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Robert D. Litz

Robert D. Litz

Education

• University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D. 1981
• Drake University, B.A. 1979
• USA&M Transitional Training, 2005
• AAA Arbitrator and Mediator Training, 1993
• AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, 1999
• AAA Arbitrator II Training, 2002
• AAA Annual Arbitrator Updates, 2002-2004
• Washington University Civil Mediation Training, 2005

Accomplishments

Mr. Litz is a practicing attorney with the firm of Carter, Bauer & Soule L.L.C. He is a former associate general counsel for GE Commercial Distribution Finance, Deutsche Financial Services and ITT Commercial Finance. Mr. Litz is an experienced civil trial lawyer, arbitrator and mediator. The majority of his practice has been concentrated in commercial lending, lender liability and bankruptcy proceedings. He has arbitrated cases involving breach of contract, real estate leases, partnership dissolution, personal injury, construction, loan defaults, general corporate, products liability and computer contract matters. Mr. Litz has authored publications in numerous periodicals, including the Missouri Business Law Quarterly and the Missouri Bar “Litigation Settlements” desk book. He has served as faculty for various ADR training programs and seminars including the ABA, Practicing Law Institute (New York, NY), University of Missouri-Kansas City, The Missouri Bar, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis and ADR Super Conferences (Washington D.C. and New York, NY). He was admitted to the Missouri Bar (1981); U.S. District Court Eastern District of Missouri (1981); 8th Circuit Court of Appeals (1981); 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (1989). Mr. Litz is an adjunct professor at Washington University Law School and is a Certified Neutral by the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, as well as a Court-appointed Mediator for the Circuit Court, City of St. Louis, Missouri.

Affiliations

• American Bar Association (Litigation Section, Business Law Section and Dispute Resolution Section)
• The Missouri Bar, (Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee-Chair 2003-present, Commercial Law Committee-Former Vice Chair)
• Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis (Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee-Chair 1997-2003, Business Law Section, Bankruptcy Committee.)