Allan J. Stitt is the President of the Stitt Feld Handy Group and ADR Chambers Inc.  He is a Toronto-based mediator, arbitrator, negotiation consultant, facilitator, trainer, and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) systems design specialist.  He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Toronto Law School, teaching courses in Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.  He has also been a Lecturer at the University of Windsor Law School, the University of Notre Dame Law School, the University of Lisbon (Portugal), and the University of the Philippines and has taught ADR and Negotiation courses throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia.

After earning his B.Comm at the University of Toronto, Allan earned his LL.B. at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and his J.D. at the University of Detroit Law School, graduating first in his class in both law schools.  He then earned his LL.M. degree at Harvard Law School.  Until 1994, he was a litigator at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt.

While at Harvard Law School, Allan studied negotiation and ADR with Professor Roger Fisher, Professor Frank Sander, and Bruce Patton.  He has returned to Harvard on a number of occasions to act as a Teaching Assistant to Professor Fisher.  Allan is the Past President of the ADR Institute of Canada, the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Canada, and the Arbitration and Mediation Institute of Ontario. He is the current Chair of the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada, a member of the NAFTA Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Disputes appointed by the Canadian Government, and a member of the International Mediation Institute (IMI) Independent Standards Commission.  He is also the recipient of the 2006 Ontario Bar Association Award of Excellence in Alternative Dispute Resolution.  He has designed ADR systems for such organizations as the Canadian Bankers Association, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, the Law Society of Upper Canada, and Canadian Tire Corporation.

Allan is a Chartered Mediator (C.Med.), a Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb.), and a Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators.  He has mediated two-party and multi-party disputes in numerous contexts, including commercial, employment, corporate governance, workplace, banking, personal injury, sports, and breach of contract.  He is a member of the Local Mediation Committee for the Ontario Mandatory Mediation Program - Toronto.  He has also arbitrated numerous commercial cases including cases for the National Transportation Agency and the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board. His books, ADR For Organizations (1998), and Mediating Commercial Disputes (2003), were both business books bestsellers.  He is also the author of Mediation: A Practical Guide (2004) and he is the Editor-in-Chief of the CCH ADR Practice Manual.