Corporate Governance Issues

Steven I. Platt served as a judge in the Maryland Courts for over 25 years, with 17 years on the Circuit Court, and is the acknowledged architect of the Maryland Businesses Technology Case Management Program. Mediator and Arbitrator, The Platt Group, Inc., 2007-present; Judge, Circuit Court for Prince George's County, Maryland, 1990-07; Judge, District Court of Maryland for Prince George's County, Maryland, 1986-90; Judge, Orphans Court (Probate Court) for Prince George's County, Maryland, 1978-86; Managing Partner, Platt & Risner, 1976-86.

Steven Platt has taught the use of mediation and arbitration in resolving Business Disputes to Judges and Lawyers both in Maryland and nationally through both The Judicial Education Program of The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies (served on Judicial Advisory Board), and through The American College of Business Court Judges (Immediate Past- President).  

Mary Louise Preis’s background and experience as a former Citigroup General Counsel of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs for the Consumer Finance North America, a member of the Board of Directors of Citicorp Trust Bank and as Chair of the Board of Citigroup Trust Bank-Delaware uniquely qualifies her to facilitate the resolution of both internal and external disputes involving corporate, governmental and community organizations regionally and nationwide. 

Add to this M’s Preis’s experience as Maryland’s Commissioner of Financial Regulation for five years and you have an experienced, knowledgeable Neutral capable of mediating, arbitrating and neutrally evaluating the most complex corporate banking and financial issues, cases and controversies presented.

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Donald E. Sharpe, Esquire, a retired partner at DLA Piper and formerly a partner at its precursor Piper & Marbury, LLP is currently engaged in private mediation, arbitration and neutral case evaluation of complex civil litigation. Mr. Sharpe spent the better part of his legal career as a litigator of complex civil cases. His knowledge, experience and communication skills have long been recognized by his peers at the highest level of his profession in the American Bar Association TIPS Section. There Don Sharpe has chaired the Products General Liability & Consumer Law Committee, served as a member of the task force on Selection & Performance for Retained Counsel as well as other leadership positions. He also has been and continues to be a member of the Maryland State Bar Association Ethics Committee since 1983.

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