Jaya Sharma, International Mediator & Arbitrator
- Accredited Mediator (1992 – Present)
- Owner & Founder Sharma Mediation & Arbitration
- Panel Mediator & Arbitrator: Just & Fair Mediation Centre (Turkey); American Arbitration Association; Construction Dispute Resolution Services; Santa Fe, New Mexico; DeMars & Associates, Texas USA; & Wisconsin Courts
- Work Experience
- ADR Neutral in numerous complex cases with represented and unrepresented pro se parties (Commercial, Construction, Employment, Workplace Disputes, Sexual Harassment) involving individuals, corporations and government agencies.
- For over 20 years Attorney representing clients working on heavy highway construction, commercial and home building projects.
- Worked with federal, state and local governments to create procurement programs for involvement by small subcontractors.
- Advisor on Mediation and Arbitration to municipal and state government agencies and private sector entities in the following jurisdictions:
- United States
- Republic of The Gambia
- India
- Education & Certifications
- Diploma in International Maritime Arbitration, (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)
- Specialist Mediator, Singapore International Mediation Centre, Singapore.
- Maritime Arbitrator Accreditation Programme, Singapore Institute of Arbitrators and Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration.
- American Bar Association, Arbitration Institute, Chicago, Illinois.
- Dispute Resolution Board Training, California Department of Transportation.
- American Bar Association, Arbitration Institute, Chicago, Illinois.
- American Arbitration Association Advanced Training in e-Discovery, New York.
- American Arbitration Association Advanced Arbitrator Training, New York.
- 10th Annual Mediation & Arbitration Advocacy Skills Institute, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, Boston, Massachusetts, November 14-15, 2012.
- 29th AAA-ICDR, ICSID Joint Colloquium: The Frontiers of Arbitration, Washington, D.C. November 2, 2012.
- 5th Americas Roundtable on The Fundamentals of International Arbitration, Institute of Transnational Arbitration, Santiago, Chile April 25, 2012.
- Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, London U.K.
- Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration (Chartered Institute of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators) Keeble College, Oxford University, U.K.
- Public Private Partnership Specialist Certificate, The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Inc. Washington D.C. & Water, Engineering and Development Centre of Loughborough University, U.K.
- Juris Doctor, University of Wisconsin, School of Law, Madison, Wisconsin.
- Master of Arts Public Administration, University of Wisconsin Robert Lafollette Institute.
- Publications
- Sharma, Jaya (2017) Comment on Recent Court Decisions, Quarterly Journal ABA Section of Litigation.
- Sharma, Jaya (2016) Eleventh Circuit Makes Vacatur More Difficult. Note, Quarterly Journal ABA Section of Litigation.
- Sharma, Jaya (2009) Public Private Partnership Projects in the United States In R. H. Garcia (Ed.), International Public Procurement : A Guide to Best Practice (pp 401-414) London: Globe Law and Business
- Affiliations and Memberships
- Construction Industry Forum, American Bar Association
- Section of Dispute Resolution, American Bar Association
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- Federal Bar Association
- Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration
- Singapore International Mediation Centre
- International Construction Projects Committee, International Bar Association
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- Fellow, AAA Higginbotham Fellowship Program
- Fellow, American College of e-Neutrals (ACESIN)
- Awards
- Gold Medalist, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
- Federal Highway Administration, Certificate of Appreciation October 1998
- Wisconsin Department of Transportation, DBE Programs Office, Secretary’s Award of Appreciation, October 2000
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