Valenti Law
Thomas P. Valenti Attorney, Arbitrator (FCIArb), Mediator, Facilitator Tel: +312-925-0081 tpv@valentilaw.com www.valentilaw.com
DISPUTE RESOLUTION LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR IN ILLINOIS, US Thomas P. Valenti is a highly experienced attorney, mediator, and arbitrator with more than 45 years of legal expertise. He has practiced law since 1977, and his specialization in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) spans over three decades, having worked as an arbitrator since 1990 and a mediator since 2000. Valenti’s extensive experience encompasses a broad range of personal injury, property damage, and commercial or business disputes. Valenti’s ADR experience is notable, as he has developed a successful private mediation and arbitration practice. He serves as a certified mediator and arbitrator in various prestigious institutions, including the Circuit Court of Cook County, the American Arbitration Association, and the National Arbitration Forum. His professional affiliations with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) as a Fellow (FCIArb) and the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals highlight his esteemed role within the international ADR community. As an adjunct instructor at Northwestern University’s School of Professional Studies, Valenti teaches mediation skills, sharing his knowledge and expertise with students pursuing ADR careers.
Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C.
Tel: +1 504-524-5777 a.kanner@kanner-law.com www.kanner-law.com
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Valenti has received specialized training in conflict transformation and mediation certification, underscoring his commitment to continuously enhancing his skill set in conflict resolution. He is deeply committed to supporting and improving dispute resolution processes worldwide, holding key positions on advisory boards. In addition to his legal and ADR work, Valenti is trained in human rights and trafficking by the US Institute of Diplomacy and Human Rights, reflecting his broader humanitarian interests and contributions. With a career marked by both legal acumen and a passion for effective conflict resolution, Valenti’s work continues to impact the legal community and beyond.
Valenti’s ADR experience is notable, as he has developed a successful private mediation and arbitration practice.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR IN LOUISIANA, US Kanner & Whiteley, L.L.C. (K&W) is a litigation boutique headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Since its founding in 1981, K&W has been dedicated to representing consumers, governmental entities, businesses, and individual clients in cases protecting the environment, promoting fair business practices, serving insurance policyholders, and safeguarding consumer rights. K&W’s skillful management of class action, complex, and multi-district litigation has earned our firm a national reputation for success. Our leadership in these areas results from the ability to form strategic partnerships with firms of varying size and specialty across the nation. Having practiced throughout the United States, and with a strong presence in the Gulf Coast area, K&W’s attorneys currently hold licenses in Alabama, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico (Federal), Texas, and Virginia.
Allan Kanner Founding Partner
He is also a member of numerous professional organizations, such as the American Bar Association, the Illinois State Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the International Bar Association. His dedication to ADR extends globally, having been trained in international family mediation and Hague Convention child abduction cases. He is also listed as a mediator and arbitrator on panels in Brazil, Canada, Thailand, and India.
From Three Mile Island to the Deepwater Horizon Gulf oil spill, K&W is one of the nation’s leading firms for forcing polluters to internalize the cost of their harms to people, communities, businesses and the public trust. The firm has achieved an unmatched record in navigating complex and dynamic environmental laws and regulations. Our national client base includes state governments, Native American tribes, labor unions, major corporations, developers, banks, small businesses, and property owners, who have turned to K&W for unparalleled expertise in environmental litigation.
Our litigation practice has involved successful claims for recovery of compensation for environmental contamination and damage to both persons and property. The firm is well renowned for its pursuit of various causes of action, including trespass, strict liability, unjust enrichment, and parens patriae, as well as for violations of federal and state environmental statutes. These actions have taken the form of class, multiple party, government, and individual plaintiff proceedings against a multitude of corporations, including ExxonMobil, British Petroleum, Shell, Texaco, ConocoPhillips, and Amoco. Allan Kanner Allan graduated from Harvard Law School in 1979, and then clerked for the late Judge Robert S. Vance of the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He founded K&W in 1981 and has since acquired a national reputation in the fields of complex litigation, environmental law, and consumer fraud. Many of his cases have become leading precedents or led to legislative and regulatory changes to better protect the public or the environment. He is frequently sought out as a teacher, lecturer, and author. Meanwhile, he has taught law courses at Tulane Law School, Duke University, Yale University, and the University of Texas, and has authored/ coauthored two books and published more than 60 scholarly articles, many of which have been relied upon by courts. He is a member of the American Law Institute, a frequent speaker and lecturer on a variety of topics, and has testified numerous times before the Louisiana legislature. In addition, he has testified before the United States Senate regarding frauds uncovered by K&W during a lawsuit against long-term care insurance providers.