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Robert Berliner

Mediator, Arbitrator, Attorney

“Commercial Mediator”

Chicago, Illinois
52+Years Exp
9500%Settlement Rate

Core Practice Areas

9 Verticals
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Partnership Dissolution
✓Shareholder Disputes
✓Legal Malpractice
✓Real Estate Transactions
✓Construction Disputes
✓Landlord-Tenant Disputes
✓Homeowners Association (HOA) Disputes
✓Intra-Family Business Succession
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

Neutral Profile

Robert W. Berliner, Jr., is a practicing mediator, arbitrator and an accomplished attorney. Of the cases he has mediated, about 95% have resulted in settlement. He also acts as an arbitrator through the American Arbitration Association, FINRA (securities industry), Cook County and privately. As an attorney, he has represented businesses of all types and sizes, including manufacturers, distribution companies, real estate developers and investors, contractors, financial institutions, and retailers. Robert has been a senior officer and general counsel of Jupiter Industries, Inc., a family-owned conglomerate with over $1 billion in revenues, and a partner and general counsel of Jupiter Realty Corporation, a real estate company with interests in office buildings, shopping centers, apartment buildings and hotels all over the country. Robert frequently makes presentations to attorneys and other groups on mediation and other alternative dispute resolution topics, and is highly sought-after as a consultant and expert witness on real estate matters.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Attorney

Education

Harvard Law School

JD, magna cum laude · Law

Class of 1974

Harvard College

AB, magna cum laude · Government

Class of 1967

Work History

4 Positions

Senior Officer and General Counsel

Jupiter Industries, Inc.

Family-owned conglomerate with over $1 billion in revenues.

Partner and General Counsel

Jupiter Realty Corporation

Real estate company with interests in office buildings, shopping centers, apartment buildings and hotels.

Adjunct Professor

Stuart Graduate School of Business, Illinois Institute of Technology

Taught Real Estate Investment.

Lecturer and Panelist

Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Legal Issues in Real Estate.

Honors & Recognition

1 Honor

Illinois Super Lawyer

Super Lawyers

2020

Alternative Dispute Resolution (Awarded 2013-2020)

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