One Mediation

Profile
Gene Chapman practices law with Cohen Cooper Estep & Allen LLC and concentrates in the areas of professional licensing, professional certification, and
family law. Throughout his more than twenty years of practicing law, Gene has worked with nonprofit organizations and law firms. He served as discipline
counsel for the State Bar of Georgia for over eleven years and worked with law firms in the areas of professional licensing, personal injury, family law, and
commercial litigation. Prior to his career as a lawyer, Gene worked in a college student ministry in a church-related organization.

Gene is a registered neutral and mediates matters involving family law, personal injury claims, professional liability, and business disputes. Due to his
education and professional experience, he is particularly equipped to mediate disputes and claims involving churches and matters related to church
insurance coverage.

Gene earned a masters degree from Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City, Missouri in 1983 and his law degree from The University of Georgia in 1990. Gene is
a member of the State Bar of Georgia, the Atlanta Bar Association, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, and the Association for Professional Responsibility Lawyers.
Gene has been a speaker and served as a panel member for many continuing legal education seminars

Community Involvement
Habitat for Humanity
Open Hand Atlanta

Professional Associations
State Bar of Georgia
Atlanta Bar Association (Sole Practitioners/Small Firm Section, Family Law Section and Alternative Dispute Resolution Section)
Lawyers Club of Atlanta; certified in collaborative family law
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
Former Member, Georgia Real Estate Fraud Prevention and Awareness Coalition (Board of Directors 2004-2006)

Presentations
November 9-13, 2011 - Panelist: "The Ethical Lawyer" 23rd Annual North American Sports, Entertainment, and Intellectual Property Law Conference, Cabo
San Lucas, Mexico
February 17-21, 2011 - Presenter: "What To Do If You Receive a Bar Complaint" 21st Annual Tropical Seminar, Panama City, Panama
November 4-8, 2010 - Moderator of panel: "The Ethical Attorney" 22nd Annual North American Entertainment, Sport and Intellectual Property Law
Conference, Co-sponsored by Florida, Georgia, and New York Bar Associations, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
September 24, 2010 - Panelist: Professional and Ethical Dilemmas, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, Atlanta, Georgia
1995-2006 - Panelist or presenter at numerous CLE panels on ethics while disciplinary counsel at the State Bar of Georgia