Jade Solutions Principal Becomes Member of Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals

Effective  4 January 2023 Jade Solutions Principal Tina Patterson was welcomed as a Member of the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals (ACAN) by Academy Executive Director Merril Hirsch and Academy President David Tenner.
About Tina Patterson
Tina E. Patterson, MDR, MCIArb, is an independent Arbitrator, Mediator, and Facilitator with
Jade Solutions where she provides arbitration, mediation, facilitation, ombuds, conflict coaching, and consulting services to clients. She serves on the panels/rosters of the CPR, AAA, FINRA, and  Dispute Resolution Boards.  In addition to  her memebership with the Academy of Court Appoited Neutrals, she is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators North America Branch (CIArb NAB), Arbitral Women, the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), Mid Atlantic Facilitators Network (MAFN), American Bar Association (ABA), and National Bar Association (NBA) auxiliary member. Tina holds degrees from Brown University and Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law Straus Institute.

About the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals
The Academy of Court-Appointed Neutrals (ACAN) (formerly the Academy of Court-Appointed Masters) is not just an association, but an academy that aims to be the leader and voice of a profession.  “Neutral” includes a broad array of adjuncts who assist the administration of justice in any of numerous titles including what has historically been called "master" or "special master," “referee,” “special magistrate,” “discovery master or facilitator,” “settlement master,” “trial master,” “referee,” “monitor,” “technical advisor,” “auditor,” “administrator,” “court- appointed expert,” “claim administrator,” “investigator,” “liaison,” “facilitator,” and many others in a list that is both flexible and creative. 

ACAN’s members include former state and federal court judges and thought leaders on the creative use of court-appointed neutrals as tools to assist in the administration of justice and on how to develop and broaden the profession. ACAN’s members have dedicated themselves to helping:

• People become court-appointed neutrals
• Court-appointed neutrals become better and
• The profession better serve justice.

ACAN began at the Special Master National Conference, co-sponsored by Mitchell Hamline College of Law and the Arbitration Forum with assistance from the Federal Judicial Center in October 2004. The primary goals of this historic gathering were to discuss and promote special master work and to create a national association of judicial adjuncts.