SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK …...County Bar Association, 1985-1992. Attorney, Village of Rye Brook, N.Y., 1989-1992. Special Counsel, Village of Rye Brook, 1992-1995. Special

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORKCOMMERCIAL DIVISION - COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER

MEDIATOR ROSTER

Name/Address/Phone Admissions Education Background ADR Experience

Marcia L. Adelson, Esq.

61 High Street

Tarrytown, NY 10591

T: 914-631-0812

F: 309-412-8977

Email: [email protected]

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N.Y. 2003S.D.N.Y 2004

Swarthmore College,B.A. 1983

Columbia University,M.B.A 1987

Pace University, Schoolof Law, J.D. 2002

Securities and business litigator. Havehandled complex securities disputes forU.S. and international investors,including fraud, negligence, breach offiduciary duty, andbreach of contract,both as sole proprietor and withEppenstein and Eppenstein. Hashandled disputes on behalf ofemployees of securities firms includingcontract disputes, wrongful terminationand statutory discrimination claims. Prior to law school, financial analyst,certified financial planner andinvestment professional.

2014 American ArbitrationAssociation Higginbotham Fellow

Website: www.marciadelsonlaw.com

American Arbitration AssociationRoster of Neutrals (Commercial)

Mediator, Southern District of NewYork

Mediator, Westchester Supreme Court –Commercial and Civil Divisions

Mediator, New York City CommercialDivision

Arbitrator, Finra (formerly NASD), NFA

Completed over 100 hours of trainingwith American Arbitration Association,SDNY, NY Peace Insitute, and NY BarAsspciation. Completed Finra arbitratorand chairperson training.

Cheryl H. Agris, PhD, JD43 West 43rd Street, Suite 104New York, NY 10036Email: [email protected] [email protected]: (646) 593-7855Fax (646) 365-6405www.agrisvonnatzmerlaw.com

U.S. Patent &TrademarkOffice, 1990

N.J. 1992

N.Y. 1993

S.D.N.Y. 2003

E.D.N.Y. 2003

Goucher College, B.A.1979

John HopkinsUniversity, Ph.D. 1986

Brooklyn Law School,J.D. 1992

Private Practice, 1998-present:Intellectual property attorney, withparticular emphasis on patent practice;also draft and review licensing,collaboration, consortium, consultingand confidential agreements as well asADR clauses. Patent attorney, NovoNordisk of North America, 1992-1998. Law Clerk, Pennie & Edmonds,Biotechnology Group, 1988-1992. Numerous scientific and legalpublications in the area of patentpractice. Prelegal experience includesresearch fellowships at Sloan KetteringInstitute and The Johns HopkinsUniversity.

Mediator for Supreme Court, New York,Suffolk and Queens CountyCommercial Division; Mediator for theE.D.N.Y.; Mediator for the EDNY andSDNY Bankruptcy Courts; Mediator forBergen, Essex, Hudson, Passaic andMiddlesex New Jersey Courts

Arbitrator and Mediator for Center forPublic Resources

Arbitrator for the American ArbitrationAssociation (Commercial Panel),FINRA and National FuturesAssociation

Have attended over 150 hours ofmediation training including trainingprovided by the Westchester MediationCenter, Franklin Pierce Law Center,Equal Employment OpportunityCommission, Abrams Mediation(sponsored by NASD and USBankruptcy court)

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http://www.agrisvonnatzmerlaw.com


Linda R. Alpert, Esq.Owner, Alpert Mediation P.O. Box 841 Mamaroneck, NY 10543T: (914) 584-6738 Fax: (914) 777-1279Email: [email protected]

N.Y. 1985 S.D. N.Y. 1985N.J. 1987

Brandeis University,B.A. 1979Brooklyn Law School, J.D. 1984 Cum laude

Associate General Counsel at CitigroupGlobal Markets Inc. from August 1984to March 2005; Of counsel at PryorCashman from June 2005 throughDecember 2005; legal analyst onassignment with Bloomberg LP fromNovember 2007 to January 2010.General business litigation, arbitrationand mediation with emphasis onsecurities and business fraud, complexcommercial disputes, regulatory andcompliance issues, and employmentdisputes.

Mediator, Westchester Mediation Centerof Cluster, Inc. Arbitrator for FinancialIndustry Regulatory Authority a/k/aFINRA (formerly known as NASD)since 1991; served as arbitrator andmediator for NYC Civil Court (SmallClaims Part) from 1996-2004. Attendedover 70 hours of mediation trainingincluding training provided by theWestchester Mediation Center and NYCBar Association.

Simeon H. Baum, Esq.President, Resolve MediationServices, Inc.575 Lexington Avenue., 10th FloorNew York, NY 10022-6117T: (212) 355-6527Fax: (212) 753-0396Email: [email protected]

N.Y. 1983

S.D.N.Y. 1984E.D.N.Y. 1984

Colgate University,B.A., 1976

Colgate University,M.A., 1979.

Fordham UniversitySchool of Law, J.D.,1982.

General business litigation at, interalia, Certilman, Haft, Balin, Buckley,Kremer & Hyman. Private practice,1993-date. Has handled wide range ofbusiness litigation, including in theareas of complex commercial disputes,contracts, securities and businessfraud, unfair competition, intellectualproperty, construction, commercial realestate, highly complex insurance andreinsurance disputes.

Certified mediator, CommercialDivision. Member, ADR AdvisoryGroup, Commercial Division. Co-presenter, the Mediation Workshop (25hrs.) sponsored by the CommercialDivision, June 1999 and Feb. 2000.Trained in ADR, E.D.N.Y. workshop.Workshop in Small Claims Arbitration.ADR Committee work, ABA & NewYork County Lawyers' Association.Mediator, E.D.N.Y., S.D.N.Y., andNYC Civil Court (Small Claims).Neutral Evaluator, E.D.N.Y. Arbitrator,Supreme Court matrimonial fee disputeand small claims. Served as a neutral inover 60 disputes, 1993-1995, involvingcontracts, fraud, banking, ERISA,suretyship and other issues. Attendedmediation workshop sponsored byCommercial Division, 1996.

Edward F. Beane, Esq.Keane & Beane, P.C.445 Hamilton AvenueWhite Plains, NY 10601T: (914) 946-4777Fax: (914) 946-6868Email: [email protected]

N.Y. 1967

D.C. 1971

U.S.S.Ct. 19732nd Cir. 1973

S.D.N.Y. 1983E.D.N.Y. 1983W.D.N.Y. 1983N.D.N.Y. 198310th Cir. 1983

City College of the CityUniversity of NewYork, B.S. 1964


Practices labor and employment law,land use, environmental law, corporatelaw, and commercial litigation, Keane& Beane, P.C. Special Counsel,Village of Rye Brook, 2002-present. Advertising Editor, WestchesterCounty Bar Association, 1985-1992.Attorney, Village of Rye Brook, N.Y.,1989-1992. Special Counsel, Village ofRye Brook, 1992-1995. SpecialCounsel, Town of Chester, N.Y., 1993-1995.

Author of numerous labor andemployment law publications for theWestchester County Bar.

Lecturer on mediation and labor andemployment law, Westchester CountyBar Association.

Member, Advisory Counsel, AmericanArbitration Association.

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Leonard Benowich, Esq.Roosevelt & Benowich, LLP1025 Westchester AvenueWhite Plains, NY 10604T:(914) 946-2400 • NYC (212) 786-2800Fax: (914) 946-9474Email: [email protected]

N.Y.

U.S. Sup. Ct.

U.S.Ct.App., 2nd Cir. 3rd Cir.

S.D.N.Y.

E.D.N.Y.

E.D.Mich.

George WashingtonUniversity, The ElliottSchool of InternationalAffairs, B.A., 1976

Benjamin N. CardozoSchool of Law, J.D.,1979

Commercial & Corporate Litigation;Real Estate Finance/EmploymentLitigation; Complex commerciallitigation in the state and federalcourts.

Attended 15-hour mediation trainingsponsored by the Westchester CountyComm. Div. (1999); Attended 4-daymediation training sponsored by theS.D.N.Y. (1993). Has mediated dozensof commercial, corporate andemployment cases in the S.D.N.Y.Program.

Berdon, Allan J. Esq.14 Nosband Avenue White Plains, NY 10605Phone: (914) 949-5578E-mail:[email protected]

N.Y.: 1963S.D.N.Y.: 1964E.D.N.Y.: 19642d Cir.: 19684th Cir.: 19785th Cir.: 1978D.C. Cir.: 1980

U. Mich.: B.B.A., 1959Columbia: J.D.

Private practice in own firm,concentrating in complex commerciallitigation and appeals in area such asthe Securities and Exchange Acts,contracts, fraud, shareholderaccounting and disputes, andprofessional malpractice; directinvolvement in financial investigations(1984-present); Hill, Betts & Nash,associate and partner, complexcommercial litigation, as well asinternational, regulatory, andtransportation litigation (1963-1984)

In compliance with the requirements ofPart 146 of the Rules of the ChiefAdministrative Judge for conductingmediation in the Commercial DivisionADR Program.

Attended Advanced CommercialMediation Training, sponsored byCommercial Division, New YorkCounty (8 hrs), April 1, 2010.

Certified Mediator, S. D. N.Y., 1995-present; Arbitrator and Chairman

Michael D. Blechman, Esq.Kaye Scholer LLP250 West 55th StreetNew York, NY 10019-9710T: (212)836-8353Fax: (212)836-6453Email:[email protected]

N.Y. 1967

U.S. SupremeCourt 1971

S.D.N.Y. 1973

N.D.N.Y. 2006

2d Cir. 1975

7th Cir. 2000

9th Cir. 1977

10th Cir. 2001

D.C. Cir 2004

D. Colo. 2001

Harvard College, B.A.,1962

Freie UniversitätBerlin,Fulbright Fellowship1962-63

Harvard Law School,J.D., 1966

Handled a wide range of commerciallitigation as a partner and specialcounsel at Kaye Scholer LLP,including contract, fraud, antitrust,unfair competition and other domesticand international businessdisputes. Numerous legal publicationsin the U.S. and Europe concerninglitigation subjects as well as variousaspects of ADR.

Court-appointed mediator for theSouthern District of New York. Special Master, Appellate Division, FirstDepartmentArbitrator for the American ArbitrationAssociation (International Center forDispute Resolution)Adjunct Professor, Fordham LawSchool, Graduate Practice Seminar inArbitration. Visiting Professor,Immanuel Kant Baltic FederalUniversity, Kaliningrad, Russia (2012)and Karoli Gaspar University, Budapest,Hungary (2011).Authored USAID funded study of ADRin the Republic of Georgia (2011).Advised in the creation of the JerusalemArbitration Center (2012)Attended over 50 hours of mediationtraining, including 24 hours of advancedcommercial mediation training

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Alan W. Borst, Jr., Esq.Willie Borst ADR743 The ParkwayMamaroneck, NY 10543T: 914 777 1551C: 914 261 9076E-mail: [email protected]

N.Y. (SecondJudicialdepartment)1984)

S.D.N.Y. 1985

Ed. Mich. 1986

University of Maryland(Carey) School of Law,J.D. 1983International Trade LawJournal, ExecutiveEditor

University of Michigan,B.A. 1980

Institut d'EtudesPolitiques de Paris1979

Associate inReinsurance (ARe)2007

Of Counsel / consultant to privateequity, public company and non-profitclients. Vice President, XLReinsurance America; DirectorComplex Claims, AmericanInternational Group (DomesticBrokerage); Associate, Sheft Wright &Sweeney; Phillips, Nizer et al.; and Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf.

