Knar NAHIKIAN

Knar A. Nahikian, Esq. is an attorney, mediator, and arbitrator who serves as Vice President of the CPR Institute, the think tank side of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (“CPR”). In her role, she oversees CPR’s international initiatives, including CPR's international advisory boards in Brazil, Canada, and Europe, as well as the Y-ADR Steering Committee, an international leadership group of young professionals.

Based in New York City, Knar is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey. During her professional career she has served as a commercial litigation attorney for a leading law firm, as in-house counsel for a global insurance company, and as a court-appointed and independent mediator, arbitrator, and neutral facilitator. She now works with businesses, law firms, academics and neutrals throughout the world to promote greater use of dispute prevention and positive alternatives to litigation.