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​Tina E. Patterson, MDR,  MPA, FCIArb, CF APMP, CICM  
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Tina E. Patterson, FCIArb, is an international arbitrator and mediator specializing in FinTech, technology, intellectual property, and domain name disputes. She brings a unique combination of payment systems expertise and more than 24 years of ADR experience, having handled more than 345 arbitration cases across financial services, technology, and commercial matters.Ms. Patterson serves on the arbitrator rosters of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), New Era ADR, Better Business Bureau (BBB), and the DC Bar Attorney-Client Arbitration Board (ACAB). She has been invited to join the BVI International Arbitration Centre's specialized FinTech Arbitration Panel. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
Her specialized expertise stems from multiple sources. She has 18 years in financial technology and payment systems: as Senior e-Commerce Business Analyst at Airlines Reporting Corporation, she led development of the industry's accreditation program and managed payment settlement systems serving over $100 billion in annual transactions. During her 15 years at Sabre Holdings, she held progressively senior product management roles, including managing a $1.3 billion suite of airline reservation and pricing products serving airlines, travel agencies, and joint venture partners worldwide.
Ms. Patterson is a domain name dispute specialist, having completed WIPO training in domain name arbitration and UDRP processes and conducting extensive academic research on cybersquatting, typosquatting, and domain piracy for her Master's in Dispute Resolution.
She served as Program Manager for the American Bar Association's Section of Dispute Resolution, where she shaped national ADR policy and managed the field's largest professional organization. She has contributed to CPR Institute's Arbitrator Disclosure Guidelines Task Force and Employment ADR Templates Task Force, and serves as a Drafting Team Member for The Sedona Conference Working Group 13. She served as a Judge at the 33rd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in 2026.
She is a recognized expert in online dispute resolution (ICODR member, CALI Excellence Award) and has extensive experience facilitating complex multi-stakeholder processes for government agencies, corporations, and non-profits, including the National Climate Adaptation Science Center and numerous federal and state initiatives.
Ms. Patterson completed Advanced IP & Technology Mediation and Arbitration training at Stanford Law School (2023), earned her Master's in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law Straus Institute (2021), and received her Master's in Public Administration with distinction from American University Key Executive Leadership Program (2025). She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Hispanic Language & Linguistics from Brown University.
She is a member of the International Council for Online Dispute Resolution, iTech Law, Arbitral Women, the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation. She serves on the Council of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and as Co-Chair of the ABA Section of State, Local and Tribal Government Judicial and ADR Committee.