Larry R. Rute
Larry Rute
Topeka
Kansas (KS)
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Profile
Larry R. Rute is partner and co-founder of Associates in Dispute Resolution, LLC, with offices in Kansas City, Missouri and Topeka, Kansas. He is a full-time dispute resolution professional who has mediated more than 4,000 matters involving commercial law, consumer protection, employment law, FSLA, insurance bad faith, personal injury, toxic torts, and other complex, high-profile cases, including class and collective actions. Licensed in Missouri and Kansas. ADR, LLC provides a wide range of dispute resolution services including mediation, arbitration, special master, and conflict resolution system design. ADR, LLC maintains a team of attorneys, former judges, and business executives whose sole focus is settling disputes.
Selected To
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2011
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2010
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2009
Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers 2008
Certifications and Credentials
About Larry Rute
Admitted: 1973, Kansas
Professional Webpage: adrmediate.com/pg2.cfm
Honors and Awards:
- He has twice received the Kansas Bar Association's Outstanding Service Award. He is a 2008-2009 Super Lawyer in Kansas and Missouri.Officer, United States Air Force, 1966-1970 (Bronze Star/Other Awards)
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Admitted to the Bar: Kansas and Missouri U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit U.S. District Court: District of Kansas Western District of Missouri Kickapoo Tribal Court Approved by the Kansas Supreme Court as an approved mediator and mediation trainer in all categories. Approved by the Kansas Department of Education as an approved Due-Process Hearing Officer and special education mediator.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- National Arbitration Forum; American Arbitration Association (Commercial & Employment Panels); FINRA Dispute Resolution; International Academy of Mediators (Distinguished Fellow & Governor)Kansas ADR Standards Committee Kansas Appleseed AssociationKansas Bar Association (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Past-President); Kansas Association of Counsel for Children (Past-President);Kansas Trial Lawyers Association; Topeka Bar Association (Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, Past-Chair); Kansas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Dispute ResolutionKansas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Child Support GuidelinesKansas Supreme Court Advisory Committee on High-Conflict Dispute ResolutionKansas City Metropolitan Bar Association; Heartland Mediators Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Kansas AppleseedMediators Without BordersKansas Association of Counsel for Children
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Co-author, Discrimination in the Workplace: How Mediation Can Help American Arbitration Association Journal, February-April, 2000.Co-author, Mediation Round Table: Improving the Quality and Effectiveness of Mediation, Kansas Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Volume 26, Number 4, March 2003.Co-author, The Changing Face of Arbitration: What Once Was Old is New Again, Journal of the Kansas Bar Association, August, 2003
Educational Background:
- University of Washington School of Law (LLM, 1976)., 1976
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