Biography

Since 1993 Mr. Pipal has mediated over 3,500 cases involving wrongful death, substantial personal injury, class actions, business disputes, medical device product liability, insurance coverage, commercial and employment disputes. He is on the FINRA roster of mediators, where he mediates securities and employment-related disputes. Mr. Pipal’s practice is national in scope having conducted mediations in more than 20 states.

Mr. Pipal has been a litigator since 1980, and maintains an active litigation practice in addition to serving as a mediator. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in products liability, substantial personal injury, employment and commercial matters. His experience litigating civil matters instills confidence in his clients during the mediation process.

Mr. Pipal was a presenter on mediation strategies at the 2010 Council on Litigation Management Conference in Jacksonville, Florida. More recently he presented on mediation at the American Trucking Association (ATA) annual meeting in 2023, and in 2024 at the Magna National Conference in Las Vegas. He has taught Alternative Dispute Resolution to judges and specially selected attorneys in Lake and McHenry County, Illinois. Mr. Pipal served on the Cook County Circuit Court, Law Division Special Committee on Mediation. He has written extensively, including a recently published article entitled “Being there: Presence of the decision-maker at mediation.” Mr. Pipal regularly lectures on mediation to bar groups, to law students at Chicago area law schools, including the University of Chicago Law School, and to church leaders at the Theodore Hesburgh Center at Catholic Theological Union.

Mr. Pipal is a member of National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He is past President of the Chicago Chapter of the nation’s leading alternative dispute resolution group: the Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR). Mr. Pipal was a founding board member and officer of the Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for (Pro Bono) Legal Services (CARPLS). Mr. Pipal has served on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Equal Justice Foundation. He is also a past member of the following other Boards: the Board of Directors of the Center for Conflict Resolution, the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association, and the Board of Directors of Chicago Bar Foundation. In 2019, Mr. Pipal was inducted into the National Law Journal Hall of Fame for Individual Mediators.

To schedule mediation or arbitration with Faustin Pipal, please contact Mike Weinzierl at weinzierlme@resolutesystems.com or 312-346-3770 ext. 125.

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