• J.D., Indiana University School of Law, 1970, Cum Laude, Associate Editor, Law Review
• B.A., Butler University, 1966

John R. Van Winkle is recognized nationally as one of the leaders in mediation and ADR. He chaired the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and has been a full time professional mediator and arbitrator since 1994.

Mr. Van Winkle has been involved in ADR generally since 1985, acting as mediator, arbitrator and trainer. His primary focus is mediation of complex commercial, contract, insurance coverage and class action cases. He has been appointed by state and federal judges to mediate such complex matters. In the fall of 2005, Mr. Van Winkle was appointed by the State Court Judge in Birmingham, Alabama, to mediate the various HealthSouth Corporation state court cases alleging massive accounting fraud and involving multiple securities cases, derivative cases and insurance coverage rescission actions.

Prior to becoming a full time neutral, Mr. Van Winkle was engaged in the private practice of law as a trial lawyer. He began his trial practice in 1970, trying cases for both plaintiffs and defendants in over 50 of Indiana’s 92 counties. In the last ten years of his trial practice, Mr. Van Winkle had primary responsibility for complex commercial, insurance coverage, and personal injury litigation and was chief trial counsel in several leading shareholder dispute cases.