Earl J. Acquaviva, Jr. is a Circuit Court Mediator, Arbitrator and Attorney at Law. Earl has been practicing law since 1983. As Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, Civil Rights Director, Chief Equal Opportunity Officer and Human Resources Executive for Bally Total Fitness, Earl has a broad range of in-depth experience in legal, business and human resources issues, with a focus on:
With 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. At its peak, Bally operated over 400 fitness centers in 29 states and Canada and employed over 20,000 employees servicing over 4 million members. In 1990, Earl spearheaded the nationwide development, implementation, administration and supervision of the Bally Employment Dispute Resolution Procedure, an ADR program which resulted in the prompt, efficient and voluntary resolution of virtually all future employment disputes. From this, his experience in alternative dispute resolution includes:
As Chief Litigation Officer, Earl supervised all claims, cases, adjusters and counsel, and attended all significant hearings, mediations, arbitrations and settlement conferences. Earl is open to mediating and arbitrating 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 & legal malpractice and insurance coverage disputes.
Earl has been a Maryland Circuit Court Mediator since 2012. He has mediated cases in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Anne Arundel County, Cecil County, Howard County and Montgomery County and resolved complex multi-jurisdictional disputes as a private Mediator.