Insurance (all commercial andprofessional lines, D&O, E&O,lawyers, insurance agents, accountants,general partnership, designprofessionals liability, life insurance,disability insurance, pension benefits,rescission/ declaratory judgment). Provided trial and deposition testimonyin federal coverage litigations andarbitrations. Advanced evaluation/analysis of merits and quantum ofdamages.

Reinsurance (treaty and facultativecoverages, aggregate, stop loss,casualty clash and casualty catastrophecoverages; termination, sunset andcommutation provisions).

Active member of ProfessionalLiability Underwriter Society (PLUS),Westchester-Fairfield CPCU, andARIAS-US.

Recent publications on pensionfunding (ERISA), cyber liability andcyber insurance coverage.

See www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-borst

Fluent in French

In compliance with Part 146 of the Rulesof the Chief administrative Judge.

Attended Basic Mediation Training,(31.5 hrs) and Advanced Commercial Mediation Training (24 hrs)NYC Bar Center for CLE.

AIDA ARIAS-US Intensive ArbitratorWorkshop (8 hrs).

As party representative attended andachieved resolution of more than 30commercial mediations involving '33and '34 Act securities and Title VII classactions, employment matters involvingwrongful termination and sexualharassment, private placements, mergersand acquisition, pension trust, breach offiduciary duty, and bankruptcy matters.

Recently attended successful mediationsof 42 U.S.C. §1983 (false arrest) casesas an observer pending admission to theS.D.N.Y. pro bono panel.

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Wayne Brody, Esq.The Park Hill Consultancy141 E. 55th Street, Suite 9GNew York, New York 10022T (917) 853-2314Email:[email protected]

New York 1981

USDC SouthernDistrict 1981

USDC EasternDistrict 1981

USCA 2nd

Circuit 1984

Syracuse University BA1976

Columbia UniversitySchool of Law JD 1984

Principal of Park Hill Consultancy,providing dispute resolution andconsulting services to corporations andtheir counsel, 2009 to the present.

Vice President, Legal Affairs and ChiefCompliance Officer, ArrowElectronics, Inc. (Melville, New York),1985 – 2009, a global, a $15 billiondistributor of electronic componentsand enterprise computing products.Extensive experience in commerciallitigation, insurance coverage,intellectual property, licensing,distribution, supply-chain,international disputes, outsourcing,environmental and contributionactions, mass torts, anti-trust,employee relations and claims,regulatory compliance, fraud, andrelated matters.

Civil and criminal litigation, licensing,distribution, commercial real property,acquisitions, film, television,publishing and advertising and libelreview for major publications withHyman Miner & Robbin, New YorkCity, from 1979 to 1985.

Extensive experience in mediation ascounsel and party representative in awide variety of commercial disputes, inaddition to service as mediator.Completed all basic and advancedmediation training for certificationunder NY State Supreme CourtCommercial Division requirements.

Lisa Brogan, Esq.565 Plandome Road, Suite 157Manhasset, NY 11030T: (516) 672-3851Email: [email protected]

New York, 1983

Southern DistrictNY, 1983

Eastern DistrictNY, 2009

Georgetown University,B.A., 1979

Fordham UniversitySchool of Law, JD,1982

Cornell University ILRSchool, Certificate inLabor Arbitration,(completion expectedSummer 2010)

26 year career as both a litigator(Dechert 1982-1985; Frankfurt GarbusKlein & Selz 1985-1988) and in-housecounsel (Bafill Construction Corp.1988-1996; Mark Ross & Co., Inc.1996-2008) with expertise in a broadrange of commercial, contract andemployment matters. Establishedprivate ADR practice in January 2009and handle wide range of matters,including employment, labor andworkplace disputes; complexcommercial cases; intellectualproperty; entertainment; constructionand more.

Supreme Court of the State of New YorkCommercial Division for New York,Queens and Suffolk Counties.

New Jersey Courts Civil Mediation,Statewide

SEIU Local 32BJ and Realty AdvisoryBoard Employment Mediation Panel

Cornell Employment Mediation Panel

Certified Mediator, CommunityMediation Services, Jamaica, NY

Volunteer Lawyers for the ArtsMediateArt Program

Part 137 Fee Dispute Program, NewYork County

Grievance Mediation Committee,Nassau County Bar Association

Attended over 250 hours of mediationtraining including training provided byCornell University, John Jay College,Community Mediation Services, NewYork State Bar Association, VolunteerLawyers for the Arts, and others.

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Alida Camp, Esq.114 E. 84th StreetNewYork, NY 10028T: (212) 517-2080Fax: (212) 628-5990Email: [email protected]

N.Y. 1981

S.D.N.Y.

E.D.N.Y.

CA. 1986

SUNY Binghamton,B.A., 1976

Columbia Law School,J.D., 1980

Mediator, 1995-date. Arbitrator, 1999-date. Entertainment BusinessConsultant, 1995-date. Film Producer,Los Angeles, 1990-1995; negotiatedprincipal talent, financing anddistribution agreements. GeneralCounsel, Concorde-New HorizonsPicture Corp., Los Angeles, 1987-90;handled all litigation, negotiated anddrafted settlement agreements andmotion picture production, financingand distribution agreements. AssistantProfessor of Business Law, Universityof Michigan School of BusinessAdministration, 1983-1986.Commercial litigator, Kaye, Scholer,Fierman, Hays & Handler, 1980-1983.Extensive mediation experience incommercial cases involving financeand securities, employment(discrimination, hostile environment,compensation, termination),entertainment, textiles, technology,consulting and construction matters.

Panel of mediators, U.S.D.C., E.D.N.Y.,Commercial Division, EEOC, NASD,Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts. Panel ofmediators for Los Angeles CountySuperior Court. Completed 100 hours inNegotiation, Mediation and AdvancedMediation at Pepperdine UniversityStraus Institute of Dispute Resolution,1995, 1997. Panel of mediators, NASD.Arbitrator, NASD. Completed arbitratorpanel and chairperson training presentedby the NASD, 1999, 2000. Mediatorand arbitrator for the AmericanArbitration Association (AAA). Completed Advanced MediationTraining at the NASD, E.D.N.Y. andAssociation of the Bar of the City ofNew York (ABCNY). Presented andorganized panels or various mediationand arbitration topics for the ABA,ABCNY and AAA.

Frank J Clemens Jr., Esq.89 Colonial AveLarchmont NY 10538T: 914 834 8258E-mail: [email protected]

NYS Bar 1966

US Court ofAppeals 2nd

Circuit 1967

Cornell University BAEconomics 1962

Fordham Law SchoolJD 1965

Pace University MBA,nights, 1972

General Counsel, VP and CorporateSecretary of a publicly tradedinsurance, reinsurance and suretycompany. Hired to restructure thecompany and bring it public.Publication in the Wall Street Journalon proxy solicitation rules andregulations and made a presentation tothe American Society of CorporateSecretaries on this subject.

General Corporate: acquisitions,dispositions, securities, real estate, compliance, labor. UCC,environmental and mining.

Insurance: commercial lines,reinsurance and regulatory.

Surety: construction bonds, completioncontracts and litigation.

Real estate: commercial, leases,licenses, sales, property disputes andclosings.

Retail stores: manufacturing, licensing,customs, transportation andtrademarks.

Certified by the Westchester MediationCenter, January 2008 after 55 hours oftraining.

Advanced Mediation Training 6 hoursNYS Unified Court System at FordhamLaw School March 2010.

Mediated in 38 cases, successfullyresolving 37 one going to trial.Mediations involved banking, insurance,real estate, contracts, commercialtransactions, leases and landlord tenantdisputes.

Mediator for the Creative Response toConflict Inc. Education Group.

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Ira Cure, Esq.161 Remsen StreetApt. 4cBrooklyn, New York 11201h: 718-237-3144c: 646-734-8456E-mail: [email protected]

N.Y.1984N.J. 1989S.D.N.Y 1984E.D.N.Y. 1984D. N.J. 19892nd Cir. 19863rd Cir. 19955th Cir. 2004

SUNY Binghamton,B.A. 1975

University of Massachusetts,Amherst, M.S. 1977


Presently a full timeArbitrator/Mediator.Extensive experience as a labor andemployment attorney.Represented clients in a variety ofjudicial, administrative and arbitralsettings.Extensive experience in the negotiationof collective bargaining agreements.Senior Counsel, Writers Guild ofAmerica, East, 2008-2010Counsel, Broach and Stulberg, LLP2005-2008Partner, Kennedy Schwartz &Cure,P.C. 1995-2005Associate/Partner, Lewis, Greenwald,Kennedy, Lewis, Clifton & Schwartz

Mediator for Supreme Court,Westchester CountyMember of the following arbitrationpanels: Federal Mediation andConciliation Service; AmericanArbitration Association’s Labor Panel;American Arbitration Association’sEmployment Panel; New York PublicEmployment Relations Board PrivateSector Panel; New York City Office ofCollective Bargaining; New Jersey StateBoard of Mediation; National MediationBoard, Suffolk County PERB; andFINRA.Small claims court arbitrator since 1989.Per diem Administrative Law Judge forthe New York State Division of HumanRights (1994-1996).

Mediation training: New York State BarAssociation, Dispute Resolution Section“3 Day Commercial MediationTraining” taught by Simeon Baum andStephen Hochman (March 15-17, 2011);New York State Division of HumanRights Mediation Training (October2010) (5 Hours); Association of the Barof the City of New York (November 2,3, 9, & 10) (32 hours) taught by CarolLiebman and Dina Jansenson.

Luigi D’Agostino, Esq.Assistant General CounselStructure Tone, Inc770 Broadway, 7th FLNew York, NY 10003T: (917) 534-8731F: (212) 991-0187Email: Luigi.D'[email protected]

N.Y.

S.D.NY.

E.D.N.Y.

New York University,B.A. 1996

St. John’s UniversitySchool of Law, J.D.1999

In-house counsel for J.H. Mack, LLC,Construction Management and RealEstate Development, 2005-present.Associate, Welby, Brady & Greenblatt,LLP, construction law practicerepresenting clients in litigation,arbitration, and mediation in both theprivate and public sectors, 2000-2005.Associate, Carro, Velez, Carro &Mitchell, LLP, 1999-2000. Law Clerk,Hall & Hall, 1998-1999. Intern, Hon.Louis A. Marrero, 1998. ProjectManager, D’Agostino Builders, Inc.,1984-1987.

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Roger M. Deitz, Esq.477 Madison AvenueNew York, NY 10022T: (212) 838-2288Fax: (212) 838-1064Email: [email protected]

https://www.deitzmediation.com

N.Y. 1969 Harvard Law School

PIL 1988 - 1991

Cornell Law School,

1968 Brown

University, 1965

Fieldston, 1961

Twenty-five years mediating high

value, complex, multi-party disputes.

Se nior Trial

Counsel U.S. Securities and Exchange

Commission. F ellow,

American College of Civil Trial

Mediators.

