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Andrew B. Flake, Esq.
Commercial Arbitrator, Mediator, and EDR Neutral
A veteran commercial litigator and neutral, Andrew Flake brings more than two decades of business trial and commercial dispute resolution experience, along with tenacity and creative problem-solving, to help parties and their lawyers resolve their disputes, both domestic and cross-border and international. He has experience handling and resolving a wide range of business and commercial disputes, both domestic and international, with a focus on intellectual property and technology, contract, corporate, employment, and healthcare sectors. Mr. Flake is recognized in Best Lawyers® in the area of Commercial Litigation and is a Georgia Super Lawyer in the area of Commercial Litigation, as well as member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals. He is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and a member of its Commercial, Employment, Healthcare, and Large Complex Case panels, as well as an international arbitrator and panel member of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). He is a certified mediator with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution, a member of the Early Dispute Resolution Institute, and a member of AAA’s mediation panel. Mr. Flake is a frequent writer and speaker on ADR topics, including the role of generative artificial intelligence in ADR.
Andrew Flake
Andrew’s experience includes high stakes and bet-the-company commercial disputes and litigation across a range of subject matter areas, including intellectual property, software and technology, cybersecurity, unfair competition, restrictive covenants and theft of trade secrets; employment law, false advertising, trademark and patent infringement, defamation and rights of publicity, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder rights and corporate governance; business divorces; trusts and estates and fiduciary litigation; RICO; breach of commercial contracts, lending and creditors’ rights, product liability, interference with business relations and other business torts, and accounting and business valuation. He is a German speaker and has worked in international dispute resolution — both cross-border litigation and international arbitration — throughout his career, and currently serves as an arbitrator with the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Whatever the nature of the dispute, his focus in every case is on understanding the particular needs of the parties, providing a prompt, neutral and transparent process, and prompt and efficient resolution.
Education
- Duke University School of Law, Juris Doctor
- Moot Court Board Member
- Duke Bar Association, President, 1998–1999
- Duke University School of Law, Master of Laws (International and Comparative Law)
- Vanderbilt University, Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa)
Honors & Awards
- Best Lawyers in America (Commercial Litigation Law), 2018-23
- Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America, The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society (by invitation only)
- Super Lawyer®, Commercial Litigation
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Fellow, American Bar Foundation
Admitted
- State Bar of Georgia – 1999
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- Supreme Court of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Certifications/Credentials
- American Arbitration Association, Arbitrator, Commercial, Large Complex Case, and ICDR (International) Panels
- Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
- Registered Mediator and Arbitrator, Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
- Trained EDR Neutral
Publications/Speaking
- Editor and Author, “The Art of Resolution” Blog
- Presenter, Code, Contracts, & Clarity: What Arbitrators Want in Tech Cases (American Arbitration Association, Sept. 22, 2025)
- Moderator/Panelist, AI Tools: Policies and Procedures (AAA, July 9, 2025)
- Presenter, The Effective and Ethical Use of AI in Mediation Practice, Annual ADR Seminar, Houston Bar Association (May 9, 2025)
- Panelist, Trends in the Effective Use of AI in Mediation and Arbitration Practice, Atlanta Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section (CLE Program, October 2, 2024)
- Panelist, Arbitrating in the United States: Resolving Disputes Arising Out of Cross-Border Business and Investments, (Berlin Dispute Resolution Days and AtlAS Program, September 12, 2024)
- Presenter, Arbitration Tech Toolbox: Mastering Digital Tools for Enhancing Your Arbitration Practice (AAA Continuing Education, June 25, 2024)
- “Early Dispute Resolution and Our Business Cases,” The Atlanta Lawyer (Aug./Sept. 2023)
- Contributor and editor, The Art of Resolution Blog (www.flakelaw.com/blog)
- Contributing author, Handbook on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration (Juris 2017)
- Faculty member, Cutting Edge Issues in International Arbitration, 10th Annual Arbitration Institute, Atlanta, Georgia (2016)
- Speaks and presents on ADR topics clauses across a range of areas, including cross-border litigation, the intersection of law and technology, and ADR
Professional Organizations
- International Law Section, ABA
- International Arbitration Committee
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation Sections, American Bar Association
- Dispute Resolution Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS)
- Secretary, 2022-2023
- Member, Board of Directors
- IBA Mediation Committee, Officer-at-Large, 2020-2021
- Lawyers Club of Atlanta, Member (President, 2016-2017)
- Atlanta Bar Association—Litigation and Dispute Resolution Sections
- Federal Bar Association—Atlanta Chapter
- International Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
