Bob is also a trade and international development expert, with
the demonstrated capacity to advise governments and the private
sector on trade, country competitiveness, law reform and
accountability issues. Bob's economic development experience
began with a private sector assignment in Singapore from
1988-1991 as managing director (CEO) of a multinational company
with businesses in a number of Asian developing countries,
including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia and
Indonesia. During his three-year stint in Asia, Bob also
negotiated mediation/arbitration dispute resolution clauses for
agreements between his company and Asian business partners.
Upon his return to Seattle in 1992, Bob specialized in the
mediation of commercial, products liability and employment cases
referred by a private ADR provider and, while serving as State
Trade Representative, mediated and arbitrated disputes between
Washington companies and Asian business partners. As Washington
State Trade Representative, Bob was also heavily involved with
promoting trade between Washington State businesses and
developing countries in Asia. Bob organized the first U.S. trade
missions to Cambodia and Vietnam, and promoted the export of
environmental technologies to the Philippines.
Bob is an honors graduate of Virginia Military Institute and
Harvard Law School. A Rhodes Scholar, Bob holds an MA from
Magdalen College, Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics and
Economics in addition to his LL.M in Tax from Georgetown Law
School.
Direct contact: rrandolph@csradr.com, Ph: 202.549.4904
Bob
Randolph is a partner at Carr Swanson & Randolph where he
provides a full range of mediation, arbitration, facilitation
and other dispute resolution services. In particular, Bob
focuses on the use of mediation and arbitration to resolve
international commercial disputes. From 1998-2001 Bob served as
Assistant Administrator --Asia & Near East Bureau (Senate
Confirmed) for US Agency for International Development. As
Assistant Administrator Bob had responsibility for 16 countries
stretching from Morocco to Indonesia, and encouraged the use of
ADR in USAID "rule of law" and "economic growth" programs in his
region. After leaving USAID, Bob earned an LL.M in tax from
Georgetown Law School concentrating on international tax, trade
and business transactions. Bob most recently worked in Croatia
advising the Croatian Commercial Courts on implementation of a
"court-annexed" mediation program to resolve commercial disputes
and eliminate judicial backlogs." A member of the Washington
State and Virginia Bars, Bob Randolph has been involved for 20
years in Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR") as a practicing
litigator, mediator and consumer of ADR services. Bob is a
Virginia Supreme Court certified mediator and specializes in all
aspects of dispute resolution, including mediation,
facilitation, ADR design and arbitration of state/federal and
international commercial disputes.