B. Kingsley Buhl
Attorney, Registered Arbitrator and Mediator for Civil,
Domestic Relations and Domestic Violence

Professional Career

After graduating from Yale Law School, Mr. Buhl practiced general corporate, real estate and commercial transaction law for 40 years, representing large and small business entities, financial institutions, governmental agencies and individuals. He has extensive experience in negotiating and closing complex transactions involving the sale, purchase and financing of business and real estate assets, as well as, construction and development financing for large commercial projects. He has also tried a number of commercial cases in federal and state courts. He has gained extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution through the representation of many clients in mediation and arbitration proceedings, as well as, the negotiation of workouts and settlements when underlying commercial deals have not met the parties’ original expectations. He has been a registered mediator and arbitrator in Georgia for more than two years and has mediated numerous civil, domestic relations and domestic violence cases through court related ADR programs in Georgia. He has also been a court appointed arbitrator in a case involving a residential construction dispute.

Registered as an arbitrator and neutral for general civil, domestic relations and domestic violence mediation with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution
Admitted to State Bar of Georgia
Admitted to State Bar of Michigan
Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States of America

Member of Turning Points Mediation Georgia, LLC, an Atlanta, Georgia based organization of registered arbitrators and neutral mediators with various backgrounds, including legal, construction, healthcare, marketing and product development – September, 2009 to present

Law offices of B. Kingsley Buhl in Greensboro, Georgia – May 1, 2008 to present

Member of Dykema Gossett PLLC, a 400+ attorney law firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan – May, 1984 – April, 2008 (retired effective May 1, 2008)

Founding Partner of Martin, Axe, Buhl & Schwartz, a 20+ attorney law firm headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan – January, 1981 - May, 1984

Associate and Partner of Dickinson, Wright, McKean & Cudlip, a 200+ attorney law firm headquartered in Detroit, Michigan – May, 1971 – January, 1981

Labor Relations Specialist – Ford Motor Company – August, 1966 to September, 1968

Education and Special Training

Yale Law School – Juris Doctorate – May, 1971
Michigan State University – Masters Degree – Labor and Industrial Relations – August, 1966
The Ohio State University – Bachelor of Arts Degree – Sociology – June, 1965

Completed required courses for registration with the Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution as arbitrator and neutral for general civil, domestic relations and domestic violence mediation

Professional Honors

Named to Best Lawyers in America in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009
Named to Michigan Super Lawyers in 2006, 2007 and 2008
Named to Georgia Super Lawyers in 2009