Paul Godin

Paul Godin is an Investigator with the ADR Chambers Banking Ombuds Office and the Director of U.S. Operations for ADR Chambers. He is also a lawyer, mediator, arbitrator, trainer, and designer of alternative dispute resolution systems, and has taught dispute resolution principles to a number of major banks worldwide.

Paul has provided dispute resolution assistance through training, consultation, and system design to a number of ombuds agencies and ombudspersons, including the Ontario Ombudsman and the Ethiopian Office of the Ombudsman.

Paul has acted in many complex mediations and negotiations, and as counsel has been before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Appeal, and the Financial Services Commission of Ontario. Paul is a Roster Mediator, Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program–Toronto. He is also a roster mediator with the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, and is designated as a Chartered Mediator by the ADR Institute of Canada. He is a member of the ADR Section Executive of the Ontario Bar Assoc., and has published a number of papers and articles in law and dispute resolution.