Achievements

Notable career achievements (most recent first):

  • Conducted many mediations and arbitrations involving a wide variety of subject
    matters, including international business, long term disability, motor vehicle,
    professional negligence, land use, environmental, historical sexual abuse,
    construction, natural resources, IT and high-tech, contract, intellectual property
    and employment issues.
  • Appointed by Canada to NAFTA 2022 Committee.
  • University of Ottawa Law School establishes Richard Weiler Prize in ADR.
  • Appointed to the roster of conciliators and arbitrators maintained by the Ontario
    Farm Products Marketing Commission.
  • Served as a judge for the 2nd International Mediation Competition held at the
    International Chamber of Commerce in Paris in February 2007.
  • Spoken on the subject of Mediation-Arbitration of Employment Law disputes at
    the Law Society's Annual Employment Law Summit .  
  • Delivered presentation at the Canadian Bar Association Annual Newfoundland.
    on the "Many Ways of Mediation.
  • Participated as a speaker on a panel exploring the use of ADR in the context of
    government ethics laws at the annual conference of the Council on Government
    Ethics Laws, Boston Mass.
  • Been appointed Chair of the National ADR Section of the Canadian Bar
    Association (2005-06), having served 3 years on the national executive.  
  • Delivered a presentation on the mediation of Intellectual Property disputes for the
    Canadian Bar Association in Ottawa
  • Been added to the data base of commercial mediators maintained by the
    International Chamber of Commerce in Paris
  • Participated as a panelist on the topic of “Building a Successful International
    Mediation Practice” at the International ADR Conference of the American Bar
    Association in Washington DC
  • Participated on a team exploring the feasibility of establishing commercial ADR
    in Guyana (study funded by the Inter-American Development Bank)
  • Continued work on a Project for the Albanian Ministry of Justice (funded by the
    World Bank) to establish a Commercial ADR Centre in Tirana, Albania
  • Been appointed as a roster mediator and arbitrator for the Centre for Arbitration
    and Dispute Resolution (CADER) in Kampala, Uganda
  • Joined the faculty of the International Law Institute - Uganda (Kampala) - a centre
    of excellence for legal information and training in sub-Saharan Africa. He has
    delivered a number of ADR training and information sessions for the Legal,
    Judicial and Business community in Kampala
  • Delivered a speech on ADR for Intellectual Property Professionals at Conference
    of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
  • Delivered a presentation on Mediation in Russia at the 2002 Annual Meeting of
    the American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section in Seattle Wash
  • Led a panel discussion for the Ontario Bar Association on Mediating the Multi-
    Party, Multi-Day Case
  • Joined the faculty of the University of Ottawa Law School as an adjunct professor
    of ADR
  • Conducted Mediation Training for election officials from Bosnia-Herzegovina for
    the Canadian Institute for Conflict Resolution
  • Led a panel discussion on Effective Advocacy in Mandatory Mediation for the
    Advocates' Society
  • Delivered a presentation on the use of ADR for International Commercial
    Disputes for a committee of the US Department of Commerce
  • Been appointed to the Regional Chartered Mediator Accreditation Committee of
    the ADR Institute of Ontario
  • Participated as a presenter in two workshops during the Annual Conference of
    the ADR Institute of Canada
  • Facilitated the Round Table for Fellows and Honoured Fellows of the Canadian
    Institute for Conflict Resolution
  • Delivered a paper on Commercial Mediation to a national ADR Conference
    sponsored by the Russian Foundation for Legal Reform in Moscow
  • Participated in the American Bar Association - Dispute Resolution Section's
    winter conference in St. Pete's Beach, Florida
  • Participated in the invitational Mediation Masters Forum held at Pepperdine
    University in Malibu, California
  • Been appointed to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) general
    list of Arbitrators and Mediators