Distinguished Neutral, CPR

International Institute for Conflict

Prevention and Resolution. National

Panels: Banking and Financial

Services, Employment, Insurance.

C hair, ADR

Committee New York City Bar

Association.

Council, American Bar Association

Section of Dispute Resolution.

Faculty, American Bar

Association Advanced Mediation

Institute, Recipient, Practicing Law

Institute Ne w

York Office of Court Administration -

American Arbitration Association -

FINRA Frontline Mediation Award.

https://www.deitzmediation.com

Successfully mediated over 1,750

disputes: corporate, partnerships, real

estate, construction, contracts, securities,

employment, non-compete, professional

liability, accounting, intellectual

property, licensing, banking, insurance,

copyright, education, travel, aviation,

sale of business, post-closing

adjustments, derivative, mass and class

actions, bankruptcy, and many others.

https://www.deitzmediation.com.

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John M. Delehanty, Esq.

Managing Member, Delehanty

Resolutions, LLC

133 Woodlawn Ave.

New Rochelle, NY 10804

(o) 914-834-6451

(c) 914-645-3711

Email:

[email protected]

Website:

www.delehantyresolutions.com

N.Y. 1971

S.D.N.Y 1973

E.D.N.Y. 1973

Second Circuit

1975

Federal Circuit

1989

Supreme Court

1984

Brown University,

BA-1966;

University of Chicago

Law School, JD 1969

Intellectual Property and Litigation

Partner, Mintz Levin (2000- 2018);

Partner, O'Sullivan Graev & Karabell

(1995-1999); Partner, Morrison &

Foerster (1987-1995); Partner, Parker

Auspitz Neesemann & Delehanty

(1977-1987); Associate, Paul Weiss

Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

(1970-1977). Over 45 years'

experience as a trial lawyer litigating

substantial matters through trial and

appeal in state and federal courts

throughout the U.S. Lead trial counsel

in 15 major trials (6 jury trials) and 8

appellate arguments. Clients include

major industrial, pharmaceutical,

energy and financial services

companies in the U.S. and abroad,

entertainment companies, sports teams

and airlines. Trial practice in the last

25 years focused on intellectual

property (patent, trademark and

copyright) matters (50%), antitrust

(25%) and commercial law (25%).

President and Board Member,

American Intellectual Property Law

Education Foundation; American Bar

Association; New York State Bar

Association; Association of the Bar of

the City of New York (Arbitration

Committee; State Courts Committee;

Professional Ethics Committee;

Professional Disciplinary Committee,

Chair); American Intellectual Property

Law Association (Amicus Committee;

Vice Chair and Chair, ADR

Committee); Intellectual Property

Owners Association (ADR

Committee); New York Intellectual

Property Law Association (Board

Member; Chair, Committee on Internet

Law).

Participation as Neutral or Advocate in

over 100 commercial arbitrations and

mediations in the U.S. and abroad.

Chair, sole arbitrator, wingman and

mediator in complex intellectual

property and commercial cases. Listed

on Panels of American Arbitration

Association (Commercial Arbitration

and Mediation); CPR Institute for

Conflict Prevention and Resolution;

FINRA; United States International

Trade Commission; World Intellectual

Property Organization; Commercial

Division, New York Supreme Court;

Commercial and Civil Divisions,

Westchester Supreme Court. Chair of

ADR Committee of American

Intellectual Property Law Association

(2012-2015). Member, CPR Task Force

on Patent Mediation (Chair,

Subcommittee on Unique Patent Issues).

Panel Chair of the New York Lawyer

Disciplinary Committee for five years.

Presided over 20 contested disciplinary

proceedings Founded the Complaint

Mediation Panel to resolve lawyer-client

grievances in New York. Over 100

hours of ADR training including

Mediation Essentials: Skills for

Facilitating Negotiated Agreements New

York, NY August 22-25, 2017

(Sponsored by AAA and Mediation.org);

Mediation training at Center for Dispute

Settlement (2001) and CPR Institute

2009.

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John S. Diaconis, Esq.

Bleakley Platt & Schmidt

One North Lexington Avenue

White Plains, NY 10601

T: (914) 287-6133


N.Y. 1981

S.D.N.Y. 1982

E.D.N.Y. 1982

2d Cir. 1982

SUNY Oneonta, B.A.

1976

Drake University

School of Law, J.D.

1980

New York University,

School of Law, LL.M.

1988

Of counsel, Rutherford & Christie.

Councilman, Town of New Castle,

2001-2005. Vice President, Hartford

Financial Products, 2001-03. Partner,

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman &

Dicker, 1981-94. Law Clerk, Hon. Joel

J. Tyler, S.D.N.Y., 1980-81.

Chairperson, Practicing Law Institute

Program on Reinsurance Law and

Practice, 1994-99. Has handled wide

range of commercial litigation,

including insurance coverage,

employment, legal malpractice,

construction and municipal liability.

Completed Mediation Training, Harvard

Law School, (one week), Oct. 2003.

Basic Training, Westchester Ctr. for

Mediation, (40 hrs.), April 2004. Panel

Mediator, New York County

Commercial Division, Certified

Arbitrator AIDA Reinsurance and

Insurance Society, ARIAS U.S.

DIBENEDETTO, JOSEPH, Esq.

JDB Mediation, LLC

380 Rector Place, Suite 5P

New York, NY 10280

Phone: 646-236-2976

website: www.jdbmediation.com

E-mail:

[email protected]

N.Y.: 1971

S.D.N.Y.: 1972

E.D.N.Y.: 1972

2nd Cir.: 1984

3rd Cir.: 1994

Fed. Cir.: 2002

7th Cir.: 2008

St. John's Univ.: B.A.,

1967

St. John's Univ.: J.D.,

1970

Commercial litigation in NYC for 46

years, with experience in almost all

types of commercial matters, including

bank litigation, UCC cases, class

actions, shareholder disputes, mergers,

acquisitions, business torts, securities

laws, accountant and attorney liability,

environmental litigation, contract

disputes, employment, real estate,

insurance, product liability, and

actions on surety and fidelity bonds.

Retired partner, Winston & Strawn

LLP and its predecessor firm, Cole &

Deitz, 1970-2016; member of

Litigation Steering Committee; and

Chair of New York litigation

department.

Former Member, Board of Trustees, St.

John's Law School Alumni

Association; former President, St.

John's Law Review Alumni

Association.

More detailed information is available

at www.JDBMediation.com

In compliance with the requirements of

Part 146 of the Rules of the Chief

Administrative Judge for conducting

mediation in the Commercial Division

ADR Program.

Attended Commercial Division

Mediation Workshop (24 hrs.), Feb.

2000; Advanced Training in Mediation

(4 hrs), May 2006; and Advanced

Commercial Mediation Training (8 hrs),

May 2009, all sponsored by Commercial

Division, New York County; also

attended 20 hours of Commercial

Mediation Training sponsored by ABA

Section on Litigation, and other ADR

courses on commercial and FLSA

mediation offered by the U.S.D.C.,

Eastern District of New York ADR

Program, the NYSBA and other CLE

providers.

Participated in over 30 mediations as

litigant, and over 70 as the neutral.

NYSBA Section on Litigation,

Subcommittee on ADR; Author,

NYSBA Deskbook and Formbook

Chapters on Arbitration.

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Martin B. Epstien, Esq.

Martin B. Epstein, Esq., PLLC

445 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 1102

T. 914-358-3288

F. 914-358-3287

E-Mail: [email protected]

N.Y. 1965

S.D. N.Y. 1971

E.D.N.Y. 1971

Clark University B.A.

1961

Columbia Law School

1964

Real Estate attorney and commercial

litigator including all phases of real

estate law and commercial litigation in

the area of real estate, corporate,

construction, contract and insurance.

Founding senior partner of 25 attorney

firm and private practice from 1991 to

date.

Attended intensive 40 hour mediation

training provided by the Center for

Mediation in Law. Acted as arbitrator in

New York City Small claims Court.

Participated in various mediations as

attorney for party. Mediator for Supreme

Court, New York County, Commercial

Division and Nassau County, New York.

Pamela R. Esterman, Esq.

Sive Paget & Risel P.C.

460 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10022-1906

T: (212) 421-2150

Fax: (212) 421-1891


N.Y. 1983

S.D.N.Y. 1984

E.D.N.Y. 1984

N.J. 1984

University of New

Hampshire, B.S. 1979

Syracuse University

College of Law, J.D.

1983

State University of New

York, College of

Environmental Law and

Forestry, M.S. 1983

Partner, Sive Paget & Risel, P.C.,

specializing in environmental law and

land use law. Practice includes

litigation and alternative dispute

resolution as well as the environmental

aspects of business and real estate

transactions.

Written and lectured extensively on

various issues concerning

environmental law as well as ethics and

professional responsibility.

Panelest/presenter at numerous

mediation training programs at

ABCNY and Albany Law School. Co-

planning chair of the annual ALI-ABA

Environmental Law course in

Washington, D.C. (1997-present).

Mediator, U.S.D.C. SDNY and EDNY.

Mediator, Commercial Division, New

York County.

Completed the following mediation

training:

ABCNY - 60 hours

S.D.N.Y. - 12 hours

E.D.N.Y. - 6 hours

PLI - 27 hours

Certificate in Mediation of Land Use

disputes.

Arbitrator, N.Y.S. Lemon Law Program.

11




Kevin P. Feerick, Esq.

Feerick Law Office

1415 Boston Post Rd. Suite #2

Larchmont, NY 10538

Phone: (914) 261 - 6118


N.Y.

S.D.N.Y.

E.D.N.Y

Fordham College: B.A.,

1968

Fordham School of

Education: M.S., 1971

Fordham Law School:

J.D., 1982

Private practice 2000 – present,

principally in representation of

corporate and individual insurance

related matters including coverage,

employment, and personal litigation.

Consultant negotiation trainer to FBI

undercover program 1994 – present.

Managing counsel, Mitsui Marine

Claims Service Corp., 1990-2000.

Product liability, D&O, and insurance

coverage claims management.

Senior Attorney, NYS Supreme Court

Disciplinary Committee, 1989-1990.

Account executive, Prudential Bache,

Holland, 1986-1989.

Attorney, Costello & Shea, 1983-1986,

products liability, corporate and

securities litigation.

Adjunct professor of Business Law at

Webster University Leijden, NL.

Certified mediator, Commercial

Division.

Mediator and Arbitrator for the

American Arbitration Association

(Commercial Panel).

Over 100 hours of mediation and

negotiations training at Harvard Law

School.

Has mediated disputes between insurer

and medical group, disputes among

investors in a book publishing financing

deal, partner’s dispute in an internet

telecommunications venture and claims

regarding sale of counterfeit work of art.

Gerard Fishberg, Esq.

Cullen and Dykman LLP

100 Quentin Roosevelt Boulevard

Garden City, New York 11530 T:

(516) 357-3703 F: (516) 296-9155

Email:

[email protected]

N.Y 1972

E.D.N.Y 1973

S.D.N.Y 1973

2 ' Cir. 1975

U.S. Supreme

Ct. 1976

Hofstra University,

B.A. 1968

St. John's Law School,

J.D. 1971 St. John's

Law Review

Cullen and Dykman, associate

1971-1979, partner since 1980.

