Marvin Hill

Arbitrator, Professor Emeritus

Northern Illinois University

Marvin Hill (JD & Ph.D, University of Iowa) is Emeritus Professor, Northern Illinois University. His teaching appointments include Indiana University and the Universoty of Iowa College of Law, Iowa City, Iowa.  Hill is author of numerous books on arbitration including Evidence in Arbitration (BNA Books), Remedies in Arbitration (BNA), Arbitration Advocacy (BNA), Management Rights: A Legal and Arbitral Analysis (BNA), and Employee Lifestyle and Off-Duty Conduct Regulation (BNA). He has also authored numerous Law Review Articles on labor and constitutional issues.  These include “Riding with the Cops and Cheering for the Robbers:” Employee Speech, Doctrinal Cubbyholes, and the Duty of Loyalty, 25 Pepperdine Law Review 721 (1998)(lead article)(with James Wright);  “The Use of Hearsay Evidence by Labor Arbitrators: A Primer and Modest Proposal,” V. 1998, No. 1 Journal of Dispute Resolution (Univ. Missouri Law Review) (lead article)1-35 (1998)(with Tammy Westhoff); and “No Song Unsung, No Wine Untasted”-- Employee Addictions, Dependencies, and Post-Discharge Rehabilitation: Another Look at the Victim Defense in Labor Arbitration, 47 Drake L.Rev. 399-465 (1999)(lead article)(with Tammy Westhoff).  A member of the National Academy of Arbitrators (NAA), he is currently serving as a panel arbitrator for police, fire, and numerous airlines.  Hill also serves as an arbitrator for six government agencies: SSA, BOP, EPA, FEMA, VA, and TSA.  To remain sane, Marvin Hill swims 1,800 yards every day, attempting a modest speed of three minute hundreds.  He is the de facto commissioner of the local swimming pool, an unpaid but important social position.