Charles E. Rumbaugh, J.D., C.P.C.M.

 
CHARLES E. RUMBAUGH, J.D., C.P.C.M.

Charles E. Rumbaugh is an attorney practicing in commercial/international/government contract law with an emphasis in the private dispute/negotiation related arena as a professional speaker, arbitrator/mediator and private judge. He is a frequent writer/publisher and speaker on a wide-range of legal/contractual issues as well as Negotiation/Dispute Resolution topics and has presented advanced/basic negotiation, mediation, and arbitration skills training seminars/workshops in Latin America, Canada, Far East, and throughout the United States.

Previously, Mr. Rumbaugh was Corporate Director of Contracts & Pricing for Lear Astronics Corporation where he was responsible for the contracts, pricing, and business management functions. Earlier he was Assistant to Corporate Vice President, Contracts and legal counsel at a major business unit for Hughes Aircraft Company (Hughes Electronics). Before joining Hughes he was Corporations Counsel for the California Department of Corporations.

Mr. Rumbaugh received his Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from UCLA and was employed as an engineer with Westinghouse Electric Corporation prior to attending California Western School of Law where he received a Juris Doctor degree.  He has an Advanced Management Program Certificate from the USC Graduate School of Business as well as ADR mediation training certificates from

· Harvard Law School

· Pepperdine University

· Center for Conflict Resolution

He has been an adjunct professor at several universities for their commercial/business, contract & procurement, international law and ADR/Negotiation programs including an advisor to the California State University Contracts and Supply Management Certification Program.  Further, he has been an instructor on ADR topics for the American Bar Association and American Arbitration Association. Mr. Rumbaugh is currently on Advisory Boards to the McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series for Labor Management Relations and State & Local Government.  And, he is also on the Board of Editors of the "Franchising Business & Law Alert" published by ALM Properties, Inc. 

His current/past membership on arbitration and mediation panels includes the Large, Complex Case Panel of the American Arbitration Association   (Arbitrator/Mediator) as well as the following:

· Cornell University Employment ADR Roster
· Mediator, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
· Center for Conflict Resolution panel of Arbitrators/Mediators
· State of California Department of Insurance Qualified Mediator
· Mediator, US Forestry Service Early Intervention Program
· State of California Public Works Contract Arbitrator
· City of Los Angeles Special Committee Member of Investigative Oversight
· EEOC Mediator
· Former Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Pro Tem
· Former Federal Administrative Law Judge, EEOC
· Panel of Experts, Primary Dispute Resolution Centre, Subordinate Courts,  Singapore
· Numerous Federal/State Courts and Administrative Boards Arbitrator/Mediator panels

Charles Rumbaugh is a member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), its National Board of Advisors (Executive Advisory Council), NCMA Fellow, CPCM, former NCMA Vice President, founder of the NCMA ADR Committee and recipient of NCMA’s highest honor, the Keen Honorary Life Membership Award.  He is immediate past Chair of the Federal Acquisition & Subcontract Management Group of the Institute for Supply Management (ISM); member of the International Association for Contract and Commercial Management; member of the ABA Franchise Law and Construction Forums, Vice-Chair of the Strategic Alliances Committee of the ABA Public Contract Law Section and past Co-Chair of the Arbitration Subcommittee of the ABA Litigation Section; founder of the Public Contracting Committee of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section; and past Chair of the International Sector of the Association for Conflict Resolution (formerly the Society of Professionals In Dispute Resolution--SPIDR).

Mr. Rumbaugh is immediate past Co-Chair of the California State Bar Litigation Section ADR Committee, past Co-Chair of the California State Bar Franchise Law Committee and member of the California Continuing Education of the Bar's Civil Litigation Advisory e-Panel.  And, he is also a member of the American Arbitration Association National Franchise Advisory Panel.  He was elected to Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

His current/past professional memberships also include the Christian Legal Society, National Defense Industrial Association, and National Conference of Administrative Law Judges. 

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV. Listed in numerous Who’s Who publications including Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who in America.

Mr. Rumbaugh was one of seven judges for the nationwide ABA Negotiation Competition Championships for 2007 and 2008.

P.O. Box 2636
Rolling Hills, CA 90274
Arbitrator/Private Judge/Mediator
Voice (310) 373-1981
FAX (310) 373-4182
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