Samuel Cheris

Samuel Cheris

Samuel Cheris

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Résumé / Curriculum Vitae

Samuel D. Cheris, Esq.

Profession
Attorney / Arbitrator / Legal & Financial Consultant
Adjunct Professor University of Colorado Graduate School of Business
 
Professional Licenses 

Admitted to the Bar: 

  • California, 1972
  • Colorado, 1973
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1973
  • U.S. Tax Court, 1972

Employment 

Private Practice    Current 
Adjunct Faculty, Ethics and Business Law UCD Business School 2004-2007
Senior VP, Chief Financial Officer & General Counsel Blackhawk GeoServices, Inc. 2003-2004
Senior VP, Secretary, and General Counsel   Relera, Inc. 2000-2003
Member/Group Leader, Commercial and Business Law Hall & Evans, L.L.C.    1972-2000 

                                             
Legal Focus 
35 years of legal practice in the following areas:

  • Accounting Malpractice; Attorney Malpractice
  • Business Interruption
  • Corporate Compliance and Governance
  • Corporate Taxation
  • Damages
  • Design and Construction
  • Financial Transactions
  • Human Resources
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Business Entity/Directors and Officers
  • International Business Transactions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Not-for-Profit Entities
  • Procurement and Purchasing

Additional areas of expertise:

  • Higher education
  • Elections
  • Construction Management
  • Valuation

 
Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience 
More than 25 years of experience as an arbitrator

  • AAA
  • US Anti-Doping Agency (administered by AAA)
  • Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
  • Colorado Mediators & Arbitrators (CoMA)

Served as sole arbitrator, panel member and panel chair for 42 matters in the last 10 years, handling cases dealing with the following types of issues: business valuation; cable and satellite television; partnership dissolutions & terminations; tax malpractice; contracts; dope testing (Olympic movement); education; health care; insurance; investment and securities; patent infringement; real estate; oil & gas and telecommunications. 

Education  

  • Brooklyn College              B.S. Accounting               1967 
  • Stanford University           MBA +   JD                        1971        

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training 
 

AAA Dealing With Delay Tactics in Arbitration (ACE004) 2006
Attended AAA Neutrals Conference and satisfied 2005 ACE requirements     2005
Faculty, AAA Arbitrator Ethics & Disclosure (ACE003) 2004-present 
Faculty, AAA Arbitrator I and II Training 2000-present
AAA Faculty: ACE003 - Arbitrator Ethics and Disclosure 2004, 2005
Faculty, AAA Pro Se: Managing Cases Involving Self-Represented Parties (ACE002) 2004 
ACE002 - Pro Se: Managing Cases Involving Self-Represented Parties 2004
Faculty, AAA Commercial Arbitrator II: Advanced Case Management Issues 2002 
AAA Arbitrator Update 2004, 2001
AAA Commercial Train the Trainer Course   2000 
Faculty, AAA Commercial Train the Trainer Course  1998
AAA Basic Arbitrator Training, Denver; various other ADR trainings   

Professional Associations 

  • American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
  • American Bar Association (Business Law Section; Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section, Past Chairman; Special Problems of Professionals Committee; Special Problems of Business Owners Committee; Use of Partnerships Committee; Tax Section)
  • Association of Corporate Counsel - Americas (Colorado Chapter President)
  • National Association of Corporate Directors
  • Association for Corporate Growth

Publications and Speaking Engagements 
Co-author, Doing Business in Colorado:  A Guide for Architects and Engineers 
AIA and CECC, 1990, 1992. 
 
 Languages English, French

Recommendations and Praise

"Having served on an American Arbitration Association panel chaired by Mr. Cheris, I was able to observe first hand his exceptional handling of a complex matter.  I have served on many arbitration panels for both the AAA and the NASD and would rate Mr. Cheris as one of the best arbitrators with whom I have served.  His keen insight and calm demenaor would make him a valued addition to both your arbitration and mediation panels."
Lawrence A. Saicheck, Esq

"I felt Sam Cheris did an excellent job in this mediation.  He handled a rather emotionally sensitive dispute with empathy and firmness.  I felt his assessment of the respective parties’ positions was accurate, and prompt, and that he was able to discern the range within which the case should (and did) settle.  Mr. Cheris was knowledgeable about the realities of the financial, emotion and tangible costs and risks of litigation, which knowledge was certainly helpful in bringing the parties together in settlement.  He was also persistent in his efforts and worked very hard."
William L. Alexander, Partner at Alexander & Associates, PLC

"Bar none, Sam Cheris, is the best arbitrator whom I have come across.  Sam is intelligent, hard working, forthright and compassionate.  He has an exceptional ability to quietly take control of a situation in a manner that garners everyone's respect.  He is very efficient and impartial.  Given his extensive background and his procedural and substantive experience...  he handled every situation in an orderly and fair manner that respected the process, the witnesses, the parties, their lawyers and the other members of the panel...  You will be well served to appoint him to your panel."
Iris June Brown, Partner Rogin Nassau LLC Attorneys at Law