Ethelwald Olimpio Mendes IIAM; IMC, Mediator & Advocate, enrolled with the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa in January 1987. His practice includes writ jurisdiction, tribunals including Industrial & CAT: Arbitration & Admiralty & Maritime Jurisdiction, DRT & DRAT, Customs & Excise and also in advisory, transactional, non-litigation as well as litigation matters; International Arbitrations before ICC Paris, CIETAC Beijing, SIAC Singapore, ICA New Delhi, HKIAC Hong Kong, etc.. Has been invited to sit on the High Court Tribunals for ‘Lok Adalats’, a court-annexed Alternative Dispute Resolution process. Heads the “ADR Knowledge Tree” a mediation/arbitration advocacy training program. He is a Governing Board Member of the INADR, Chicago and a Governing Board Member of G R Kare College of Law, Goa.