Jacob Aaron Esher

Jacob Aaron (Jack) Esher is a principal in the international mediation and consulting firm CBInsolvency LLC in Boston. He has served as a mediator and arbitrator in bankruptcy and commercial matters for more than 30 years, including serving as a primary mediator for large multiparty international disputes in the Lehman Brothers case for over six years. Having served as a member of the Mediator Registers for the Districts of Delaware and Massachusetts, Jack also serves as mediator for matters in the Southern District of New York. He was a member of the distinguished panel of mediators and arbitrators at JAMS, and currently serves on the commercial mediation panel of MWI, based in Boston. Mr. Esher founded and chaired ABI’s Committee on ADR in 1994 and co-authored the first mediation book published on bankruptcy matters, the ABI Guide to Bankruptcy Mediation (ABI, 2nd Ed. 2009), which has been succeeded by Bankruptcy Mediation (ABI 2016), to which he is a contributor. He is a frequent writer and presenter on mediation matters, and has conducted many mediation trainings and educational programs for attorneys, other professionals and judges, including an extensive, multi-year training program for the Thailand Judiciary.  Mr. Esher received his B.A. in 1972 from Brandeis University and his J.D. magna cum laude in 1977 from the University of San Francisco.