Robert A. Creo
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

www.rcreo.com
bobcreombb@gmail.com

Robert A. Creo received his B.A. in 1974 from Brandeis University and received his J.D. in 1977 from Washington University of Law. Mr. Creo is a mediator, arbitrator and educator and an Adjunct Professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Chatham University.

He has arbitrated or mediated for over 4,000 days since 1979, including catastrophic loss claims, complex commercial transactions, construction, employment and interpersonal disputes.

He has been retained to serve as a consultant in complex litigation and as an expert witness. For many years, he had served as a neutral for professional football, baseball and the U.S. Senate.

He has published extensively and is recognized internationally as an educator, innovator and trainer in mediation best practices. He is has a notable professional reputation in his ability to create and organize entities including the International Academy of Mediators and the Master Mediator Institute.

Mr. Creo, one of the four incorporators of MBB, provides the office space for MBB's National Office in Pittsburgh, PA free of charge to MBB. He is involved with MBB's Liberian Initiative and has traveled to Ghana and Liberia many times to advance the project.

Educational Degrees

• Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, J.D. 1977
  
• Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA, B.A. 1974

Publications

• Alternative Dispute Resolution: Law Procedure and Commentary for the Pennsylvania Practitioner (October 2006)
• Medical Malpractice ADR in Pennsylvania (November 2005)
• Chapter 18: Business and Practice Issues of US Mediators in Mediators on Mediation (September 2005)
• Update on Medical Malpractice Mediation in Western PA (June 2005)
• Mediation 2004: Reflections on The State of the Art and the Artist (January 2004)
• Federal Arbitration Advocate's Handbook, 2nd Edition, co-authored with Albert Celmer (1993)
• Glossary of Legal and Labor Arbitration Terms, (Community College of Allegheny County, 1982)
• Labor Arbitration Case Studies, (Community College of Allegheny County, 1982)

Articles:

• Creative Problem Solver's Handbook: For Negotiators and Mediators, Authored and Edited by John W. Cooley (2005), Robert A. Creo's Articles are featured in Sections 4.2, 5.3, 5.4, 6.8.
• Emerging from No Man's Land To Establish a Bargaining Model, Volume No. 19, No. 8 Alternatives, CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, (September 2001)
• The End of The Carefree Mediator, Volume #3, Issue # 3 And # 4, Mediation News, The Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania (MCWP) (June and July 2000)
• A Pie Chart Tool to Resolve Multi-party and Issue Conflicts, Volume No. 18, No. 5 Alternatives, CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, (May 2000)
• The Creo Blind Trust Method, A Technique for Resolving Multi-Defendant Cases: Article forCPR Alternatives, Volume # 17, No. 8 Alternatives, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, (September 1999)
• A Dialogue on Mediation, Allegheny County Bar Association Sole and Small Firm Practitioners Section Newsletter (Feb. 1999)
• An Essay on Professionalism: The Portrayal of Lawyers in Popular Fiction, Pittsburgh Legal Journal, Vo. 146, No. 1, (Jan. 1998)
• A Day in the Arbitral Life, Perspective, LRP Publications (June 1987)
• Arbitration of Non-Union Employee Discharge Cases, Barrister, American Bar Association, page 35, (Winter 1983)
• Power of an Arbitrator to Compel Testimony, Perspective, Labor Relations Press, (December 1982 & January 1983)
• Arbitration of Wrongful Discharge Claims, Federal Bar Association, Labor Relations Council Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 2 (April 1983)
• Duty of Fair Representation After Bowen, Federal Bar Association, Labor Relations Council Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 31 (Oct. 1983)

Digital Media :

• The Master Mediator, a monthly web column at www.cpradr.org
• The Mediation Process, Three One-Hour Computer Based CLE (January 2003)
• Videotape of Discharge Arbitration: Procedural Questions and Answers (Community College of Allegheny County)