Christopher P. Kauders, Esq.
Christopher P. Kauders, Esq. founded Pre-Trial Solutions, Inc. in 1995. Before starting his own firm, Mr. Kauders spent eight years mediating cases as Executive Vice President of U.S. Arbitration & Mediation of New England, Inc. He was court-appointed as a founding member of the Superior Court Mediation Panels for Suffolk, Norfolk, Middlesex and Worcester counties. He has also served on mediation panels for the NASD, FDICIRTC and AAA. Before entering the ADR field as a full-time practitioner, Mr. Kauders practiced law at Bank of Boston and at the Boston law firm of Needham & Warren.
Since establishing Pre-Trial Solutions, Inc. in 1995, Mr. Kauders has mediated and arbitrated disputes throughout New England. He has a substantial practice in New Hampshire and Maine as well as in Massachusetts. He is a frequent lecturer for continuing legal education programs and professional conferences throughout the region.
Mr. Kauders received his undergraduate degree from Northwestern University. He holds a J.D. and an M.B.A. from Boston College. Mr. Kauders is on the Board of Directors of The Seeing Eye, Inc., Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary, Freedom Scientific, and the Chestnut Hill School. Mr. Kauders is an investor in several privately held corporations. For Mr. Kauders’ complete resume, click here.
Sarah E. Worley, Esq.
Sarah E. Worley, Esq. joined Pre-Trial Solutions, Inc. in 2003. She practiced previously as a trial attorney at the Boston law firms of Peabody & Arnold and Cetrulo & Capone. Her trial practice concentrated in product liability, premises liability, professional liability, and complex personal injury. She represented plaintiffs, institutional defendants, and defendants referred by insurers, as well as a number of self-insured entities.
Before joining Pre-Trial Solutions, Inc., Ms. Worley worked full-time as a mediator and arbitrator for five years in a private ADR company. As a principal at Pre-Trial Solutions, Inc, Ms. Worley mediates and arbitrates disputes throughout New England and the United States and works with counsel nationwide on complex matters. In 2005, she was appointed by Judge Judith Fitzgerald, Chief United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, to serve as the arbitrator in a dispute between 285 claimants and DII Industries, LLC as part of the Halliburton Asbestos Settlement. Ms. Worley has served as a court-appointed Discovery Master and Special Master in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She has mediated and arbitrated personal injury cases, wrongful death cases, professional and medical malpractice actions, subrogation disputes, business disputes, insurance coverage disputes, construction cases, discrimination and harassment cases, and labor disputes, and has served as a case evaluator in complex multi-jurisdictional matters. She has also served as a mediator in abuse cases involving religious orders and institutions throughout the United States. Ms. Worley is fluent in issues of electronic discovery and procedure and is a member of the Sedona Conference Working Group on Electronic Document Retention and Production. In addition to the practice areas listed elsewhere on this site, Ms. Worley has worked extensively on matters involving injury to children.
Ms. Worley has served as an approved Superior Court Master/Arbitrator for Bristol, Plymouth and Barnstable Counties and is an approved United States Postal Service REDRESS mediator. In January 2003, Ms. Worley was appointed as an adjunct professor at the Southern New England School of Law where she taught alternative dispute resolution. In 2006, Ms. Worley was appointed to the Board of Trustees at the law school. She is a frequent lecturer at MCLE and has spoken at Suffolk University Law School, Harvard Law School, the Massachusetts Defense Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, the Boston Bar Association and the Massachusetts Bar Association.
Ms. Worley is a member of the Federal Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association, and the Massachusetts Trial Lawyers Association. She serves as the National Delegate for the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and is a member of the chapter’s Executive Committee. Ms. Worley also serves as a member of MCLE’s Civil Litigation Curriculum Advisory Committee. She is a past Vice-Chairperson of the Judicial Nominating Commission, to which she was appointed by Governor Mitt Romney in 2006. In addition to her responsibilities at the Southern New England School of Law, Ms. Worley is the President of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of St. Rita’s Church in Marion, Massachusetts.
Ms. Worley is a graduate of Phillips Academy, Dartmouth College, and the Georgetown University Law Center. She is married and the mother of a teenager. For Ms. Worley’s complete resume, click here.
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