Mr. Abbey has served as arbitrator or mediator in the resolution of over 50 disputes, including:

Arbitration of a $15 million dispute concerning a corporate divestiture transaction; mediation of a $20 million dispute between electrical utilities; arbitration of a $6 million dispute concerning the sale of a corporate division; arbitration of a dispute among the 3 stockholders of a privately held corporation; arbitration and mediation of other disputes involving commercial transactions, employment agreements and tort claims.

Mr. Abbey is a member of the National Roster of Commercial Arbitrators, Large Complex Case Panel and the International Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association, the Chicago Panel of Distinguished Neutrals of the Center for Public Resources' Center for Dispute Resolution, the New York Stock Exchange Panel of Arbitrators, the Panel of Lanham Act Neutrals and the Mediator Panel of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division.

His Alternative Dispute Resolution training includes:

AAA Neutrals' Conference, 2/04, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Mediator Training; AAA Arbitrator II training; AAA International Arbitrator Training Workshop; AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training Workshop; AAA Neutral's Retreat; AAA Mediation Training Seminar (Tom Colosi); AAA International Arbitration Training Seminar, Mediation training seminars sponsored by CBA and The Mediation Council of Illinois; AAA Basic Arbitrator Training; training sessions for Mandatory Court-Annexed Arbitration Programs, Cook and Lake County, IL; Better Business Bureau Basic Arbitrator Training.