A full-time arbitrator and mediator, Mr. McDowell has adjudicated or facilitated settlements in more than 100 cases.

With over 30 years' experience as a litigator, his background includes, but is not limited to, labor, employment, business and commercial, securities, and energy matters, as well as various forms of alternative dispute resolution.

As either lead litigator or litigation manager, he has managed cases to verdict or settlement in state, federal, administrative, and alternate dispute resolution forums.

His substantive expertise is derived from employment as Deputy General Counsel, and Director of Human Resources for Allegheny Energy Supply, Inc.; Senior Counsel for Dravo Corporation; Assistant United States Attorney, U. S. Department of Justice; and the private practice of law.

Mr. McDowell received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, and his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Dayton.

He is licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. His court admissions include: U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of West Virginia. Mr. McDowell has received an “AV” Peer Review Rating, the highest rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell.

He is currently Secretary of the Labor & Employment Law Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association, is a member of the Board of the Mediation Council of Western Pennsylvania, and has also been appointed by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission to the Commission's Advisory Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution. He is a former Co-Chair of the Workplace Section of the Association for Conflict Resolution.
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Mike McDoweel specializes in arbitration and mediation services throughout the Pittsburgh area. These services include: Employment arbitration and mediation, labor arbitrations and mediations he also acts as a securities arbitrator and mediatior, in commercial abritration and mediation as well as energy consulting as an arbitrator and mediator. Michael D. McDowell,Arbitration,Mediation,Arbitrator,Mediator,Labor Arbitration,Labor mediation,labor arbitrator, labor mediator,employment arbitration, employment mediation, employment arbitrator,employment mediator,securities arbitration,securities mediation,securities arbitrator,securities mediator,commercial arbitration,commercial mediation,commercial arbitrator,commercial mediator,energy arbitration,energy mediation,energy arbitrator,energy mediator,pittsburgh,pennsylvania,pittsburgh pennsylvania,pittsburgh pa,pa