Select speaking & interviews
International Womens Forum, Carolinas Chapter, “The Realities of Board Service” March 2021
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (NAB), “Cost, Speed, Effectiveness and Enforceability in Arbitration” March 2021
New York Law School James F. Henry Speaker Series, “No Need To Resolve If You Can Prevent” March 2021
CPR Annual Meeting 2021, Live Simulation of “Dispute Prevention: Great Idea—How Do We Do It?” January 2021
The Arbitration Conversation, Episode No. 56, “Problem-Solving in a Changing World of ADR” December 2020. Watch here.
CPR International Institute Annual Meeting 2020 “Mediation and Arbitration—Harmony or Dissonance in a Changing World of ADR” February 2020
North Carolina Bar Association Antitrust and Complex Business Disputes Section, “Arbitration: Effective and Efficient Resolution of Complex Business Disputes” February 2020
New York Arbitration Week “Expedited Arbitration: Where Practicality Meets Principle” November 2019
ABA Podcast, “Resolutions”, A Conversation about ABA Resolution 105 and Diversity in ADR, August 2019. Listen here.
Duke University School of Law, Senior Lecturing Fellow, Mergers & Acquisitions, Spring 2008
articles & Publications
Ensuring that Arbitration is Both Cost Effective and Speedy, Co-authored with Judge Shira A. Scheindlin (Ret.) and reprinted with permission from the April 26, 2021 issue of The AmLaw Litigation Daily.
Dispute Prevention: An Introduction, A Conversation and A Video Simulation, Spring 2021 Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Newsletter of the ABA’s Business Law Section
Practical Tips for Contracts in Uncertain Times, Summer 2020 Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Newsletter of the ABA’s Business Law Section
Expedited Arbitration: Where Practicality Meets Principle, Spring 2020 Business and Corporate Litigation Committee Newsletter of the ABA’s Business Law Section
professional affiliations
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow
ArbitralWomen
Atlanta International Arbitration Society
Charlotte International Arbitration Society
Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center
USCIB/ICC USA Arbitration Committee and Southeastern Subcommittee
ABA Women in Dispute Resolution Committee of the Dispute Resolution Section, Co-Chair
North Carolina Bar Association, Elected Member of Dispute Resolution Council
Diversity
Deborah actively works to increase diversity in ADR as Co-Chair of the ABA’s Women in Dispute Resolution and as an active member of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution’s Ray Corollary Initiative Task Force, CPR’s Diversity in ADR Task Force, ArbitralWomen and other organizations.