Practice mostly in the fields of labor

law and municipal law. As General

Counsel to the Village of Garden City

for 38 years, involved in all aspects of

litigation and corporate governance of

the Village. Participated in hundreds of

mediations.

Completed 40 hour mediation training

provided by the American Arbitration

Association. Acted as arbitrator in

Nassau County District Court Small

Claims Program. Member of Nassau

County and Suffolk County Supreme

Court Commercial Division Panels.

12



Hon. Robert James Friedman

Holden Brothers, P.C.

124 Court Street


T: (914) 949-7940

Fax: (914) 949-7321

E-mail: [email protected]

Tufts College, B.S.,

B.N.S.

New York University

School of Law, J.D.

New York University

School of Education,

M.A., all credits for

Ph.D.

Of Counsel, Holden Brothers, P.C.

Judicial Hearing Officer, Supreme

Court of the State of New York, 1997-

present. General Counsel, White Plains

Historical Society, 1983-present

City Court Judge, White Plains City

Court, 1987-1997. Partner, Corwin and

Friedman, 1953-Appointment to

Judiciary (1987), general law prcatice.

Adjunct Asst. Professor of Law, Iona

College, 1972-1985.

Arbitrator, American Arbitration

Association, 1969-1985, construction

matters, commercial disputes,

negligence and no-fault cases.

Past Director/Chairman, City of White

Plains Lawyer Referral Service.

Organizer/Past Director/Chairman,

Westchester County Lawyer Referral

Service. Past Chairman, State of New

York Lawyer Referral Service.

General Counsel - Abbot House, 1972-

1974; Multiple Sclerosis Society

Westchester County, 1969-1989; Nat’l

Counsel of Christians and Jews in

Westchester, 1969-1982.

Former Arbitrator, American Arbitration

Association.

13



Hon. William D. Friedmann

4 Martine Avenue


T: (914) 683-0325

Fax: (914) 683-0344

N.Y. & 29 other

U.S. states

U.S.S.Ct.

12 U.S.District

Courts

5 Circuit Courts

of Appeal

22 foreign

countries

Hunter College, A.B.

New York University

School of Law, J.D.,

LL.B.

Of Counsel, O’Connor, Conte, Doyle

& Oleson, 2004-present. Presiding

Judicial Officer, Appellate Division

Mediation Program (CAMP), 2004-

present. Judicial Hearing Officer over

Pre-Trial Part, Westchester County

Supreme Court, 2004-present. Special

Referee, Appellate Division

Disciplinary program, Grievance

Committee, 9th & 10th Judicial

Districts, 2004-present. Receiver,

S.D.N.Y., 2004-present. Adjunct-

Associate Professor of Law, Long

Island University, 1984-2000. Adjunct

Professor, Adjunct Professor,

LaGuardia Community College, 1985.

Queens College, 1983. Private

practice, William D. Friedman &

Associates, intellectual property, 1978-

1980. Managing and Associate

Attorney, Senior Partner, Friedmann,

Fischman & Chikofsky, intellectual

property, 1967-1976. O’Brien, Driscoll

& Raferty, intellectual property, 1952-

1967.

Justice of the Appellate Division,

Supreme Court, 1994-2003. Justice of

the Supreme Court, Trial PART??,

1984-2003. Judge, New York City

Civil Court, 1982-1983. Judge, New

York City Criminal Court, 1981. New

York State Judiciary Member, 1980-

2003.

Authored over 450 appellate Court

opinions, dissents, and slip opinions.

National Panel, American Arbitration

Association, 1967-1990.

Attended 2-day negotiation training

sponsored by the Center for Negotiation

Strategy, 2005.

14


Loretta M. Gastwirth, Esq.

Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein &

Breitstone, LLP

190 Willis Avenue, Mineola,

New York 11501

Ph.: (516) 747-0300 ext. 119

Fax: (516) 237-2893

Email:

[email protected]

N.Y. 1984

S.D.N.Y. 1984

E.D.N.Y. 1984

N.D.N.Y. 2002

2d Cir. 1994

Fed. Cir. 2010

U.S. Sup. Ct.

1997

Benjamin N. Cardozo


magna cum laude, June

1982; Cardozo Law

Review: Notes and

Comments Editor;

Editorial Board

State University of New

York at Albany; B.S.,

magna cum laude;

Dec. 1978; Major: Bus.

Adm.

Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein &

Breitstone, LLP; Commercial

Litigation Partner (1993-Present);

Winick & Rich, P.C. (1991-93);

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim &

Ballon LLP (1987-91); Simpson

Thacher & Bartlett LLP (1983-86).

U.S. District Court, N.D. Texas

(Dallas), Law Clerk to U.S.D.J. Jerry

Buchmeyer (1992-93).

The areas of law practiced most often

include: breach of contract; corporate,

partnership, business ownership,

shareholder, dissolution, derivative

actions and joint venture disputes;

construction, real property and related

disputes; employment litigation

including discrimination, trade secrets,

executive compensation and covenants

not to compete or solicit; intellectual

property; securities litigation; and

Indian gaming law. Industries include:

computer software,

telecommunications, publishing,

manufacturing, real estate,

construction, technology, securities

and medical and related practices.

Certified Mediator for the Supreme

Court, New York, Westchester and

Queens County Commercial Divisions.

Arbitrator for the American Arbitration

Association (Commercial Panel).

Mediator Training: Nassau County Bar

Ass’n, Mediation Training for the

Commercial Division (24 hrs.); Nassau

County Bar Ass’n, Advanced Mediation

Training for the Commercial Division

(16 hrs.).

ADR Training: AAA Chairing an

Arbitration Panel: Managing

Procedures, Process & Dynamics; AAA

Muscular Arbitration: Trimming the Fat

Out of Arbitration; AAA Arbitration

Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding &

Writing Awards; and AAA Arbitrator I

Training: Fundamentals of the

Arbitration Process

Substantial representation of clients in

mediation and arbitration in multiple

domestic and international venues.

15



Erica B. Garay, Esq.

Member, Meyer, Suozzi, English &

Klein, P.C.

990 Stewart Ave., Suite 300

P.O. Box 9194

Garden City, NY 11530

516-592-5770


NY, 1979

Calif., 1987

(inactive)

2d Cir. 1998

3d Cir.1992

Fed. Cir. 1988

SDNY 1979

EDNY 1979

D. Colo. 2007

E.D. Wisc. 2000

N.D. Cal. 1986

C.D. Cal. 1987

BA, Eng. Lit.

Binghamton

University, 1973

JD, St. John’s

University School of

Law, 1978

Has handled wide-range of business

and commercial litigation, including

shareholder disputes, dissolutions of

corporations, partnerships and LLCs,

corporate governance, shareholder

derivative litigation, breach of

contract, breach of warranty, licensing,

employment discrimination, severance,

valuation proceedings, complex

insurance coverage (including toxic

tort, environmental and advertising

injury), intellectual property disputes

(copyright and trademark, Lanham

Act, counterfeiting), and real estate.

1978 - 1982 - NYC Corporate Counsel

- Commercial - General Litigation,

Assistant Corporation Counsel

1982 - 1983 - Willkie Farr & Gallagher

- Commercial Litigation – Associate

1983 - 2003 - Rivkin Radler -

Associate and Partner - Commercial

Litigation and Insurance Coverage

2003 - present - Meyer, Suozzi,

English & Klein, P.C. - Partner -

Commercial Litigation; Chair, ADR

Practice Group

2009 - present - AAA - Arbitrator -

Commercial and Complex Panel

Mediator, NY, Nassau, Queens, and

Suffolk County, Commercial Division;

SDNY and EDNY (Bankruptcy) panels;

AAA Arbitrator (Complex and

Commercial Litigation).

Chair, ADR Practice Group, Meyer,

Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C.

Member, ADR Committees of State and

Nassau County Bar Assn’s

Attended mediation training for

commercial division and through AAA

16



Barry S. Gold, Esq.

Partner

Murphy & McGonigle, P.C.

1185 Ave. of the Americas, 21st Fl.

New York, NY 10036

T: (212) 880-3978

Fax: (212) 880-3998


N.Y.

1985

S.D.N.Y.

1985

E.D.N.Y.

1985

U.S.C.A.

2d Cir.

1996

S.U.N.Y. at

Binghamton, B.A. 1974

Columbia Univ. School

of Social Work,

M.S.W. 1977

Brooklyn Law School,

J.D. 1984

More than 30 years' litigation

experience at, among other law firms,

Weil Gotshal, with particular emphasis

on general business and complex

commercial law matters (including

breach of contract, breach of fiduciary

duty and fraud), employment law, legal

malpractice, insurance coverage,

defamation, not-for profit, education,

and trusts and estates law

Work performed at the pre-trial, trial

and appellate levels in state and federal

courts and arbitration venues

.

Certified Mediator since 2005

Successfully mediated multiple

litigation matters assigned by the United

States Bankruptcy Courts for the

Southern District of New York and

District of Delaware

Attended multi-day mediation trainings

given by Abrams Mediation &

Negotiation, Inc. ("Advanced

Negotiation and Mediations Skills

Training") and the NYC Bar

Association Center for CLE ("Advanced

Commercial Mediation Training")

Tried numerous complex cases to

award/verdict in various arbitration

venues including FINRA and AAA

17



Marc Stuart Goldberg

670 White Plains Road, Suite 121

Scarsdale, New York 10583

Tel: (914) 725-8200

Fax:(914) 725-7724


Courts of the

State of New

York, 1975.

United States

District Court

for the Southern

District of New

York, 1975.

United States

District Court

for the Eastern

District of New

York, 1975.

United States

District Court

for the District

of Connecticut,

2007.

United States

Supreme Court,

1978.

St. John's University


1970-1974.

C.W. Post College of

Long Island University,

B.A., 1967-1970.

Cornell University,

1965-1967.

Bronx High School of

Science, 1962-1965.

Complex bankruptcy matters,workouts

and reorganizations, general corporate

and commercial litigation and

mediation.

Marc Stuart Goldberg, LLC, 1986 to

1993 (Ten Employee Law Firm), 1998

to Present (Solo Legal Practice);

Mediate, LLC, Mediation Practice,

2013 to Present.

Walter Conston Alexander & Green,

P.C., Law Firm, 1996-1997. Dreyer

and Traub, LLP, Law Firm,

1994-1995.

Nachamie, Kirschner, Levine, Spizz

and Goldberg, P.C., Law Firm,

1977-1986.

I am a mediator with: the United States

Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and

Eastern Districts of New York;

The United States Bankruptcy Court for

the District of Delaware;

The United States District Court for the

Southern District of New York;

The Commercial Division, New York

County ADR Program;

The Commercial Division, Westchester

County ADR Program;

The Westchester and Rockland

Mediation Centers (CLUSTER).

Marc J. Goldstein, Esq.

Marc J. Goldstein Litigation and

Arbitration

Chambers

1633 Broadway, 10th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10019

Phone: (212) 484-4181

Fax: (212) 246-7274

E:mail: [email protected]

Website: www.lexmarc.us

N.Y.: 1981

E.D.N.Y.: 1981

S.D.N.Y: 1981

1st Cir.

2nd Cir.

3rd Cir.

