Rupa Baskaran is a skilled arbitrator, mediator, and hearing examiner with an abiding interest in alternative dispute resolution. She is currently listed on the the American Arbitration Association (AAA) roster of arbitrators for the employment and consumer panels, the American Health Law Association (AHLA) rosters of mediators and arbitrators, the Texas Comptroller’s Arbitrator Registry, the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Independent Hearing Examiner roster, the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) rosters of mediators and appraisal umpires, and the 2025 pending roster of arbitrators for the National Center for Dispute Settlement (NCDS). In 2023, she was awarded the American Arbitration Association’s Higginbotham Fellowship, which recognizes rising alternative dispute resolution professionals.

In addition to her experience as a neutral, Rupa is an attorney with more than twelve years of experience in labor and employment law. She has represented clients in civil litigation, collective bargaining, grievance and interest arbitration, mediation, administrative agency complaint investigations and responses, and compliance with state and local laws. She is licensed to practice law in Connecticut, Illinois, Ohio, and Texas and is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section of Labor and Employment Law. She holds a Juris Doctor degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis.