Mitchell Lathrop has been practicing law for over 45 years and is a qualified domestic and international arbitrator based in New York and San Diego. He focuses his practice on domestic and international arbitration, mediation, and expert consulting and testimony in insurance, reinsurance, and lawyers’ professional responsibility. He is a AAA-ICDR National and International arbitrator, a Chartered Arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and on the panels for arbitral organizations in Austria, Australia, Dubai, Japan and Switzerland. He is also a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a Distinguished Neutral (Insurance) of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR).

Arbitration Services

Mitchell Lathrop’s domestic and international arbitration practice has successfully handled over 100 cases in a dozen different countries. With unparalleled expertise and experience in the area of insurance and reinsurance, Mr. Lathrop has been involved in many high-profile cases. He is Martindale-Hubbell “A” rated, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-present), is listed in Super Lawyers for both New York and San Diego and has received Best Lawyers’ 2012 San Diego Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Lathrop analyzes proposed draft arbitration clauses an advises on pending or potential business decisions that pose arbitration and litigation risks. He develops strategies to resolve complex disputes such as those involving multiple parties, multiple claims and multiple jurisdictions.

Mr. Lathrop has handled arbitrations administered by all of the major arbitral institutions as well as ad hoc arbitrations, including proceedings before:

• Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
• American Arbitration Association
• International Centre for Dispute Resolution
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
• London Court of International Arbitration
• International Chamber of Commerce
• Association for International Arbitration
• Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, U.S. (“ARIAS•US”)
• Swiss Arbitration Association

Mr. Lathrop is also qualified for arbitration panels in the following countries: Austria, Australia, Dubai, Japan and Malaysia.

Mediation Services

Mr. Lathrop offers litigants a highly effective mediation practice whose process centers on the evenhanded resolution of conflict in an impartial and productive way. The goal is to, as much as possible, contain costs and also the preservation of relationships.

The Four C’s
Neutrality in mediation is paramount, allowing the parties to present and discuss their unique circumstances in a cost-effective, convenient, comfortable and confidential environment, identifying their differences, and finding a mutually agreeable pathway toward reconciliation.

Mitchell Lathrop’s mediation practice offers a high degree of sophistication in its approach. Through Mr. Lathrop’s experience and expertise, he offers the means to build trust, reduce hostility and counter hardball attacks and, with his persistence, create the opportunity for settlement even when initial tempers are high and obstacles appear insurmountable.

Mr. Lathrop mediation practice has successfully handled over 100 cases, and he is Martindale-Hubbell “A” rated, is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2006-present), is listed in Super Lawyers for both New York and San Diego and has received Best Lawyers’ 2012 San Diego Insurance Law Lawyer of the Year.

Mr. Lathrop has handled mediations through or before the following organizations:

• International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
• Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, U.S. (“ARIAS•US”)
• Southern California Mediation Association
• International Mediation Institute
• Truce ADR