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Presenters

We are delighted to confirm that the following people are presenting at Conference '09 with several more exciting presenters to be announced in the coming weeks.  More information about our presenters will soon be available.

 

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David Carden

FAMINZ (Arb) (Med); LLM; LLB

David Carden is in practice in Auckland as an arbitrator, adjudicator, mediator and barrister...

Jessica Carter

Jessica Carter is a mediator, coach, trainer and Senior Advisor...

Bruce Cottrill

FAMINZ (Med)  MstConRes GDipBusStud(DisRes) GDipBusStud(SmlBus) DipIndReln

Bruce is presently a Dispute Resolution Practitioner and Consultant...

Peter Degerholm

Reg QS, FNZIQS, FAMINZ (Arb), PG Dip Bus Stud (Disp Res)

Peter is a qualified quantity surveyor with over 35 years experience in the New Zealand building industry...

Ann Edge

MCR; PGDipBusAdmin (Disp Res); GDipBusStuds (Disp Res); TTC; FAMINZ

Ann is a Mediation Fellow and panel member. She has served on the AMINZ Council since 2006 and is currently Vice President...

Robert Elms

CA, BCA

Robert joined PKF Martin Jarvie in 1988 after various commercial roles and several years with KPMG...

Denise Evans

LLB, AAMINZ

Denise has practiced law for over twenty years...

Hon. Chris Finlayson MP

BA, LLM

Attorney-General Minister for Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage.

Derek Firth

FAMINZ; LLB; FCIArb

Derek is an Auckland Barrister practicing as an arbitrator, mediator and adjudicator...

Hon. Robert Fisher QC

QC, LL.D, FAMINZ

Hon Robert Fisher QC, LLD, FAMINZ, was a High Court Judge for 15 years from 1989 to 2004. During that time he became Chair of the Rules Committee...

Sally Fitzgerald

LLB, AAMINZ

Sally is a partner in the litigation department of Russell McVeagh...

Tony Frankham

FCA, FAMINZ, ACIArb, FIOD

A chartered accountant, fellow member of AMINZ and accredited company director, Tony recently retired as an expert witness and practising arbitrator in financial matters

Prof Graeme Fraser

CNZM MA PhD AAMINZ

Graeme has an extensive background in tertiary education...

Virginia Goldblatt

MA (Hons), DipBusStuds (Dispute Resolution), FAMINZ

Virginia is the director of the Dispute Resolution Centre at Massey University, New Zealand...

Ranald Gordon

FAMINZ, Dig Ag, Dip VFM, Reg Valuer, MNSFM, AREINZ

Ranald is the General Manager of PKW Farms Ltd, a Maori Incorporation...

Phillip Green

LLB FCI Arb (London), FAMINZ (Med/Arb)

Phillip D. Green has over 30 years active experience in alternative dispute resolution...

Mary Harrow

AAMINZ

Mary has been a contract mediator with Christchurch DRSL since 2006 following working in the Family Court Mediation Pilot...

 

David Hurley

LLM, AAMINZ, Mediator and Barrrister

David Hurley has been mediating since 1991 and has had experience of over 3000 cases...

Christine Johnson

BSc; PGDip.HRM

Currently Christine is with the New Zealand Defence Force and has responsibility for developing civilian capability and managing diversity...

Glenn Jones

LLB, AAMINZ, ACC.M.LEADR

Glenn Jones is a partner in Christchurch law firm Lane Neave, practicing as a Dispute Resolution lawyer for over 20 years...

Daniel Kalderimis

BA; LLB Hons (First Class); LLM

Daniel Kalderimis is an experienced advisor and advocate for all commercial disputes...

 

Nina Khouri

LLB (Hons) BA, LL.M, CEDR

Nina is an associate with Gilbert Walker in Auckland.  She has an LL.B. (Hons.) and a B.A. in Philosophy and Scandinavian Studies from the University of Auckland....

Hon. Michael Kirby

AC CMG

Michael Kirby was one of the seven Justices of Australia's highest constitutional and appellate court, the High Court of Australia...

