About Mark
Mark Travis built a career at the intersection of law, education and dispute resolution. He holds an LL.M. in Dispute Resolution from Pepperdine University School of Law, a J.D. from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, and a B.S. in Public Administration from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee. Those credentials set the stage for a long professional life split between practice, teaching and third-party dispute work.
Early in his career he affiliated with Wimberly Lawson, PLLC, an association that dates to the late 1980s. He joined the Tennessee State Bar in 1984 and maintained an affiliation with the Wisconsin State Bar, which is listed as inactive. Over time his work shifted from traditional firm work to roles that placed a premium on problem solving outside the courtroom.
Travis began teaching as an adjunct in the late 1990s and returned to the classroom repeatedly. His teaching résumé includes appointments at Tennessee Technological University, the Straus Institute at Pepperdine Law School, John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, and the University of Tennessee College of Law. Students encountered him in clinics and courses that emphasized practical dispute resolution techniques and labor-management dynamics.
In 2009 he formalized a move into alternative dispute resolution by establishing Travis ADR Services, LLC, where he serves as a mediator and arbitrator. That same year he became director of the Tennessee Labor-Management Center. Those positions reflect a steady specialization in resolving workplace and contractual disputes through processes other than litigation.
His work as a mediator and arbitrator draws on decades of courtroom background and classroom experience. Colleagues and clients have encountered him in labor-management negotiations, private commercial mediations and arbitrations. He has navigated cases that require both procedural rigor and an ability to manage human dynamics.
Throughout his career he has combined practice with periodic teaching, returning to Pepperdine and the University of Tennessee to share techniques used in mediation and arbitration. He continues to maintain professional bar affiliations and to accept third-party roles that rely on neutral decision-making. He currently concentrates his practice on alternative dispute resolution and labor-management matters.
