MEDIATORS & ARBITRATORS
Emmett C. Sole
Mr. Sole is a senior partner with Stockwell, Sievert, Viccellio, Clements & Shaddock, LLP in Lake Charles, Louisiana. He has over forty years of legal experience in construction, fidelity and surety, product liability, professional liability, insurance and toxic torts law. His lengthy legal career and litigation experience in many areas of the law uniquely qualify him to assist as a neutral in the resolution of legal disputes. In addition to his law and ADR practice, Mr. Sole is a frequent lecturer and panelist at professional meetings and seminars.
In 2007, 2008 and 2009, Mr. Sole attended mediation training programs offered by Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution in conjunction with Pepperdine University School of Law. U.S. News & World Report ranked Pepperdine the #1 dispute resolution program in the country. In the Fall of 2009, Mr. Sole completed additional coursework at Pepperdine covering Mediating Complex Construction Disputes.
Areas of Concentration
Mediations and Arbitrations
Construction Law
Personal Injury
Fidelity and Surety Law
Products Liability
Professional Liability
Insurance
Toxic Torts
Employment
Education
J.D., Louisiana State University School of Law (1968)
Background
Experienced mediator and arbitrator
Forty-one years of practice in construction law, fidelity and surety, product liability, professional liability, insurance and toxic torts law
Experienced in banking law, creditor-debtor law and real estate law
Member, Louisiana State Law Institute (President 2001-2003, Chairman 2004-present)
Louisiana State Bar Association (House of Delegates, 1974-82; Nominating Committee, 1983-84; Board of Governors, 1990-91; and Council and Vice Chair of the Fidelity, Surety and Construction Law Section, 1995-present)
American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section; and Forum Committee on the Construction Industry)
Fellow, American Bar Foundation (Louisiana State Chair, 2003-present) and Louisiana Bar Foundation
Member, Southwest Louisiana Bar Association
Former Louisiana Special Assistant Attorney General
Completed training in STAR: A Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies at Pepperdine University School of Law (2007)
Completed training in Specialized Mediation: Tools to Unlock the Unique Features of Employment, Professional Malpractice and Personal Injury Disputes at Pepperdine University School of Law (2008)
Completed training in Mediating Complex Construction Disputes at Pepperdine University School of Law (2009)
Recognized Member of "Best Lawyers in America" in construction law and professional liability law, 2007-2009 and "Louisiana Super Lawyers" in construction/surety law, 2008-2009.
Speaker/author/presenter on Arbitration Law for LSU CLE Program, Lakes Charles (2008)