Chris LaHatte

LLB, M Mgt (Dispute Resolution), FAMINZ

A practising lawyer in New Zealand, and overseas for 30 years, Chris has a very wide range of experience in litigation...

John Larmer

Dip Ag, DipVEM, Reg Valuer, FAMINZ, MNFSM

John Larmer is a New Plymouth based rural specialist being a registered valuer and property advisor with a nationwide practice as part of the TelferYoung group.

J. Anderson (Andy) Little

Renowned North Carolina author, mediator and attorney, J. Anderson (Andy) Little is trained and certified as a Civil Trial Court and Family Mediator...

Richard Maiden

B.Sc., GradDipBusStuds (Dispute Resolution) MNZIBS, ANZIQS, AAMINZ

Richard is a Director of Prendos Ltd, possibly New Zealand's leading building consultancy company in the fields of building contract disputes, building defect analysis, remediation of buildings and property valuation.

Dr Tom Marshall

OBE

Dr Marshall is a general practitioner in Auckland and an Honorary Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of General Practice and Primary Care

Penny Mudford

FAMINZ(Arb)

Penny Mudford is a dispute resolution practitioner who practices as a conciliator, arbitrator and mediator. She is a Fellow...

Jenny Murphy

GradDipBusStud(Dispute Resolution), AAMINZ

Jenny Murphy is the managing director of Arbitration & Mediation Services (NZ) Limited...

Greg O'Sullivan

MNZIBS MNZIQS MNZIOB FAMINZ (Arb) (Med) Dip. Bus. Std (Dispute Resolution)

Greg O'Sullivan is a noted expert in relation to building failures and weathertightness...

Roger Pitchforth

MNZM; BA; LL.B; MBA (Hons); FAMINZ(Arb/Med) FCIArb

Roger Pitchforth is a fellow of the Institute (Arb/Med) and a Past President...

David Robinson

BA Dip Soc Ed, MA (Sociology) AAMINZ

Christopher Ruthe

Hon Peter Salmon

CNZM QC LLB AMINZ

Hon Peter Salmon is a retired High Court Judge who acts as an arbitrator and mediator and sits on Pacific Island Courts of Appeal...

Geoff Sharp

LL.B, AAMINZ, GDip Bus Studies (Dispute Resolution), Adv.M.LEADR

Geoff Sharp is a commercial mediator and barrister from Wellington, New Zealand...

James Shearing

James, aged 33, has 14 years experience in both insurance broking and underwriting...

Terry Sissons

LLB (Hons), FAMINZ (Arb)

Terry Sissons is a barrister and arbitrator based in Wellington. His practice involves a wide range of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration...

Warren Sowerby

LLB, AAMINZ

Warren Sowerby is one of the most experienced mediators in Australasia and has been involved in over 1500 mediations with a facilitated settlement rate of more than 90% of the commercial disputes he has handled...  

Dr Peter Spiller

Dr Peter Spiller has been the Principal Disputes Referee for the past 4 years...

Alex Sundakov

MSc (Econ)

Alex Sundakov consults on regulation and competition policy issues in New Zealand and internationally...

Robert Turner

Robert Turner currently works as the Business Planning and Performance Manager in Joint Logistics Command of the Australian Department of Defence...

Judge Vivienne Ullrich

QC, LLB (Hons), LLM

Lucila van Dam

BA; LLB; LLM

Lucila van Dam started her legal career as a judges' clerk at the Wellington High Court...

Judge Paul von Dadelszen

LLB

Judge Paul von Dadelszen was appointed a Judge of the District and Family Courts in 1987 and he currently presides over the Family Court in Hawkes Bay...

John Walton

LLB, AAMINZ, LEADR

John Walton is a commercial barrister in Bankside Chambers in Auckland...

Judge Anthony Willy

Willy LLB, LLM, FAMINZ

Judge Anthony Willy has been a member of AMINZ since 1986...

Ross Wilson

BA, LLB, AAMINZ

Following ten years in legal practice in the 1970s Ross had a career as a union negotiator, advocate and leader...

Justice William Young

DCNZM

Justice William Young has had broad litigation practice, including crime, civil, commercial and tax litigation...