Allan J. Stitt

Allan Jeffrey Stitt (born 11 October 1961) is a chartered Canadian arbitrator, mediator and film producer. He is the president and CEO of ADR Chambers, a Canadian arbitration and mediation organization. In 2022, Stitt was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. As a movie executive producer, Stitt has also contributed to films including The Layover, The Birth of a Nation, Into the Forest, I Saw the Light, and Ithaca.

Education Stitt earned a Bachelor's degree of Commerce and Finance at the University of Toronto, a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and a Juris Doctor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law. Then, he earned a Master of Laws degree at Harvard Law School where he studied Negotiation and ADR in 1992.

Career During his career, Stitt has mediated disputes in several contexts including commercial, employment, corporate governance, workplace, financial industry, personal injury, sports, and breach of contract. He also has arbitrated numerous commercial cases including the National Transportation Agency and the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board.

Memberships Stitt has been appointed by the Canadian Department of Justice as advisor at the UNCITRAL working group for the enforcement of international mediation agreements. He is a senior advisor to the Jerusalem Arbitration Centre in relation to Israeli and Palestinian businesses. a former president of the ADR Institute of Canada, the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada He is an International Mediation Institute certified mediator, and an arbitrator on the Canadian Transportation Agency List of Arbitrators. He is also a member of the International Panel of Mediators with the Singapore Mediation Centre. and a collaborator with the Australian Center for Conflict Resolution. Stitt is also on the international panel of arbitrators for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. Africa and Australia. For example, he has been an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto Law School and a special lecturer at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law.

Publications

Books published by Stitt on ADR systems design includes Alternative Dispute Resolution for Organizations, Mediating Commercial Disputes, and Mediation: A Practical Guide. He is co-author of LexisNexis ADR Practice Manual.

Filmography

Stitt has been executive producer of a number of films in 2015 and 2016.

Year Title Role 2016 Drunk Parents Executive producer (post-production) 2016 Phil Executive producer (post-production) 2016 The Layover Executive producer (post-production) 2016 Henchmen Executive producer (filming) 2016 The Addition Executive producer 2016 The Birth of a Nation Executive producer 2015 Ithaca Executive producer 2015 Into the Forest Executive producer 2015 I Saw the Light Associate producer 2015 The Driftless Area Executive producer 2015 Meadowland Executive producer 2005 Move or Die Executive producer