Alternate Dispute Resolution Services

Arbitration:
LRC's former judges can accept appointments as sole arbitrators or as a neutral on a multi-person panel.

Settlement Conferences:
LRC's former judges are able to provide impartial mediation of disputes between parties, including mediation pertaining to specialized industries and practice areas such as personal injury, construction defects, commercial law, domestic disputes, municipal issues, water law and railroads.

Specially Appointed Judges:
LRC has former judges available for appointment as judges pro tem pursuant to C.R.S. 13-3-111. This option allows a party a means of preserving the right to appeal which would not occur with arbitration.

Domestic Settlement Services:
LRC's former judges are available for both pre-decree and post-decree services.

Hearing Officers:
LRC's former judges are available for appointment as neutral hearing officers.

Donald E. Abram

Westminster, Colorado
phone: (888) 881-7365
fax: (303) 426-7714

Donald E. Abram is the former chief magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Since joining Legal Resolution Center in 2000, Judge Abram has been actively involved in the mediation and arbitration of all types of civil cases.

As a United States magistrate judge, Judge Abram held settlement conferences in thousands of cases involving all aspects of federal civil practice. Judge Abram served as the national president of the Federal Magistrate Judges Association. He has a complete knowledge of federal judicial practice.

Judge Abram received his bachelor's and law degrees from the University of Colorado. He practiced law in Pueblo before his appointment to the bench. He is a retired captain in the United States Naval Reserve.

Current Employment Position:

• Arbitrator/Mediator

Areas of Special Expertise:

• Alternative Dispute Resolution

Bar Admission:

• Colorado

Education:

• University of Colorado School of Law, Boulder, Colorado, 1963
  Doctor of Jurisprudence
• University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, 1957
  Bachelor of Arts

Past Judicial Positions Held:

• United States District Court, Colorado, Magistrate Judge, 1981 - 2000