Sidney McCollum

Sid McCollum founded ADR, Inc. in Bentonville, Arkansas in 1995 after 24 years of a general and varied practice as an attorney and six years of service as a Circuit Judge for the 19 th Judicial District of Arkansas. He has conducted hundreds and hundreds of mediations and arbitrations in cases concerning personal injury, wrongful death, malpractice (medical, dental, hospital, nursing home, legal), construction (home, shopping center, large scale development and other), all types of contract cases, governmental and intergovernmental disputes, as well as all types of family or domestic relations cases. Sid has received over 300 hours of specialized training in basic and advanced mediation. He has taught for ten years at the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada and has presented more than 50 lectures, programs, and one-day training sessions at various venues around the country. He has also conducted five 40-hour training courses for mediators in Arkansas. Sid is certified in civil, probate and family mediation in Arkansas and is also a Rule 31 listed civil mediator in Tennessee.