Maurice Zilber has been a commercial arbitrator for over 25 years and a mediator for 10 years. He has been a business lawyer for over 40 years and served as managing partner for his firm in Boston where he first honed his mediation skills. He is an adjunct professor at Golden Gate Law School in San Francisco. He is Chair of the Arbitration Committee of the Bar Association of San Francisco, a member of the Mediation Society of San Francisco, a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and a Director and Treasurer of the California Dispute Resolution Council.