Andrew Goodman
Barrister, Civil and Commercial Mediator, IMI Mediation Advocate
Practice Overview
Prof. Andrew Goodman LLB MBA PhD FCIArb FInstCPD FRSA has 48 years of experience as an independent commercial barrister and nearly 35 years as an international consulting mediator. He has been an accredited IMI mediation advocate since 2013.
Andrew is Convenor of the Standing Conference of Mediation Advocates, former founding Director of the Association of Mediation Assessors, Trainers and Instructors and a member of the Bar ADR Panel, the Independent Standards Commission of the International Mediation Institute and Co-Chair of the IMI Mediation Advocacy Appraisal Sub-Committee.
He is an award-winning thought leader in the field of mediation and mediation advocacy, writes widely on the subject, and practices in up to 20 jurisdictions both as a mediator and an IMI Mediation Advocate.
Andrew holds a number of visiting academic posts and advises governments, Bars, corporations and institutions on conflict avoidance and dispute management systems, as well as dispute strategy for those involved in large scale disputes.
He is the author of Effective Mediation Advocacy (4th edn) and Advanced Mediation Advocacy and has produced editions for practitioners and students in Nigeria, Hong Kong, India and Turkey.’
Professional Experience
Andrew has mediated several hundred mediations and, since 1995, has been recommended as a leading junior in professional indemnity work and mediation in the Legal 500 for 28 years ( qualifying for the Legal 500 ‘Hall of Fame’).
He has represented parties in multi-million US dollar and billion euro+ claims, and worked as a mediation advocate in the UK, the Gulf, EU countries and south-east Asia and is familiar with cross-border and cross-cultural work.
He is currently a Professor of Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution Studies at Rushmore University and is a visiting mediation and dispute management trainer to the Hong Kong, Nepal, Istanbul, Ankara, Antalya and Izmir Bar Associations and the Judicial Academy of the Nepal Supreme Court, the Nepal International ADR Centre, the Thailand Arbitration Centre, and the Lagos and Enugu State Multi-Door Courthouses.
Andrew is a faculty trainer for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, ADR Group, Practice Forte Singapore, IIAM India, SCMA Nigeria, Thailand Arbitration Centre, Bangkok, an ABTA ArbEx panel arbitrator and conciliator, and an ADR Group certified online mediator. He was formerly Director of Mediation Training, RICS DRS 2007-2011 and RICS Faculty trainer 2007-2013.