Laura Abrahamson

Laura Abrahamson

Website https://www.jamsadr.com/abrahamson/

Biography

Laura Abrahamson is a full-time arbitrator and mediator with experience in more than 150 arbitrations and more than 50 mediations within the U.S. and significant jurisdictions around the world, including matters involving antitrust, complex commercial contracts, energy, engineering and construction, environmental, labor and employment, insurance coverage, intellectual property, securities and sports and entertainment under JAMS, AAA, DIAC, ICC, ICSID, LCIA, Thai and UNCITRAL rules. Prior to joining JAMS, Ms. Abrahamson served as Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and global head of litigation at AECOM, an American multinational firm that provides engineering, design, consulting and construction service, and before that spent nearly 20 years in-house at Occidental Petroleum (OXY), where she led major litigation and domestic and international arbitration efforts.

A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the College of Commercial Arbitrators, Laura currently serves on executive board of CalArb, the board of the Chartered Institute for Arbitrators, North American Branch; on the board of governors of the Institute for Corporate Counsel; as an advisory board member for the Institute of Transnational Arbitration; as an arbitrator for the Swiss-based Court of Arbitration for Sport; on the List of Arbitrators for the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC); as a member of the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) panel; and as an arbitrator for the Public Works Contract Arbitration Program (PWCA).

As a mediator and arbitrator, Laura is sensitive to the financial, political and other pressures facing parties in disputes, and uses her decades of experience as both an advocate and a client, her strong financial and legal backgrounds and her ability to quickly synthesize information and assess strengths, weaknesses and nuances of cases to promote efficient and fair resolutions.

Laura holds a degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley, with a dual major in accounting and finance, and J.D. from the UCLA School of Law. Her full bio can be found at https://www.jamsadr.com/abrahamson/