Naa Adoley Azu is an arbitrator, mediator, and former Justice of the High Court of Ghana with more than two decades of experience in adjudication, mediation, arbitration, regulatory compliance, and alternative dispute resolution programme leadership. She was called to the Ghana Bar in 1999, currently provides arbitration and mediation services with Scripta & A, is a public arbitrator with FINRA Dispute Resolution Services, and serves on the London Court of International Arbitration’s arbitrator panel.

Adoley previously served as Program Director for Alternative Dispute Resolution and Compliance at the Indiana Civil Rights Commission, where she directed statewide mediation and conciliation programmes covering employment, housing, public accommodations, and financial services disputes. She served as lead ADR practitioner in matters involving attorneys, complainants, respondents, and government investigators, negotiating settlements and drafting settlement agreements in cases filed jointly with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Under her leadership, the programme sustained mediation resolution rates of approximately 70 –75 percent. She also recruited, trained, mentored, and evaluated mediators and investigators and developed the Commission’s first Investigator-Mediator equipped to conduct in-person, virtual, and telephonic mediations. She is certified in Civil Mediation through the Indiana Continuing Legal Education Forum and has completed additional training in negotiation and investment treaty arbitration. She is a Board Member of the Indiana Association of Mediators and serves on its Judicial and Legislative Committee.

Adoley brings experience in legal innovation, responsible AI adoption and oversight, and institutional capacity building, contributing to the evolving use and governance of technology within mediation and other dispute resolution processes.

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