Advisory Board

Noah J. Hanft is President and CEO of  International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR). A long-time supporter of dispute resolution, Mr. Hanft has devoted his career to finding the most effective and efficient resolutions for resolving business disputes. Prior to joining CPR, Mr. Hanft was General Counsel and Chief Franchise Officer for MasterCard, where he was responsible for overseeing legal and regulatory affairs, public policy and compliance. Mr. Hanft has an LL.M from New York University School of Law in trade regulation, a JD from Brooklyn Law School, and a BA from American University, School of Government and Public Administration.

Donald C. Schiller is Senior Partner at Schiller DuCanto & Fleck. Mr. Schiller centers his practice on family law matters, largely for leaders or their spouses from the business, professional, entertainment, and sports communities. He has served as President of the Illinois State Bar Association and Chair of the ABA’s Family Law Section.

Peter John Sacripanti represents clients in complex business disputes, including whistleblower actions, products liability litigation, multi-party mass tort matters and bankruptcy litigation. He is co-chair of McDermott and chair of the Firm's Executive Committee. He also serves as liaison counsel to the petroleum industry in various environmental and products liability matters.

Kimmo Rekola has many years of experience in private equity and venture capital transactions and technology law. He heads the firm's Private Equity & Venture Capital expertise group. He has a strong practical and commercial experience as the former legal counsel for Unisys and legal counsel to, and Vice President of, a Finnish Corporate Finance Corporation (presently Nordea Finance Finland Ltd).