Robert G. Bailey
- Arbitration
- Client interviewing and counseling
- Legal reasoning and lawyering
JD (1979), University of Missouri
- Phone Number: (573) 882-6891
- Room Number: 217 Hulston Hall
- E-Mail Address:
Director Bailey joined the Law School in 1979. He left full-time employment at the Law School from 1983-87 to serve as Municipal Judge for the City of Columbia, while continuing to work at the Law School part-time. In 1987 he returned full-time to the Law School and now serves as Director, Assistant Dean, and CSDR Senior Fellow. He continued to serve as Associate Municipal Judge until June 2005. He teaches Arbitration, Life Skills Seminar, and Lawyering and Dispute Resolution.
Dean Bailey has an active arbitration practice serving on several arbitration panels including Major League Baseball’s Salary Arbitration Panel. He is on the FMCS and AAA Labor Arbitration Panels. He serves on the Governing Board of the National Academy of Arbitrators and has been or is Chair of the Audit, Nominations, and New Member Orientation Committees.
Dean Bailey is also very involved in University and community projects and has served as chair or a member on the boards of numerous community organizations, for which he has received numerous honors. Dean Bailey serves as chair of the Athletic Department’s Strategic Planning Committee and the Professional Sports Counsel Panel. He is also vice-chair of the Health Sciences Institutional Review Board and a member of the University’s Conflict of Interest Committee and the Thompson Center for Autism. He is a Commissioner with the National Conference on Uniform State Laws. He chairs or has chaired the Boone Family Resource Center, the Family Health Center, the Central Missouri Food Bank, the Regional AIDS Interfaith Network, and the Industrial Development Authority. He is active with the NCAA and has served as an accreditor at several Division I universities and has conducted strategic planning for the Division I Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.
Bob is married to Sharon, a retired kindergarten teacher extraordinaire. They have two children, Tara and Jessica, and three grandsons, Caden, Bryson, and Nathan.
