Taft partner Michael H. Diamant has been named a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb). The Institute is an international center of excellence for the practice and profession of alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Diamant completed coursework and testing in international arbitration and international award writing to be awarded his fellowship.

Headquartered in London, England, CIArb has a membership of 14,000 based across 133 countries and is supported by an international network of 37 branches. The Institute provides education and training for arbitrators, mediators and adjudicators. It also acts as a global hub for practitioners, policy makers, academics and those in business, supporting the global promotion, facilitation and development of all ADR methods. For more information about CIArb, visit here.

Diamant’s practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property, trade secret and computer-related law issues, including buying, selling, developing and licensing hardware, software and other technology. He has litigated technology and computer-related matters before numerous courts and arbitration panels. He was elected a fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and was appointed to the panel of international arbitrators for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the international division of the American Arbitration Association. He is also a member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center, which serves the global technology sector by promoting business-practical dispute resolution.