We are pleased to announce that Lynn P. Burleson has been named Chair Emeritus of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Arbitration Committee beginning in 2016. Mr. Burleson has served as chair of that committee for several years.

Mr. Burleson is is a Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, an American Academy of Matrimonial Law (AAML) Fellow and AAML-trained arbitrator. He chaired the North Carolina Bar Association Committee that drafted North Carolina’s Arbitration Statute and chaired the AAML Arbitration Committee that drafted the 2005 AAML Model Family Law Arbitration Act. He is an Observer-Member of the ULC Family Law Arbitration Act Drafting Committee. His work on family law arbitration statutes has been a resource for the Uniform Laws Commission and for a number of states that have adopted or are in the process of adopting arbitration legislation.

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