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
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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.