U. of Penn.: B.A., 1976

U. of Virginia: J.D.,

1980

Partner, Marc J. Goldstein Litigation

and Arbitration Chambers, 2007-

present;

Partner, Hodgson Russ, LLP, 2004-07;

Counsel, Meiselman, Denlea,

Packman,

Carton & Eberz, P.C., 2004; Partner,

Rosenfeld & Kaplan, LLP, 2003;

Counsel,

Proskauer Rose, LLP, 1988-03;

Associate, Proskauer Rose, LLP, 1980-

88. Arbitrator and counsel in

commercial litigations principally with

international elements and including

accounting, banking, finance,

industrial machinery, energy,

shareholder rights, intellectual

property, investor-State contracts.

Sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, presiding

arbitrator, counsel in arbitrations

relating to arbitration including

enforcement and vacatur of arbitration

awards.

In compliance with requirements of Part

146 of the Rules of the Chief



ADR Program.

Attended Advanced Commercial

Mediation Training, sponsored by

Commercial Division, New York

County (8 hrs), May 27, 2009.

AAA/ICDR Neutrals Conference, 2009.

CIArb Mediation Symposium, The Key

Issues and Challenges facing Mediators,

London, England (8hrs), September 24,

2008.

Center for Mediation in Law, Mediation

Intensive Training Program, 2008.

ICC Arbitration Workshop, 2008. IBA

Arbitration Day, 2008, 2007, 2005,

2002. IBA Annual Meeting, Committee

D Arbitration Sessions, 2005. Numerous

other Symposiums and workshops.

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Philip Goldstein, Esq.

ADR Office of Philip Goldstein

241A Windsor Place

Brooklyn, NY 11215

(914) 588-4960

[email protected]

N.Y. 1988

S.D.N.Y. 1988

E.D.N.Y. 1988

N.D.N.Y. 1991

Brandeis University,

B.A. cum laude, 1984

Boston U. School of

Law, J.D. cum laude,

1987

Full-time, independent, highly trained

and completely neutral

Mediator/Arbitrator/Special Master

after a

30+ year career as litigator in large and

medium size firms and in-house

counsel.

Award winning former AmLaw 100

firm Senior Partner with significant

leadership litigation roles

as liaison counsel in complex, mass

tort matters including WTC and

asbestos litigation.

McGuireWoods LLP, 2003-2017, New

York Office Managing Partner for over

7 years.

Handled wide variety of business and

tort matters, including complex

business/commercial disputes,

indemnification and asset/stock

purchase agreement disputes,

energy/utilities, mass/toxic torts,

products liability and personal

injury/New York Labor Law, including

related insurance and Bankruptcy

issues.

Ross & Hardies, 1989-96; 1998-2003

(merged into McGuireWoods LLP).

Commercial litigation and toxic torts.

In-House Litigation Counsel, Orange

& Rockland Utilities, 1996-1998.

Handled wide range of matters

including commercial, regulatory,

environmental, antitrust and tax

certiorari.

Rogers & Wells, 1987-1989,

commercial litigation associate.

Highly trained, independent Mediator,

trained under auspices of

AAA, NYSBA, NYCBA and NY Peace

Institute.

Effective, tireless and establishes deep

connections with clients and counsel,

from complex, multi-party

business disputes to garden variety cases

involving individuals and entities.

Special Master/Mediator for Appellate

Division, 2nd Dept. CAMP program

with monthly docket of cases.

Member of various court/ADR panels,

including:

Commercial Division, Supreme Court,

New York County.

Commercial Division, Supreme Court,

Westchester County.

General Civil Part, Supreme Court,

Westchester County.

National Roster of Commercial

Mediators/Arbitrators, American

Arbitration Association.

(Member, Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust

Specialty Panel, Mediation/Arbitration).

United States District Court, SDNY,

Mediator Panel (Accepted/Pending).

Panel of Arbitrators, Civil Court of the

City of New York, Small Claims Part.

Part 137, Joint Committee on Fee

Disputes and Conciliation

Arbitration/Mediation Panel.

Active in the ADR field. Member of

ADR Bar Associations/Organizations,

including:

NYSBA, Dispute Resolution Section.

Committee: Mediation,

ADR and the Courts, Arbitration.

NYSBA, Commercial and Federal

Litigation Section.

Committee on Arbitration and ADR.

NY City Bar Ass'n, ADR Committee.

ABA, Section of Dispute Resolution.

Association for Conflict Resolution,

Greater New York Chapter.

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Lester Gulitz, Esq.

Welby, Brady & Greenblatt, LLP,

Attorneys at Law

Westchester Financial Center

11 Martine Ave., 15th Fl.


T: (914) 428-2100

Fax: (914) 428-2172


N.Y. 1977

S.D.N.Y. 1978

E.D.N.Y. 1978

N.D.N.Y. 1984

2ND Cir. 1981

Fed. Cir. 1982

U.S. Ct. of

Federal Claims

1980

U.S.S.Ct. 1985

Lafayette College, B.S.

1971

University of

Cincinnati, M.S. 1972

Seton Hall University,

J.D. 1977

Attorney; Professional Engineer

Of Counsel, Welby, Brady &

Greenblatt LLP, civil trial litigation,

concentrating in construction law,

2001-present. Private practice, 1991-

2000. Partner/Associate Tunstead,

Schechter & Torre, 1980-1991.

Assistant Attorney General, New York

State Department of Law, 1977-1980.

Consulting Engineer, Goodkind &

O’Dea, Inc., 1972-1977.

Arbitrator, American Arbitration

Association (AAA), commercial/

construction-related matters, 1989-

present. Attended trainings provided by

AAA. Attended 24 hours of OCA-

sponsored Mediation Training at Queens

County Bar Association (10/07)

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Philip M. Halpern, Esq.

Managing Partner

Collier, Halpern,

Newberg & Nolletti, LLP

One North Lexington Avenue


T: 914-684-6800

F: 914-684-6986


www.chnnb.com

N. Y. 1980

CT. 1990

U.S. Supreme

Court 1985

U. S. Court of

Appeals, 2d

Circuit 1985

U.S. Court of

Appeals, 3d

Circuit 1991

U.S. Tax Court

1985

S.D.N.Y. 1981

E.D.N.Y. 1983

N.D.N.Y. 1998

W.D.N.Y. 1998

D. Conn. 1989

Fordham University,

College of Business,

B.S. in Economics

Magna Cum Laude

1977

Pace Law School, J.D.

1980

Managing partner of Collier, Halpern,

Newberg & Nolletti, LLP since 1984.

More than 90 reported decisions and

more than three decades of experience

in representing individuals,

corporations and Fortune 500

companies. Extensive trial and

appellate experience. Litigation

practice focuses on commercial

litigation, class actions, commercial

insurance issues, estates, employment

litigation, professional malpractice,

real estate litigation, securities

litigation and shareholder derivative

actions.

Written a two-volume book for

Thompson Publishing Company on

civil procedure; various

litigation-related articles for Pace Law

Review and other Bar Association

journals. Currently writing a book

entitled, "The Burden of Proof."

Adjunct Professor at Elisabeth Haub

School of Law, Pace University,

teaching "The Anatomy of a Trial: The

Burden of Proof."

Certified by the National Board of

Trial Advocacy as a civil trial advocate

and a civil pretrial advocate. Selected

as a Super Lawyer every year since

2008. Memberships: member of the

Office of Court Administration

Advisory Committee on Civil Practice;

Fellow of the American Bar

Foundation, Fellow of the New York

Bar Foundation; member of Board of

Visitors for Elisabeth Haub School of

Law; member of the Advisory Council

for the Metropolitan Section of the

Professional Golfer's Association;

member of the Executive Board of the

Metropolitan Golf; former member of

the Advisory Council for the Board of

Judges for the Southern District of

New York

Mediator in the United States District

Court - S.D.N.Y. from 1998 to present

Neutral evaluator in the U. S. District

Court - E.D.N.Y. from 1988 to 1994

Mediator for Arbitration Association

from 1985 to 1995

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Carolyn E. Hansen, Esq.

Attorney at Law and Mediator

P.O. Box 801, 3605 Atwood Road,

Unit 1, Stone Ridge, NY 12484

T: (845) 687-8440


http://HansenLawMediation.com

U.S. Supreme

Court, 1986

New York 1981

Wisconsin 1974

University of

Wisconsin, B.A., 1969

University of Michigan,

J.D., 1972

Free University,

Brussels, Belgium,

LL.M, cum laude, 1973

Barbara Brennan

School of Healing, B.S.

2013

Business and commercial law,

international transactions, U.S. trade

laws. Expertise in foreign investments,

joint ventures, mergers and

acquisitions, technology licensing,

commercial contracts, employment

law; establishment and operations of

not-for-profit organizations; real estate;

wills, trusts and estates.

Languages: Mandarin Chinese,

speaking. Spanish, working.

Private practice in NY State, 1999

to date; Principal, Hansen International

Co., Ltd. Taipei, Taiwan, an

international law advisory firm,

1988-99; Ralston Purina, Head of

International Law Dept, 1986-88;

Schering-Plough Corp., Senior

Counsel International, 1979-86;

Johnson Wax, 1974-79.

Private mediation practice since 2001;

extensive cross-cultural expertise. Court

panels: Supreme Court, New York

County Commercial Division; Supreme

Court, Nassau County Commercial

Division. Certified through the NYS

community mediation training program,

2001. Served the Ulster County Dispute

Resolution Center from 2001 to 2005.

Board member, NYS Dispute

Resolution Association, 2002-2005.

Third Judicial District, Attorney-Client

fee dispute resolution, since 2003.

Executive Committee, Dispute

Resolution Section, NYS Bar

Association; co-chair Diversity

Committee; co-chair International

Mediation subcommittee. Other

training, including NYS Bar Assoc.,

Ulster-Sullivan DR Center, and NYS

DR Assoc.

Stephen A. Hochman, Esq.

Counsel, Friedman Wittenstein &

Hochman

101 E. 52nd Street

New York, NY 10022

T: (212) 750-8700, ext. 29

Fax: (212) 223-8391


N.Y. 1960

S.D.N.Y. 1961

E.D.N.Y. 1993

U.S.S.Ct. 1963

Cornell University,

B.A.

Cornell Law School,

J.D. 1959

Partner, Friedman, Wittenstein, 1986-

89, Counsel, 1989-present. Partner,

Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessen,

Kamin & Frankel, 1968-86. Partner,

Kramer, Nessen & Hochman, 1966-68.

Associate, Feldman, Kramer, Bam &

Nessen, 1964-65, Partner, 1965-66.

Associate, Proskauer Rose Goetz &

Mendelsohn, 1960-64.

Co-presenter, the Mediation Workshop

sponsored by the Commercial Division

(24 hours), June 1999 and Feb. 2000.

ALI-ABA, Program Chair, Annual

Course on ADR, 1993-date. Association

of the Bar, Advisory Committee on

Arbitration and ADR, 1992-94,

Arbitration Committee, 1994-date.

ABA, Section on Dispute Resolution,

Chair, Arbitration Committee, 1996,

Co-Chair, Large, Complex Case

Subcommittee, 1994-95. AAA,

Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Securities

Arbitration Rules Task Force, 1992-94,

Commercial Arbitration Practice

Committee, 1991-95. NASD, Board of

Arbitrators and Panel of Mediators.

