tennessee Walker horse named Bo, 2 Alpacas named Mr. Murphy and Stardust and an assortment of dogs (Among them 3 Goldies and 1 Corgis) and cats. 

 

ADR Practice & Case Experience
Additional languages 1
Practice started 1978
Rates

PLEASE CALL FOR DETAILS. ON MOST MATTERS I USE AN HOURLY RATE BUT, IF APPROPRIATE, I WILL CONSIDER A HALF OR FULL DAY RATE OR A FLAT ALL INCLUDED (EXCEPT TRAVEL EXPENSES SINCE THEY ARE UNKNOWN) PROPOSAL. I DO NOT CHARGE FOR TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN NYC AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA (UP TO 3 HOURS ONE WAY). IN ADDITION, I AM GENERALLY AVAILABLE ON WEEKENDS IF THAT IS THE ONLY TIME THAT COUNSEL/PARTIES ARE AVAILABLE.

Dispute areas 1,2,3,7,8,9,10,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,22,95,25,27,28,31,32,37,38,41,43,44,45,46,47,49,50,54,58,61,62,63,64,65,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,74,75,77,96,84,85,86,87,88,89,92,93,94
Calendar Settings
Private calendar purchased No
Calendar preference Disabled Calendar display type 5 day
Calendar last update time Sep 2 2018
Booking
Whole days Disabled Multiple mediations Disabled Ask Client to Select ADR Service? Disabled
Time zone Eastern
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? Disabled Auto hold type On Hold Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? Disabled
Notes mandatory? Yes
Additional attendees No
GoogleMaps
Map enabled Yes Streetview enabled Yes
Latitude 39.1687012
Longitude -75.7133026
Rating  
GoogleMaps accuracy Custom coordinates
Time zone America/New_York