• Vice-Chair of ABA’s Mediation Committee since its inception in 1994
• Named a Super Lawyer in the ADR field from 2004 – 2011
• Industry Advisor to Uniform Law Commission’s creation of the Uniform Mediation Act Industry Advisor to Uniform Law Commission’s first update of the Uniform Arbitration Act since its creation in 1954

Bill Baten has been a full-time neutral since 1995, and has developed a national practice resolving complex matters of all types. He has served as mediator, arbitrator, and special master in approximately 3,000 matters – including many eight- and nine-figure disputes and high-profile matters such as the Big Dig construction project in Boston. Bill has developed a reputation as a resourceful and tenacious mediator who will stay actively involved until the dispute is resolved.

Bill Baten enjoys a reputation as an arbitrator who is willing to make tough decisions based on the facts and the law, and is critical of arbitration processes that simply “split the baby.” Bill Baten has served as an industry advisor to the Uniform Law Commissioners’ multi-year project to revise the Uniform Arbitration Act for the first time since its creation in 1955. Bill Baten also has served on mass-tort arbitration panels for matters such as Dalkon Shield (product liability) and Black Farmers (civil rights).

Bill Baten has served as a special master and neutral administrator in several nine- and ten-figure disputes among Fortune 500 companies. His responsibilities have ranged from rulings on discovery disputes to rulings on responsibilities for national and local defense structure among scores of defendants in mass-tort cases. As with arbitration, Bill Baten believes an important role of a special master is to expedite those matters which the courts are too overburdened to handle in a timely manner. Therefore, Bill Baten places emphasis on efficiency and timely action in his special master assignments.