Earl J. Acquaviva, Jr. is a Circuit Court Mediator, Arbitrator and Attorney at Law. As Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Human Resources Executive for Bally Total Fitness, Earl has a broad range of in-depth experience in legal, business and human resources, with a focus on:
Personal Injuries & Wrongful Deaths
Business & Contract Disputes
Employment & Discrimination Disputes
Class Actions & Complex Multi-Jurisdictional Disputes
With his more than three decades at Bally Total Fitness, Earl has earned a reputation as an excellent negotiator, working diligently with front line employees, executives, and handling all aspects of the company’s business transactions. From this, his experience in dispute resolution includes:
Class Actions & Catastrophic Injuries
Employment & Workplace Conflicts
Discrimination
Product Liability
Insurance Coverage & Subrogation Issues
Personal Injury & Premise Liability
Commercial & Consumer Contracts
Professional Malpractice (Medical/Legal/Nursing Homes)
Corporate, Business & Shareholder Conflicts
Real Estate & Construction Law
Estates & Trusts
Creditors Rights
Intellectual Property
Worker Compensation
As Chief Litigation Officer, Earl attended all hearings, mediations, arbitrations and settlement conferences and is open to mediating all aspects of commercial / business matters, contract disputes, software agreements, consulting agreements, commercial real estate leases, discrimination, wage and hour disputes, personal injury, workers compensation, medical malpractice, legal malpractice and insurance coverage disputes.
Along with being corporate counsel for Bally Total Fitness, Earl has been a Maryland Circuit Court Mediator since 2012, where he has mediated civil cases in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Cecil County, Howard County and Montgomery County as well as resolved complex multi-jurisdictional disputes as a private Mediator.
Education
University of Baltimore School of Law, J. D., Law, 1983
Towson University School of Business, BS, Business/Finance, 1980
Anne Arundel Community College, AA, Business, 1978
Licenses & Certifications
ADR Mediator Approved For Maryland Circuit Court Assigned Civil Mediations, Court of Appeals of Maryland
Licensed to practice law in Maryland -1983 to present (State and Federal Court)
