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Aric J Garza

Attorney | Mediator | Arbitrator

I am an experienced ADR professional who has arbitrated and mediated to settlement a wide range of cases. I have extensive experience with online mediations and arbitrations, handling over 300 arbitration hearings, mediations and arbitrations via Zoom since 2021. I have been a commercial litigator since 1999, handling B2B disputes, employment disputes, and real estate disputes for both plaintiffs and defendants. This experience provides me with the knowledge, skills and ability to resolve difficult cases. Since 2014, I have distinguished myself as a top neutral in Texas. I am a former Co-Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Dispute Resolution, the Chair-Elect of the State Bar of Texas ADR Section and former Chair of the San Antonio Bar Association ADR Section. I have been assigned over 185 arbitration cases as a panelist with the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) Commercial, Consumer, Construction and Employment panels. I'm also a panelist with the CPR Institute, FINRA and the American Health Law Association. My health law experience includes: (1) handling over 5000 desk arbitrations involving provider/insurance billing disputes under the federal “No Surprises Act” (2) representing both health care provides and physician/dental practices in employment and breach of contract matters; and (3) advising daycare licensees and hospice licensees in regulatory, litigation and corporate governance/management matters. My volunteer work includes serving as a Delegate to the ABA House of Delegates, and an ambassador for the AAA-ICDR. I am a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation, the San Antonio Bar Foundation. Additionally, I am a board member of The Village at Incarnate Word retirement community in San Antonio, Texas. During my time away from the law, I am known as “The Blues Lawyer” playing and singing the blues at a variety of venues in San Antonio.

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