Mediator, U.S.D.C., S.D.N.Y. and

E.D.N.Y., U.S. Bankruptcy Court,

S.D.N.Y., Lawyers Mediation Service.

Arbitrator, NYC Contract Dispute

Resolution Board. Member, ADR

Advisory Group, Commercial Division,

Supreme Court, N.Y. County. Adjunct

Lecturer on Mediation and Other ADR

Methods, Fordham Law School, 1993 to

present. Mediation Trainer. Completed

mediation training courses given by the

AAA, CPR Institute for Dispute

Resolution, NASD, etc. Facilitator,

Commercial Division training sessions.

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Isserles, Marce., Esq.

Mediator

JAMS

620 Eighth Avenue - 34th Floor

New York, NY 10018

Phone: 646-853-0440

212-751-2700


M.D.: 2001

(inactive)

D.C.: 2002

N.Y.: 2007

S.D.N.Y.: 2007

E.D.N.Y.: 2007

2d Cir.: 2007

11th Cir.: 2012

Sarah Lawrence

College,

B.A., 1993

Harvard Law School,

J.D., 1998

Mediator, JAMS (2015-present).

Shapiro, Arato & Isserles, LLP

(2009-2014), Founding and

managing partner of boutique

litigation firm representing clients

in copyright, trademark, complex

commercial, securities, and

appellate law.

Cohen & Gresser (2005-2008),

Associate and partner representing

clients in a wide variety of

commercial litigation matters,

primarily involving intellectual

property disputes and appellate

litigation.

Parcher, Hayes & Snyder/Manatt

Phelps & Phillips (2003-2005).

O'Melveny & Myers (2001-2003).

Jennifer & Block (2000-2001).

Law Clerk to Hon. Steven G.

Breyer, Supreme Court of the

United States (1999-2000).

Law Clerk to Hon. Lawrence

Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals

for the D.C. Circuit, 1998-1999





ADR Program.

Attended NYC Bar Basic Mediation

Training, 4- day course, February 2013.

Attended NYSBA Commercial

Mediation Training, 3-day course,

March 2013.

Mediator, U.S. Court of Appeals for the

Second Circuit Mediator, S.D.N.Y.

Mediator, Nassau County Commercial

Division.

Mediator, Westchester County

Commercial Division.

Mediator, Kings County Commercial

Division.

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Jacqueline M. James, Esq.

The James Law Firm, PLLC

445 Hamilton Avenue

Suite 1102

White Plains, NV 10601

Phone: (914)358 6423

Fax: (914)353 6424


www.Jacquelinejameslaw.com

Supreme Court

of the United

States 2002;

United States

Court of

Appeals for the

Second Circuit,

2001;

New York State

1991;

Southern

District of New

York, 1992;

Eastern District

of New York,

1992;

Federal District

of Colorado,

2003;

State of

Connecticut,

1990.

Pace University BA

1986 magna cum laude

; Phi Alpha Theta

Catholic University

Columbus School of

Law 1990

J.D. magna cum laude

General business litigation wide range

experience including intellectual

property, including copyright,

trademark and patent disputes and

related business tort claims;

complex commercial disputes;

contracts, business fraud, unfair

completion, construction, government

contracts, workplace disputes

including executive termination and

discrimination claims, commercial real

estate, premise liability, maritime and

aviation cases, terrorist claims,

September 11th cases, wrongful death

and complex insurance disputes.

Certified and Active Mediator,

Commercial Divisions in New York

Supreme Court New York County and

Westchester County.

Certified Court Mediator Cluster

Westchester Mediation Center for New

York Courts regularly serving in

Westchester County.

Certified and Active Mediator for the

Southern District of New York, Federal

Court.

Appointed and serving as an Arbitrator

for New York State Court System in the

City of White Plains.

Appointed and serving as an Arbitrator

for the Attorney-Client Fee Dispute for

the New York State Court System Ninth

Judicial District.

Have served as a neutral in many

commercial disputes including

contracts, fraud, insurance, trademark

disputes, construction, employment

issues, property claims. Extensive

experience in mediating disputes

concerning other types of conflicts and

disputes. Decades of experience as a

private litigator in resolving claim in

numerous ADR settings.

Extensive completed training in

advanced commercial mediation and

arbitration.

Member of the ADR section of the

ABA; NYSBA; WCBA and WWBA.

Active in ongoing ADR advance

training and court appointed mediation.

Karen H. Kim, Esq.

230 Park Avenue, 3rd Floor West

New York, NY 10169

T: (917) 882-6005


N.Y. 1996

CT. 2015

Harvard College, A.B.

in Applied

Mathematics, magna

cum laude, 1991

Harvard Law School,

J.D., cum laude, 1995

Transactional practice focused on

contract negotiation, with particular

experience in OTC derivatives (e.g.,

ISDA Master Agreements, Credit

Support Annexes, master

confirmations and triparty control

agreements). CFA charterholder since

2002.

Completed courses in Basic Mediation

Training (24 hours) and Advanced

Commercial Mediation (16 hours) with

the New York City Bar Association.

Experience co-mediating arts business

disputes as member of mediator roster

for Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, after

completing their in-house training

program (16 CLE credits). Invited to

serve as role-play coach for 2018

training program.

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Nancy Kramer, Esq.

Mediation and Other Dispute

Resolution Services

200 Cabrini Boulevard (#86)

New York, NY 10033

Phone: (212) 280-2215

Mobile: (646) 765-3731

Fax: (646)219-5814

Email:nancykramermediation@yah

oo.com

N.Y.

E.D.N.Y.

N.D.N.Y.

S.D.N.Y.

U.S. Sup. Ct.

Brandeis University,

1963, Phi Beta Kappa

Columbia Law School,

1966, with honors

Dispute Resolution practice, 1997-

present.

Mediate for

American Arbitration Association;

Appellate Division, First Department:


County Supreme Court;

New Jersey Superior Courts;

U.S. Postal Service;

U.S. Transportation Security

Administration

and others.

Arbitrate for FINRA.

Recent Past: Special Counsel, New

York State Trial

Lawyers Assn., 1998-2004;

Private practice, 1997-98;

Director of Professional Programs,

NYU Real

Estate Institute; 1995-97;

N.Y. Attorney General’s Office as

Deputy

Bureau Chief and Bureau Chief, 1985-

95.

Full resume at

www.nancykramermediation.com

Have completed over 350 mediations.

Teach mediation for

Brooklyn Bar association,

New York City Bar Association,

New York City Corporation Counsel,

New York State Attorney General,

Touro Law School

and others.

Over 125 hours of mediation training,

including AAA (15 hours),

NYCB (30 hours) and U.S. Postal

Service (18-hours).

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Geri S. Krauss, Esq.

Krauss PLLC

One North Broadway


T: (914) 949-9100

Fax: (914) 949-9109


State of New

York, 1977

United States

Supreme Court,

2007

U.S. Court of

Appeals, Second

Circuit, 1991

U.S. Court of

Appeals, Fourth

Circuit, 2002

Southern

District of New

York, 1977

Eastern District

of New York,

1978

Northern

District of New

York, 2007

District of

Colorado, 2003

University of

California, Berkeley,

School of Law (Boalt

Hall), J.D., 1976

University of Michigan,

Ann Arbor, Michigan

AB. Magna Cum Laude

with Highest Honors in

History, May, 1973

Has handled a wide range of litigation,

including complex commercial

disputes, employment, discrimination,

law firm disputes, partnership and

business break-ups, breach of contract,

business torts, lease disputes, securities

fraud, antitrust, trademark, ERISA,

defamation, civil rights and

constitutional issues.

Krauss PLLC and Krauss P.C., Solo

Practice (July 2006 to present);

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Partner

(February 2005-June 2006); Herrick,

Feinstein LLP, (May 1994- February

2005) Partner, Litigation Department

(as of January 1, 1999); Chair,

Professional Practices Group; Of

Counsel (May 1994-December 1998);

Golenbock and Barell, Associate

(March 1980 – September 1984);

Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays and

Handler, Associate (September 1976 -

March 1980)

Panel Memberships

S.D.N.Y. Mediation Panel, Member

New York State Supreme Court

Commercial Division ADR Program,

New York County and Westchester

County. Mediator

Panel of Arbitrators for Financial

Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)

Panel, Arbitrator

Panel of Arbitrators for the New York

State Attorney-Client Fee Dispute

Resolution Program, Member

Character and Fitness Committee for the

Ninth Judicial District Character

Committee, serves on hearing panels

with respect to attorney admissions and

reinstatement

Arbitration and Mediation Training:

Attended 5th Annual Arbitration

Training Institute, 3-day program

sponsored by ABA/AAA, July 2010

Attended FINRA Arbitrator Training,

16.5 hours, August 2010

Attended The Center For Dispute

Settlement, 3-day program in Advanced

Mediation Techniques, May 2010

Attended The Center For Mediation In

Law, 40-hour Mediation Intensive

Training Program, May 2010

Attended Program On Negotiation at

Harvard Law School, 5-day Mediation

Training Course, June 2009

Attended Arbitrator Training Sponsored

by New York Courts for Attorney Fee

Disputes, 1-day, June 2008

Served as a mediator and participated as

an advocate in numerous mediations in

a variety of corporate, commercial,

employment and civil rights matters

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Leo, Michael S., Esq.

25 Kilmer Road

Larchmont, N.Y. 10538

Phone: 914-834-8598

E-Mail:[email protected]

N.Y.: 1968

S.D.N.Y.: 1988

Brooklyn College,

B.A., 1965

George Washington U.


1968

Columbia U. Grad.

School of Business,

M.S., 1979

Practices corporate law as a partner in

two large law firms (Gibbons, Del Deo,

Dolan Briffinger & Vecchione and

Day, Berry & Howard), concentrating

on: corporate management; structuring

and negotiation of acquisitions and

joint ventures; litigation management

and corporate compliance programs.

Private practice of law preceded by

nine years as General Counsel and

Executive Committee Member of the

U.S. affiliate of a $16 billion

multinational chemical and

pharmaceutical group, and thirteen

years as Assistant General Counsel of a

$5 billion manufacturing company.

Early career experiences included

corporate law firms and inside counsel

practice, as well as compliance and

enforcement position with the SEC.





ADR Program.

Pro bono mediation for the SDNY for

approximately 10 years.

Oliver Lednicer, Esq.

102 Creekside Rd.

Mt. Kisco, NY 10549

T: (914) 242-9166


Cornell University,

B.S.

New York University

School of Law, LL.B.

Previous Employment: Regional

Industrial Relations Manager, Labor

Counsel, Diamond Match Co.

Assistant. Corp. Counsel, Eagle Pencil

Co. Manager of Industrial Relations,

Branch Operations, Clark Equipment

Co. Vice President, Marketing,

American Bank Note Co. President,

Kruysman, Inc. Chairman and

Executive Director, Manufacturers

Association of N.Y.C.

Attended over 30-hour basic mediation

training, Westchester Mediation Center

of CLUSTER.

Certified mediator for CLUSTER and

has conducted over 50 mediations.

Arbitrator, N.Y.S. Lemon Law Program.

Desmond C.B. Lyons, Esq.

