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SVAMC CEO Les Schiefelbein Delivers 2020 Commencement Address

Les Schiefelbein delivered the commencement address at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Convocation on December 14, 2020.

Les, a fellow Arizona State University law school graduate was proudly serving as a JAG lawyer in the United States Air Force during the time of his graduation and missed his own commencement ceremony. This will be the first convocation ceremony he shares with the graduating class of 2020. 

Commencement remarks for the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law Convocation can be found HERE. 

Les Schiefelbein is an internationally recognized Arbitrator and Mediator with over forty years corporate law and government law expertise in US and International business and technology matters. Les was previously Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company and a US Air Force Judge Advocate Reserve (Colonel), serving clients on US and international aerospace, national security, technology transactions and arbitration and mediation matters. Les is a founding member and Chair of the Board of Directors for the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center. Les has handled over 400 cases in the course of his career, and has gained particular expertise as a sole, chair or panel arbitrator in commercial and government disputes to include aerospace, aviation, satellites, cybersecurity, national security, and information technology. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Commercial Panel, Large and Complex Cases; International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) International...