Biography

Mr. Sherrill is a partner in Seyfarth Shaw’s Litigation Department and chairs the firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Group. He has 33 years of experience representing clients in resolving all types of civil disputes, including real estate, zoning and land-use, construction related cases, personal injury and product liability cases, and general commercial, contract and corporate disputes through negotiation, mediation, arbitration and litigation at the trial and appellate levels in federal and state courts. His practice currently focuses on commercial litigation, zoning and land use, and ADR.

Mr. Sherrill has extensive experience as a neutral and as an advocate representing clients in all types of ADR forums. He has been a member of the American Arbitration Association’s (AAA) Panel of Arbitrators since 1986 and is a member of AAA’s Large Complex Case Program, as well as the Roster of Distinguished Neutrals of the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution. He is also a member of the panel of mediators for AAA, CPR and Closure, Inc. Mr. Sherrill served as a member of the AAA/U.S. Olympic Committee Arbitration Panels for the 1996 (Atlanta), 1998 (Nagano), 2000 (Sydney) and 2004 (Athens) Olympic games. He also has experience as an administrative law judge, serving as Chief Hearing Officer for the Georgia Real Estate Commission and as Chairman of the State Health Planning Review Board, and as a special master appointed by a number of state and federal courts.

Education

J.D., Duke University Law School, (1972)

Member of Editorial Board of Duke Law Journal (1971-72)

A.B., University of North Carolina, (1963)

Morehead Scholar

Admissions

• Georgia

Courts

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
• All Georgia State Courts