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John Allgood has served for more than 20 years as an independent neutral arbitrating cases in commercial, employment, construction and securities law areas. He was a member of the panel of arbitrators, USOG, during the 1996 and 1998 Olympic Games. His practice also includes mediation in the above practice areas as well as real estate and anti-trust matters. John is active in the State Bar of Georgia and has served as chair and as a member of the executive board of the Corporate Counsel Section. He is a past vice chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. He is also the past president and current member of the Board of Advisers for Research Atlanta. He is a registered neutral in the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, the American Arbitration Association, CPR Employment Committee, NASD, DeKalb County Dispute Resolution Center and the National Arbitration Forum. He was Chair of the Georgia Bar's ADR Section Seminar in March 2004 sponsored jointly by the Atlanta Bar Association's ADR Section. He has published several papers including “Recent Developments in the Arbitration of Employment Disputes” and “Manifest Disregard of the Law” which was presented at the 10th Annual ADR Institute in 2003. He also chaired the ICLE seminar - “ADR for Corporate Counsel” - sponsored by the Corporate Counsel Section of the Georgia Bar and the American Arbitration Association in May 2002. Prior to joining Ford & Harrison, John was Regional Counsel for Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation. He was an officer in the U.S. Army serving a tour of duty in Vietnam. John is also AV® Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell. Education University of Georgia School of Law J.D., 1973 Georgia State University B.B.A., 1968 Bar Admissions Georgia Practice Areas Arbitration Labor Relations Mediation National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) | 