CHARLES E. WHITE

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Charles E. White has been involved in the construction industry for more than thirty years. This involvement includes field experience, on-site and off-site project management, as general contractor, real estate developer, and owner’s representative for franchise development of restaurant and retail franchises. This experience has served clients well both in successfully completing projects of various sizes and types, as well as, resolving disputes in over 1200 cases mediated and arbitrated.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Auburn University, B.S. Building Technology, 1976.
Rechtman Consulting Group, Mediation Training, 1997.
Resolution Resources Corporation, Mediation Observation Seminar, 1997.
Resolution Resources Corporation, Arbitration, 1998.
Cobb County Superior & Magistrate Courts, Communicating In A Changing Environment, 1998.
Georgia office of Dispute Resolution, Handling Tension, Anger and Violence in the Mediation Setting, 2001.
Gwinnett Judicial Circuit, Agreement Writing: Creating the Document That Survives the Mediation, 2001.
Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, Juvenile Mediation Training, 2002.
Mediation Training Institute & the Gwinnett County Judicial Circuit, Difficult Cases in Mediation: Anger Management, Screening for Violence, 2003.
ADR Programs of the Sixth Judicial District, Mediating With A Pro Se Party, 2005.
Ninth Judicial Administrative District, Office of Dispute Resolution, Non-Verbal Communications, 2005.

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE

Registered Mediator and Arbitrator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution.
Mediated and/or Arbitrated in excess of 1200 cases as a single arbitrator or mediator over the last seven years.
Serve as mediator and/or arbitrator for the following Courts:
Clayton County (Ga) Magistrate, State & Superior Courts.
Cobb County (Ga) Magistrate Court.
Floyd County (Ga) Magistrate & Superior Court.
Gwinnett County (Ga) Magistrate, Juvenile ,State & Superior Court.
Ninth Judicial Administrative District ADR Program, serving Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth, Gilmer, Hall, Lumpkin, Pickens, Towns, Union, White, Stephens, Rabun & Habersham Counties (Ga).
Seventh Judicial Administrative District, serving Bartow, Gordon, Paulding, Polk, Douglas, Haralson, Floyd Counties (Ga).
Sixth District ADR Program, serving Butts, Fayette, Henry, Lamar, Monroe, Spalding, Pike, & Upson Counties (Ga).
Western, Northern & Alcovy Judicial Circuits ADR Program serving Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Walton Counties (Ga).
Under contract with the State of Georgia Department of Education to provide mediation services for Special Education and Charter School disputes.
Arbitrator the National Association of Securities Dealers
 

CONSTRUCTION EXPERIENCE

Field Engineer on Industrial projects four years early in career.
Project Manager for general contractor on light commercial projects for six years.
Project Manager and Director Construction for real estate developer on such projects as tenant buildout to $100m upscale regional mall.
Development Manager as owners’ representative on retail & restaurant projects for franchisees and franchisers.
Previously held a Class A General Contractors License for the State of Florida.