Roger Strelow

Bonita Springs, FL
239 498 9394
Roger.Strelow@3Sadr.com

Company also has offices in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri and Ohio.

Roger has extensive experience as a senior lawyer and manager in major corporations, a partner in major law firms, and Presidential appointee in the federal government. This experience included frequent use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) for clients and employers and performance as an ADR neutral. 

ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION (ADR)

EXAMPLES OF ADR EXPERIENCE

  • In environmental arena, served as neutral in cleanup liability allocation dispute between two major companies.  Served on Board of an ADR organization for environmental-cleanup, Clean Sites, Inc.  Wrote procedure for ADR in multiparty environmental cleanup disputes for Center for Public Resources (CPR).  Served on CPR environmental neutrals panel.
  • Initiated use of, and participated actively in, ADR which successfully resolved major insurance coverage liability disputes.
  • Devised expedited dispute resolution procedure for major auto manufacturer and numerous claimants who experienced vehicle rollovers.
  • Served as mediator for 18 years on a college board of trustees of which he was a member.
  • Mediated public employee complaint of religious discrimination by his agency.

AREAS OF PARTICULAR EXPERTISE FOR ADR

  • Environmental regulation and management
  • Insurance coverage and liability
  • Management and law in engineering and construction, in automotive and several other manufacturing industries (e.g., chemicals and plastics, electronics, appliances, power systems), and in financial and broadcasting industries.
  • Bankruptcy reorganization
  • Electric utilities (a major focus in law practice)
  • General litigation, tort litigation, appellate litigation regarding administrative law

ADR TRAINING

  • Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution,  Certificate of Successful Completion of “STAR: A Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies,” 2010 (Pepperdine has ranked #1 for ADR education for the past five years)

CAREER EXPERIENCE

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Neutral

  • Principal, Strassner Strelow & Smith LLC, dispute resolution firm (2010 —)

Corporate Law

Federal-Mogul Corp., global automotive parts supplier, Southfield, MI (1998 — 2009)

  • Associate General Counsel for litigation, environment, insurance, reorganization (2007 — 2009)
  • Associate General Counsel for environment & safety (1998 — 2007)

Management Consulting

Dames & Moore, engineering, San Francisco, CA (1997 — 1998)

  • Managing Principal

Beveridge & Diamond,  San Francisco (1995 — 1996)

  • Partner

Corporate Management

Bechtel Corp., global engineering and construction, San Francisco (1990— 1994)

  • Executive Vice President of Bechtel Environmental, Inc. subsidiary and Vice President of Bechtel Corp.

General Electric Co., Fairfield, CT (1984 — 1990)

  • Vice President, Corporate Environmental Programs

Private Law Practice

Swidler, Berlin & Strelow, Washington, DC  (1982 — 1984)

  • Partner

Leva, Hawes, Symington, Martin & Oppenheimer, Washington DC (1977 — 1982)

  • Partner

Clients included major electric/gas utility, paper, automotive, chemical and high-tech companies as well as Business Roundtable and Glass Packaging Institute.

Government

US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (1973 — 1977)

  • Assistant Administrator for Air, Water  and Waste Management (Presidential appointment)

US Council on Environmental Quality, Washington DC (1971 — 1973)

  • Staff Director

US Department of Health, Education & Welfare, Washington DC (1969 — 1971)

  • Assistant to the Secretary

Supreme Court of California, San Francisco (1968 — 1969)

  • Law Clerk to Associate Justice Raymond Peters

BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Member, California Bar

Member of District of Columbia Bar (inactive)

PAST BOARD AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS

Vice Chairman, Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (auto industry)

Board Member, Environmental Law Institute

Board Member, Clean Sites, Inc.

Board Member, Principia College

Board Member, Nature Conservancy of Maryland

Chairman, Advisory Committee on Environment and Safety, to President of University of California for the three US National Laboratories managed by the University

EDUCATION

JD, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley, 1968

BA, Economics and Business, Principia College, Elsah, IL, 1964

Certificate for “STAR” Mediation Training at Straus Institute, Law School of Pepperdine University (award-winning for ADR education), 2010