Bowie, James M.

Thompson Bowie & Hatch LLC
415 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04112
PHONE: (207) 774-2500; FAX (207) 774-3941
EMAIL: jbowie@thompsonbowie.com

A. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
A.B., Bowdoin College (1974)
J.D., University of Maine School of Law (1977)

B. CURRENT EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE
Partner, Thompson Bowie & Hatch LLC specializing in construction, insurance and professional negligence litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution.

C. FORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION TRAINING
ABA (Construction Industry Arbitration Training); American Arbitration
Assoc. (Neutral's Retreat & Arbitrator II Training); Maine State
Bar Association

D. OTHER ADR PANELS AND ADR ROSTERS ON WHICH NEUTRAL SERVES
Previously served with American Arbitration Association for approximately ten years.

E. EXPERIENCE AS A NEUTRAL
Appeared as a neutral over the past ten years in approximately 1500 cases, including employment disputes, real estate disputes, construction disputes, commercial disputes, insurance disputes and personal injury cases; limited number of cases referred for mediation as a result of Superior Court justices requesting mediation; cases have ranged from very simple to the very complex with a number of the cases being multi-party disputes

F. FEES
$300 per hour split between the parties

G. REFERENCES
Christopher Dinan, Dinan Law & Mediation, (207)407-9875
Kurt Olafsen, Olafsen & Butterfield, (207)615-0577

H. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Maine State Bar Association