Lyons McGovern, LLP

Attorneys at Law

The Hennessy House, 16 New

Broadway

Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591

T: (914) 594-3087

Fax: (914) 378-2054

E-mail:

[email protected]

N.Y. 1994

CT. 1994

S.D.N.Y. 1995

U.S.Dist.Ct.CT.

1999

Fordham University,

B.A. 1989

Quinnipiac University

School of Law, J.D.

1993

Partner, Lyons McGovern, LLP, 2002-

present. Full-scale general civil and

commercial practice. Village

prosecutor, Village or Ardsley, 2001-

2004. Hearing Officer, Westchester

County Healthcare Corp. Desmond

C.B. Lyons, P.C. Private practice,

insurance defense litigation, 2000-

2002. Associate, Scheurer & Hardy,

P.C., 1994-2000. Intern, U.S. Dept. of

Justice, 1992. President & Founder,

Brehon Law Society, Westchester, NY.

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Gary G. Lyons, Esq.

169 Scarborough Road

Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510

Tel.: (914) 309-4758


www.linkedin.com/in/garyglyons

N.Y. 1976

E.D.N.Y. 1976

S.D.N.Y. 1976

Syracuse University,

A.B., cum laude, 1973

Syracuse University

College of Law, J.D.,

summa cum laude,

1975

Senior legal executive with over thirtyyears experience at premier U.S. andinternational food and beveragecompanies, with extensive backgroundin antitrust, compliance, litigationmanagement, food and beverage andadvertising/marketing law, distributionissues, products liability and regulatoryaffairs.

2003-2010: Gary was Executive VicePresident and General Counsel ofCadbury Americas Confectionery, withresponsibility for all legal andcompliance-related matters affectingCadbury’s operations in North andLatin America and for interactions withgovernment agencies.

1997-2003: Senior Vice President andGeneral Counsel of Snapple BeverageGroup under both Cadbury and privateequity ownership.

1993-1997: Vice President and GeneralCounsel of Cadbury Beverages NorthAmerica and A&W Brands, Inc.

Earlier in his career he held severalU.S. legal positions of increasingresponsibility with the Nestle, S.A.group of companies and for six yearswas a litigation associate at the NewYork City office of Shearman &Sterling.

Sixty hours of extensive training in

commercial mediation and arbitration

Ronald C. Maday, Esq.

440 East 57th Street, Apt. 16B

T: (212) 593-1944


N.Y. 1996 Lawrence

Technological

University

Benjamin N. Cardozo

School of Law

C.P.A., MI.

C.P.A., N.Y.

C.P.A., CO.

Certified Fraud

Examiner, 1998

Managing Partner, Wurman Birnbaum

& Maday.

Partner, Deloitte & Touche

International Accounting Firm.

Author of business articles relating to

advantages of mediation.

Member, Mediation Roster, Nassau

County Comm. Div. Former Member of

Westchester County Comm. Div.

Roster. Mediator, U.S. Bankruptcy

Courts, S.D.N.Y. and E.D.N.Y.

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Raymond L. Mariani

Raymond L. Mariani, PC

500 Mamaroneck Avenue

Suite 320

Harrison NY 10528

914-705-4568


New York 1988

District of

Columbia 1989

SDNY 1989

EDNY 1989

WDNY 1992

NDNY 1996

ND Ill. 2005

3d Cir. 1989

2d Cir. 1990

Pro hac vice

admissions in

Alaska,

California,

Florida, Illinois,

Ohio, Texas and

numerous other

states

Boston University B.A.

1984

Georgetown University

Law Center J.D. 1988

Civil litigation attorney with

nationwide trial and appellate practice.

Emphasis on business contracts,

insurance policies, service industry

agreements, warranties, indemnities.

Extensive experience with both

domestic and foreign insurance

markets. Also highly experienced in

disputes related to development, sale

and distribution of consumer and

industrial products. Previous

affiliations include partnership at

Nixon Peabody and other national

practice civil litigation firms.

Published extensively in a variety of

law journals, newspapers and internet

publications on a range of topics

including mediation and civil practice.

Speaker at numerous legal symposia in

the US and abroad.

Certified Mediator, EDNY Panel 2000-

Present

Mediated a variety of contract,

insurance and tort matters.

Participated in over 100 mediations in

more than 25 states as an advocate in

various types of civil litigation.

Attended the Harvard Law School,

Program on Negotiation 40-hour

training

Attended the EDNY Advanced

Mediation Training

Member; Association for Conflict

Resolution, Greater NY Chapter

Member, American Bar Association,

Dispute Resolution Section

Member, NY State Dispute Resolution

Association

Past Member, NYC Association of the

Bar, Attorney Fee Dispute Panel

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William D. Marsillo, Esq.

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP

333 Main Street

Armonk, NY 10504

T: (914)749-8215 (direct)

Fax: (914)749-8300


N.Y. 1998

S.D.N.Y. 2001

E.D.N.Y. 2008

2d Cir. 2009

Stevens Institute of

Technology, B.E. 1994

Harvard Law School,

J.D., 1997

Has handled a wide variety of business

litigation on behalf of plaintiffs and

defendants, including partnership

disputes, complex commercial

transactions, class action defense and

prosecution, commodities

manipulation, intellectual property,

product liability, business torts, and

corporate takeover disputes.

Mediator for Supreme Court, New York

County Commercial Division

Attended over 80 hours of mediation

training, including advanced training

provided by the Commercial Division.

Michael J. McDermott, Esq.

Address:

293 Route 100

Suite 210

Somers, NY 10589

Telephone:

Office: 914-276-2747

Mobile: 914-262-5922

Email:

[email protected]

New York State

Bar 1985

SDNY 1989

EDNY 1989

Second Circuit

Court of

Appeals 2014

Undergraduate:

Manhattan College,

Bachelor of Arts 1981

Law School:

University of Dayton

School of Law, Juris

Doctor 1984

Town of Somers Justice (2000 to

present)

Acting City Court Judge -Yonkers,

White Plains, Peekskill and Mt.

Vernon; Acting Town Justice -

Yorktown and Mt. Pleasant.

As an active commercial litigator with

over twenty-five years' experience,

represented parties - in all forums

including mediation, arbitration,

federal and state trial courts - in

complex commercial disputes as well

as large value construction cases.

Member of Executive Committee and

Board of Directors of the Westchester

County Bar Association. Served as

Co-Chair of the Construction Law

Committee.

Completed required Advanced

Commercial Mediation Training by

NYSBA.

Member of Westchester County and

NYSBA ADR Committees

Author of Mediation Confidentiality -

Practical Considerations (November

2018 issue of The Westchester Lawyer).

In additional to serving as a mediator,

co-mediated with multiple parties in

Westchester and New York Counties

involving commercial and employment

disputes.

As a sitting Town Justice for almost

twenty years, successfully mediated civil

matters and summary proceedings

involving attorneys as well as pro se

litigants

Paul W. Meyer, Jr., Esq.

Attorney at Law

35 E. Grassy Sprain Road,

Ste. 508

Yonkers, NY 10710

T: (914) 961-3000

Fax: (914) 961-4993

[email protected]

N.Y. 1983

Fla. 1984

U.S.S.Ct.

U.S.Ct. of

Military Appeals

U.S.Ct. of

Claims

U.S. Tax Ct.

U.S. Ct. of Intl.

Trade

N.D.N.Y.

S.D.N.Y.

E.D.N.Y.

W.D.N.Y.

Fordham University,

B.A. 1979

St. John’s University

School of Law, J.D.

1982

Private practice, civil and corporate

practice, 1995-present. Partner, Leahy,

Nyberg, Bovine & D’Apice, 1983-

1994.

Arbitrator, New Rochelle City Court.

Attended 15-hour mediation training

sponsored by the Westchester County

Comm. Div. (1999).

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Dorothy J. Milianta, Esq.

Romanoff & MiliantaAttorneys at

Law7-11 S. Broadway, Ste.218


T: (914) 428-4200

Fax: (914) 428-1241


N.Y. 1989

S.D.N.Y. 1990

E.D.N.Y. 1990

U.S.S.Ct. 1994

Marymount College,

B.A. 1983

Pace University School

of Law, J.D. 1989

New York University at

Manhattanville College,

Diploma Program in

Paralegal Training

1976

General Law Practice, Romanoff &

Milianta, including real estate, wills,

estates and trusts, torts, debt collection,

and civil matters. Appointed Guardian

Ad Litem, Surrogate’s Court,

Westchester, N.Y., 2002-present.



Comm. Div. (1999) and Past Member,

Westchester County Commercial

Division Mediation Roster.

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LORETTA MIRAGLIA, Esq.

Mediation and Law Offices

811 McLean Avenue

Yonkers, NY 10704

(914) 643-0690

[email protected]

www.YonkersMediation.com

N.Y. 1991

USPTO

CAFC

S.D.N.Y.

E.D.N.Y.

MIT

B.S. Chemistry

B.S. Biology

Harvard Law School,

J.D.

Private Mediation and Law

Practice (2007 to present) –

Meditate commercial, partnership,

small business, association,

matrimonial, family, and private

disputes. Negotiate and

draft a variety of agreements

including licenses, material

transfer, clinical, consulting,

master services, separation

agreements and stipulations of

settlement. Drawing from

intellectual property law

background (patent, trademark,

trade secret), counsel

entrepreneurial companies,

including biotech, pharmaceutical,

web-based and emerging

technology companies.

Registered Patent Attorney.

Prior experience. In-house positions

as Assistant VP at R&D-phase

pharmaceutical companies and IP

Counsel at large multinational

company. Associate at boutique

intellectual property firm in

Manhattan. Areas of practice

included intellectual property

prosecution and litigation, patent

and trademark portfolio

management, pharmaceutical

lifecycle man agement, licensing,

partnership management, and

contract negotiations and drafting.

Memberships:

! NYS Bar Assn

! Westchester County Bar Assn

! Westchester Women’s Bar

Assn

! Yonkers Lawyers Assn

! NYS Council on Divorce

Mediation

! Family and Divorce Mediation

Council of Greater NY

In compliance with the

requirements of Part 146 of

the Rules of the Chief

Administrative Judge for

conducting mediation in the

Commercial Division ADR

Program.

Mediation Panels:

! Westchester County

Supreme Court

Commercial Division and

Matrimonial Part

! NY County Supreme

Court, Commercial

Division

! AAA Storm Sandy

! EDNY Storm Sandy

! Westchester Mediation

Center of CLUSTER –

custody/visitation, small

claims, community

Mediation Training:

! Commercial

! FLSA

! Insurance (Storm Sandy)

! Elder/Adult Family

! Divorce

! Custody/Visitation

Arbitration Training:

! Part 137 Attorney-Client

Fee Dispute

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John D. Onnembo, Jr., Esq.

JDO Solutions

PMB 245

579 Bloomfield Avenue

West Caldwell, NJ 07006

Office – 973-287-7718

Cell – 210-328-4116

[email protected]

New Jersey –

1984

New York –

2004

Lafayette College --

Bachelor of Science

Civil Engineering –

1981

Member Tau Beta Pi

(National Engineering

Honor Society)

Fordham University --

Juris Doctor – 1984

Deputy Attorney General for the State of

New Jersey from 1984 through 1987;

private practice from 1987 through

1994. Areas of concentration were

construction, general commercial

litigation, government contracts,

bankruptcy, labor and foreclosure.

