Human Problems, Effective Solutions
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Robert Angelo Creo has a passion for resolving disputes. He has 45 years of practical experience in the ADR field as an attorney, arbitrator, mediator, special master, author and educator. He has served as a neutral in thousands of cases, (over 7,000 days) since 1979. He is an Adjunct Professor at Duquesne University School of Law (1991–2003, 2013 to 2020) and also taught at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law from 2001–2012. He is a member of numerous professional organizations including the National Academy of Arbitrators (1986). He is on the roster of many appointing agencies such as the American Arbitration Association, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, and the National Mediation Board. He serves as a mediator for the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS-TAS) and has served as an arbitrator for Major League Baseball and for the National Football League. He has served as an Independent Hearing Officer for the United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics.
MENTORING Safia Salar, an Afgani refugee, obtained here visa in June 2023 and was assisted in pursuit of her undergraduate degree from American University in Beirut, Lebanon, which was completed at Artizona State University in Deeember 2025. She intends to go to law school and continure her peacebuilding activities. 
Budapest CAS-TAS Neutral Congress, October 2019
CIVIC AND HUMANITARIAN ENDEAVORS
Mr. Creo has spent a lifetime supporting organizations and causes promoting economic and social betterment for disadvantage and at-risk communities and individuals. He believes that there is an obligation among those more fortunate to contribute to repairing the world by acting in a prosocial manner. He was active with the Josh Gibson Foundation which provides academic and life skills to at-risk youth in African American communities prior to relocating to Florida in 2023. In 2021, the Robert A. Creo and Ken Cloke Founders Fellowship was established by him by Mediators Beyond Borders International to provide an annual stipend and mentoring to Peacebuilders. The initial Fellow was Mylene Chan of Hong Kong, who received an undergraduate degree from Yale and a JD from George Washington Universirty School of Law. |
NAMED 2021 ARBITRATION ATTORNEY AND 2024, 2022, 2017 & 2014 MEDIATOR OF THE YEAR FOR WESTERN PA BY BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA
Mr. Creo graduated from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis in 1977 and Brandeis University in 1974. He served as a senior editor of the law review. In 2006, he co-founded and served as Secretary-Treasurer of Mediators Beyond Borders International (MBBI), a nonprofit organization which brings together mediators and students to work in communities traumatized by civil war and violence. In 2007, he earned a Graduate Certificate in International Mediation: Maximizing Prospects for Success, from the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC. He was the founding President of the International Academy of Mediators (1997).
Mr. Creo has authored numerous publications including Alternative Dispute Resolution: Law Procedure and Commentary for the Pennsylvania Practitioner (George T. Bisel Company, Inc., October 2006). He writes a column in Alternatives called The Master Mediator, published by the CPR International Institute for Conflict Resolution & Prevention. Another column, The Effective Lawyer, is featured in the bimonthly publication PA Lawyer since 2012. In his spare time, he enjoys participating in comedy and storytelling events and competitions. Mr. Creo is available as special counsel to consult in complex litigation. He has been retained to advise on utilization of the mediation process in antitrust, bad faith, catastrophic loss, and commercial claims. He has also been retained as an expert witness to offer opinions on negotiation and settlement processes. Download Robert A. Creo's CV: 
at Mr. Creo is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Elkouri and Elkouri, How Arbitration Works, BNA/Bloomberg.
Steel City Storytellers, LLC, (www.steelcitystorytellers,com ) founded in 2019, provides storytelling shows and workshops on how to communicate more effectively via the spoken word. Angelo Creo is the principal and sole LLC member. SCS. LLC, and Angelo Creo were nominated as co-producer for In Search of Love, a TV pilot from over 8,500 submissions, for the Mid-Atlantic Region Emmys, with the winner announced at the Loew's Hotel in Philadelphia on October 1, 2022 with our show being honored as being in the top five. | ||
Named Mediator of the Year in 2024, 2022, 2017, and 2014 by Best Lawyers of America
RECENT CLE, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
MEDIATION AS AN EQUITABLE PROCESS,
The Center for Alternative Disputer Resolution, June 27, 2025, Greenbelt, Maryland
DEALING WITH THE NIGHTMARE CLIENT
October 7, 2024 Webinar, American Law Institute
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