Oliver J. Connolly

Oliver J. Connolly is a graduate in law and lecturer in law at Trinity College Dublin (where he teaches civil & commercial arbitration and mediation on Trinity’s LL.M programme). He has practiced as an attorney in New York and as a barrister at both the English and Irish Bars. Oliver has also been admitted to the Bar of Northern Ireland. He holds various ADR qualifications (Dip Arb., Dip Int Arb., FCIArb, Accredited Mediator) and is a ADR committee member of the American Bar Association(ABA) and international Bar Association (IBA) and has previously served on the Bar Council’s ADR & Arbitration Committee and on the ruling council of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association (ICMA). In 2002-2003 he served as the Hoellering World Fellow in residence with the American Arbitration Association (where, in particular, he observed the AAA’s US and international case management arbitration and mediation procedures) and was admitted to practice before the Bar of the United States Supreme Court upon petition by the Irish American Lawyers Association. Oliver is the founder of Friarylaw and leads an active team of lawyers and non lawyers highly committed to (a) the promotion and servicing of time and cost effective dispute resolution in Ireland, north and south, and to (b) the promotion of Ireland, north and south, as an eventual hub for international dispute resolution.

MA, LL.B, Dip BS, Dip Arb, Dip Int. Arb, FCIArb, BL

Barrister-at-Law (of King’s Inns, Dublin, Middle Temple, London & Inns of Court, Belfast)

Attorney-at-Law (Bar of United States Supreme Court & Bar of New York)

American Arbitration Association World Fellow 2002/2003

Lecturer-in-Law, School of Law, Dublin University, Trinity College

Accredited Mediator

Telephone  +353-1-8728405

Facsimile +353-1-8728409

Email: oconnolly@thefriary.ie

Deirdre Khuwais

Deirdre Khuwais is an internationally experienced legal executive and has worked in Ireland, Britain and the Middle East in international litigation projects. Dee is also the chief administrator of the very successful New York and California Bar Programmes. Dee coordinates Friarylaw’s Mediation Case Management and is an Accredited Mediator with Friarylaw / ADR Group.

Dip Legal Studies

Accredited Mediator Friarylaw

Director of Friarylaw Mediation Case Management & Head of Administration

Telephone +353-1-8728405

Facsimile +353-1-8728409

Mobile + 353 86 8810074

Email:dkhuwais@thefriary.ie

Gordon B. Wade

Gordon Wade holds a Bachelor of Laws and Business from University College Dublin and graduated with a first class honours LL.M from Trinity College in 2009 (having attained first in his class on Oliver’s Civil & Commercial Arbitration & Mediation Module). Gordon has several publications in the area of mediation in the Irish setting and wrote his Master’s thesis on Mediation in the Irish Healthcare System from which he was awarded  the Friarylaw Mediation Research Fellowship. Gordon is a Friarylaw & ADR Group Accredited Mediator and a volunteer Mediator at the Northside Community Law Centre. Prior to joining the Friarylaw Team, he interned with two international law firms in Dublin and was invited as external consultant to, and member of, the HSE Mediation Steering Group Committee.

BBLS, LLM    

Attorney-at-Law (NY)   

Accredited Mediator Friarylaw

Telephone  +353-1-872-8405

Email:gwade@thefriary.ie

Michael J. Gorman

Michael Gorman, was general counsel for a privately-held corporation. In that capacity, he represented his employer in mediation sessions, administrative hearings, and other commercial proceedings. He was also responsible for ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal law in the areas of employment and regulatory compliance. From 2007 to 2008, he was a federal judicial law clerk for a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, where he researched and drafted initial copies of opinions and orders in civil and criminal cases. As a law clerk, he also witnessed numerous court-conducted mediations in civil and commercial matters. For a short while, he was also an associate (summer and interim) with an international law firm. With a background in political methodology, he has a keen interest in empirical legal studies. While at his undergraduate university, he was a researcher for the Federal Elections Project (a National Science Foundation grant recipient). The project sought to match 2000 Presidential elections results to figures from the 2000 National Census. Currently, he maintains a part-time boutique practice catering to small and medium sized privately held companies in the United States.

BA, JD, LLM 

Attorney-at-Law  

Accredited Mediator Friarylaw

Email mgorman@thefriary.ie

Sandra Salman

Friarylaw – Administration

Telephone  +353-1-8728405

Facsimile +353-1-8728409

Mobile  + 353 86 8810074

Email:ssalman@thefriary.ie

Friarylaw Administrators

Telephone  +353-1-8728405

Facsimile +353-1-8728409

Email:admin@thefriary.ie