Bruce Edwards has been an industry pioneer in developing the field of alternative dispute resolution. Since 1986 he has mediated over 8000 disputes throughout the United States involving complex, multiparty lawsuits and specializing in matters of high emotion. Mr. Edwards has consistently received recognition for his work as a mediator including awards for "San Francisco Mediation Lawyer of the Year", California Top Neutral", and "Best Lawyer, Alternative Dispute Resolution Category" to name a few.

Since 1993 Mr. Edwards has served as an Adjunct Professor at the Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law where he teaches masters degree and professional skill development courses in advanced mediation. Mr. Edwards has taught similar programs at Stanford Law School, Hastings College of the Law, University of Maryland Law School and Vermont Law School. In addition to his teaching in the United States, Mr. Edwards has personally taught mediation skills in more than 20 countries to judges, attorneys, business leaders, ombuds and aspiring mediators.

In 2014 Mr. Edwards cofounded the Edwards Mediation Academy, an online educational platform for delivering virtual mediation training to a global audience. Ongoing training courses currently include students from India, Brazil, Rwanda, Zambia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

As a founding partner of JAMS-Endispute and later JAMS, the largest provider of ADR services in the United States, Mr. Edwards has worked at the epicenter of the business of mediation for the past three decades culminating in his service as Chairman of the JAMS Board of Directors.

Mr. Edwards currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Weinstein International Foundation, a non-profit organization working in conjunction with Weinstein Jams International Fellows from over 75 countries dedicated to making mediation accessible worldwide. He also serves on the Advisory Council for Convergence Center For Policy Resolution, a non-profit committed to convening people and groups with divergent views on critical national issues.

Christopher will be the Moderator for the Webinar.

He is an independent mediator, adjudicator and arbitrator who is on the panels of various leading global alternative dispute resolution bodies. He has arbitrated and adjudicated a variety of international cases involving both ad-hoc and institutional arbitrations and adjudications, and has mediated many international and domestic cases to date. After joining the Bar, he has represented clients in a variety of arbitrations as counsel.

Christopher has written a variety of articles and publications in the areas of arbitration, adjudication, mediation, corporate governance and internet domain names and continues to write in these areas.

As former Secretary-General of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, he managed to elevate Hong Kong’s status as the regional dispute resolution hub of Asia by increasing the number of international dispute cases being referred to Hong Kong for amiable resolution as well as creating the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre, a body that has gain international prominence within the dot.com community as a reliable, trustworthy, independent and reputable entity that manages domain name disputes. Prior to joining the Bar, he was the inaugural Executive Director of the Construction Industry Council, a position he held for 8 years, to which a variety of prominent achievements were made, including the renowned “Zero Carbon Building” an icon of the Build Environment that has been recognized globally.

Christopher has a board practice and accepts instructions in all areas of work with emphasis on arbitration, adjudication and mediation.