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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Thomas (Tom) W. Rynard ADR Services-Mediation and Arbitration

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ADR Experience: Multiple arbitrator and mediator assignments in commercial disputes. Conducted full evidentiary hearings and settlement conferences (approximately 100+) as Chief Hearing Officer for State Tax Commission. Represented over a dozen parties in court-ordered and privately agreed mediations and arbitrations.

Other Experience: Served previously as Administrative Law Attorney (Health Policy and Law), U.S. Army Medical Command; Chief Hearing Officer, Missouri State Tax Commission; and Assistant Counsel, Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.  
 
ADR Panels: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; Missouri Bar (select circuits); and the American Health Law Association; private appointment.

ADR Fees                             Hearing/Mediation Session:         Varies - $350/hour maximum
                                                Study                                                Max. 2 hours billed
                                                Travel:                                               $0/hour, Expenses
                                                Cancellation                                    Study time, if incurred
                                                Cancellation Period                       0 days
 
Professional Development: Health Care Arbitration Training, American Health Law Association.
                                                     Mediation Training for Civil Cases, University of Missouri School of Law Center for the Study of Dispute Resolution.
                                                     Mediating Health Care Controversies, American Health Law Association.
                                                     Resolving Accountable Care Organization Disputes – What Lawyers Need to Know, American Arbitration Association.
                                                     Fair Hearings – Avoiding the Pitfalls, American Arbitration Association.
                                                     Discovery in Arbitration: Practical Advice for Domestic & International Success, American Arbitration Association.
                                                     How to Navigate the Arbitrator Disclosure Minefield, American Arbitration Association.
                                                     Health Care Transactions Program, American Health Law Association.
                                                     Contract Course, The Judge Advocate General School of the Army.
                                                    “Missouri Construction Law” (federal and state public contracting aspects), Federal Publications, Inc. Seminar (Presenter).
                                                     Insurance and Risk Management for State and Local Governments,” (Matthew Bender & Co.) (Author).
                                                    “Insuring Real Property,” (Matthew Bender & Co.)(Author)(Stephen A. Cozen, General Editor).
                                                    “Missouri Construction Law,” (Federal Publications, Inc. (Co-author).
Legal Practice Areas: 
                      Health Care: litigation and compliance in managed care-provider contract and payment disputes, managed care coverage disputes,             
                        credentialing and privileging, regulatory compliance, Stark and AKS compliance, health care licensing, license discipline, employment
                        agreements and disputes, HIPAA and privacy, Certificate of Need, legislative and executive law-making.
                      Construction: public and private contracting, litigation of breach, delay and changed conditions claims, prevailing wage, debarment,
                        disadvantaged business enterprises.
                      Property Valuation: eminent domain, condemnation, property taxes, property damage claims, estates.
                      Insurance: property/casualty, health and life insurance coverage disputes, insolvency, agent/producer–insurer disputes, licensing, license
                       discipline.
                      State Securities: securities registration, fraud, investor complaints and disputes, securities license discipline, broker/investment adviser
                       employment disputes.
                      Taxation: property tax, State sales tax, State use tax.

Bar Admissions: Admitted to the Missouri Bar; United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri; United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; United States Supreme Court.
 
Legal Associations: American Health Lawyers Association; Missouri Bar Association (Veterans and Military Law Committee, Past Chair; Local Government Law Committee, Past Chair; Health and Hospital Administration Law Committee).
 
Legal Education: University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law – 1985.

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