DANIEL E. SCHMIDT, IV, ESQ.

Arbitrator, umpire, mediator, consultant, and expert witness specializing in the resolution of complex disputes, primarily involving US and international property, casualty, life, and health insurance and reinsurance issues, as well as IT outsourcing, corporate governance, and executive compensation.  From 1975 to 2000, broad experience as senior executive and senior legal officer of international insurance and reinsurance groups.  Since 1987, over 455 arbitrations as arbitrator or umpire with amounts at issue typically involving tens of millions and up to well over one billion dollars.

With the American Arbitration Association since 1992, on the Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, the Roster of Umpires, and the Panel of International Arbitrators.  With ARIAS US (an arbitration society) since 1992, as Certified Arbitrator and Certified Umpire, and on the Advisory Committee and Board of Directors from 1992 to 2003, as Founding Director, President, and Chairman.