Miller Canfield announces that Robert E.L. Wright, an attorney-mediator in the Grand Rapids office, was elected to a one-year term as secretary of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the State Bar of Michigan.  

Wright is a Harvard-trained facilitative mediator and neutral arbitrator, resolving commercial, construction, divorce and employment disputes.  He has over 25 years’ experience in litigation for plaintiffs and defendants with particular emphasis in alternative dispute resolution and commercial litigation, including bankruptcy. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006, 2007 and 2008 editions, as well as Michigan Super Lawyers 2006, 2007, and 2008 editions, for his work as a mediator.

He is a volunteer mediator for the Western Michigan Dispute Resolution Center in Grand Rapids and received its Trail Blazer Award for his leadership role in making peaceful resolution of disputes a possibility for citizens of West Michigan. He was recently appointed to the ADR Oversight Committee of the Kent County Circuit Court and to the Mediation Advisory Board of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education.

Wright received his J.D. from Wayne State University Law School, an M.A. in Psychology from the University of Santa Monica, California, and a B.A., magna cum laude, from Western Michigan University.

He is admitted to all courts in Michigan and Florida and is a member of the Association for Conflict Resolution, National Association for Community Mediation, Dispute Resolution Center of West Michigan (president), Michigan Council for Family and Divorce Mediation, American Bar Association, State Bar of Michigan, Grand Rapids Bar Association and the American Bankruptcy Institute along with numerous civic and charitable organizations.