Joined Morse Diesel International, Inc.

in 1984 as associate counsel;

subsequently promoted to Senior Vice

President/General Counsel. Served as

Vice President/Corporate Counsel and

Chief Compliance Officer of Turner

Construction Company from January

2007 through November 2010. Founded

JDO Solutions in December 2010.

Has participated in mediation as a

mediator, party attorney and client

representative. Founder and President of

JDO Solutions, which provides dispute

resolution services and consulting services

to the construction industry.

Has completed courses provided by the

New York Supreme Court Commercial

Division, New York City Bar and

Common Ground Dispute Resolution,

Inc., in basic mediation, advanced

commercial mediation and transformative

mediation, respectvely.

New York Supreme Court Commercial

Division Roster of Neutrals for New York

and Westchester Counties.

Nussbaum, Theodore, Esq.

Law Office of Theodore Nussbaum,

P.C.

575 Madison Avenue, 10th Floor

New York, N.Y. 10022-2511

Phone: (212) 582-3826

Fax: (212) 605-0222

E:mail: [email protected]

N.Y.: 1961 Queens College: B.A.,

1956

Brooklyn Law School:

LLB, 1961

Solo practitioner, 1985-present,

specializing in representing music

business clients and supervising

pending civil litigations; Secretary and

General Counsel for the Change

Group, an international company

engaged in currency exchange matters;

Partner, Mayer Nussbaum Katz and

Baker, 1967-84, specializing in

representing notable recording business

clients.

In compliance with requirements of Part

146 of the Rules of the Chief



ADR Program.




County (8 hrs), May 27, 2009.

Association for Conflict Resolution

Greater New York Chapter (ACR-

GNY), Cardozo School of Law, New

York, NY (16hrs), June 26, June 27,

2008.

CPR Fall Meeting Training Program,

Boston, MA, (24 hrs), October 24, 25 &

26, 2007.

ACR-GNY and Committee on

Negotiation of ABA Section on Dispute

Resolution, Lecture “Dealing with

Conflict at its Worst,” CLE program.

International Arbitration Training

Course, ‘CPR,” New York, NY (16hrs),

May 31, June 1, 2007.

Voluntary arbitrator in Small Claims

Court of the City of New York, 1985-

present.

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Michael J. Pantuliano, Esq.

Nada Jain P.C.

5609 White Plains Road

Tarrytown, NY 10591

T: (914) 333-0610, ext. 153


Fordham University,

B.S. 1949

Fordham University

School of Law, J.D.

1956

New York University

School of Law, LL.M.

1962

Of Counsel and Consultant, Nada Jain,

P.C., intellectual property law, 2004-

present. Counsel, Clifford Chance US

LLP, 1995-2004. Senior Corporate

Counsel, Pfizer, Inc. 1989-1995.

Counsel, General Electric, adversary

patent proceedings, 1966-1989. Senior

Patent Counsel, Colgate Palmolive,

1961-1966. Union Carbide, 1955-

1961.



Comm. Div. (1999). Attended courses

on mediation and arbitration at

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Attended mediation training sponsored

by the Association of Conflict

Resolution, 2005. Attended mediation

course sponsored by the World

Intellectual Property Organization

(WIPO).

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John A. Pappalardo, Esq.

200 East Post Road


T: (914) 761-9400

Fax: (914) 761-0747


Website: www.pappalardoesq.com

New York, 1987

Massachusetts,1986

New Jersey,1988

U.S. SupremeCourt, 2004

Federal Court -NY Southernand EasternDistricts, 1987

Federal Court -NJ, 1988

Ithaca CollegeB.A., 1983

The New England LawSchoolJ.D., 1986

Has served as a mediator in over 750matters involving construction,franchise, commercial matters andpartnership dissolutions, real estatevaluations, insurance, homeowner andcontractor disputes, and civil claims aswell as tax, legal, and insurancedisputes.

Law practice is involved in commerciallitigation and construction law matters,involving both public and privateprojects ranging in value from $50,000to $10 million. Has represented generalcontractors, subcontractors, suppliers,homeowners, architects, and mid- tolarge-sized businesses in constructionand commercial transactions andlitigation. Has also been heavilyinvolved in professional practicedissolutions. Has represented asignificant number of homeowners andhomebuilders in litigation associatedwith the construction of new homesand the renovations and expansion ofexisting homes. Has significant civillitigation practice, which includesrepresentation of clients againstcontractors and contractors againstclients in litigation and before theWestchester County Department ofConsumer Affairs. Also involved as anadvocate in real estate valuations,insurance, business, general real estatewith partnership litigation andtransactions as well as negotiation,arbitration, and mediation since 1986.

Has a significant domestic relationsand matrimonial practice involvingsignificant financial related issues. Haslitigated, arbitrated, mediated andengaged in the collaborative process inthe field of domestic relations in bothinternational and domestic matrimonialmatters for essentially entire legalcareer.

Mediation Philosophy: To facilitatedialogue between the parties in aproactive manner in an effort to reach afair and equitable settlement in keepingwith the facts and applicable law. Myexpectations of the parties is that theybe well prepared with appropriatedocumentation and have the authorityto settle the case.

Arbitrator and Mediator for theAmerican Arbitration Association, since1999.Member of Alternative DisputeResolution Subsection of the AmericanBar Association.Member of Alternative DisputeResolution Subsection of the New YorkState Bar Association.Member of Alternative DisputeResolution Subsection of theWestchester County Bar Association.Member of International Academy ofCollaborative Professionals.Member of Westchester/RocklandCollaborative Professionals.Member of Association for ConflictResolutionMember of Federal District CourtBankruptcy Mediation Panel

ADR Training:AAA 2017; Arbitrator Subpoenas - AreThey Worth the Paper They're PrintedOn?, 2017; Arbitrator's ConductingLegal Research - Good Idea or Bad?,2017;Developments in Arbitration Law ~Non-Signatories, Discovery andVacatur, 2015; AAA Ethics 101:Mediators, Arbitrators, Attorneys, 2013;AAA Expedited Commercial PanelArbitrator Training, 2009; AAA Ask &Answer: Arbitration, 2008; AAADealingWith Delay Tactics in Arbitration(ACE004), 2006; AAA Chairing anArbitrationPanel: Managing Procedures, Process &Dynamics (ACE005), 2005; RocklandCounty Womans Bar Association,Matrimonial Collaborative Certification,2005;AAA Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding,Deciding & Writing Awards (ACE001),2003; AAA Arbitrator Update 2001;AAA Construction Industry Arbitrator IITraining: Advanced Case ManagementIssues, 2001; AAA ConstructionIndustryArbitrator Training, 2000; AAACommercial Arbitrator Training, 1999;The Centerfor Family and Divorce Mediation,Divorce Mediation Training, 1996;WestchesterCounty Small Claims Real EstateAssessment, Annual ArbitrationTraining, 1999,1998, 1997, 1996; Center for Familyand Divorce Mediation, MatrimonialMediation Certification, 1996.

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Hon. John M. Perone

McMillan, Constabile, Maker &Perone, LLP

2180 Boston Post Road

Larchmont, NY 10538

T: (914) 834-3500

Fax: (914) 834-0620


N.Y. 1971.S.D.N.Y. 1973E.D.N.Y. 1973U.S.S.Ct. 1980

Merrimack College,B.A. 1967Villanova UniversitySchool of Law, J.D.1970

Private practice, McMillan, Constabile,Maker & Perone, LLP, 2002-present.Justice of the Supreme Court of theState of New York, Bronx County andWestchester County, in both Civil andCriminal Terms 1996-2002;participated in over 100 settlements;part-time counsel, New York StateSenate, 2002-present; AssistantDistrict Attorney Westchester County1970-1975; elected Town Councilman,Town of Mamaroneck, 1975-1979;elected New York State Assemblyman,95th A.D., Westchester County 1978-1986; private practice of Archer &Perone, 1975-1980; currentlyappointed by PJ Appellate Division,Second Department as Court Examinerin Guardianship matters pursuant toMental Hygiene Law, Article 81,appointed by PJ as a member of theCharacter and Fitness Committee,Second Department.

Member, NAM (National Arbitrationand Mediation), participated in over 100arbitration and mediation cases.2002-present. Judicial Referee, Supreme Courtof the State of New York, WestchesterCounty, 2002-present, to hear anddetermine, in several cases involvingmulti-million dollar claims. JudicialReferee appointed to oversee discoveryand settlement in over 25 SupremeCourt cases in the matrimonial and civiltort areas.

Abigail Pessen, Esq.Attorney at Law/ MediationServices80 Broad Street, 30th Fl.New York, NY 10004T: (212) 961-0668Fax: (212) 961-0699Email: [email protected]

Barnard College, B.A.University of Chicago,J.D.

November 2000 -- Present,Mediator and Arbitrator of business,employment, and family matters.Listed in Best Lawyers in America forADR, 2006 ed.Member, CPR Institute for DisputeResolution Panel of DistinguishedNeutrals. Seiff Kretz & Maffeo(formerly Scoppetta & Seiff),Associate 1981-1990, Partner 1990 –2000, federal and state court litigationpractice concentrating in complex civillitigation. Maternity Furlough, 1978 -198. Assistant Professor, New YorkLaw School, 1977 – 1978. MaternityFurlough, 1975 – 1977. Associate,Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan,1974 – 1975. Law Clerk to Hon.Whitman Knapp, S.D.N.Y., 1972 –1974.Author, “Alternative DisputeResolution Law,” survey chapter,Annual Review of Developments inBusiness and Corp. Litigation (ABAPress, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004).Panelist/Presenter, Numerousmediation training programs andcourses.

Conducted numerous commercial,employment, and family mediations as amediator.Mediator for the Equal EmploymentOpportunity Commission; Mediator forSupreme Court, New York County Commercial Division; Mediator for the E.D.N.Y.; Mediator forthe U.S. Bankruptcy Court (S.D.N.Y.and E.D.N.Y.).

Member, U.S. Justice Department rosterof mediators.

Arbitrator for the American ArbitrationAssociation (Commercial Panel),National Association of SecuritiesDealers, and N.Y. Stock Exchange.Adjunct professor of arbitration law,Cardozo Law School, Spring 2006.Attended 85 hours of mediation training,including 24 hours of training for theNew York County CommercialDivision. Additional training by theCenter for Mediation in Law, the EEOC,and the E.D.N.Y.

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F. Peter Phillips, Esq.

Principal, Business ConflictManagement LLC

26 Park Street Suite 2014

Montclair, NJ 07042

T: (973) 509-9667

F: (973) 509-3023

E-Mail:[email protected]

New York 1988

S.D.N.Y.,E/D.N.Y. 1988

N.J. 1992

Cal. 1994

US SupremeCourt 1992

Dartmouth College,A.B. cum laude, 1971

Royal Academy ofDramatic Art, Diploma1975

New York Law School,L.D. magna cum laude,1987

General Business Litigation at CahillGordon & Reindel and Schulte Roth &Zabel, 1987-1998. Specialized ininsurance defense, insurance coverage,insurance rehabilitation, securities,labor, employment, First Amendment. Previously professional actor and stagedirector, 1971-87, on Broadway,Off-Broadway, in regional theatre andin film, soap operas, TV movies, etc.

Former Sr. V.P. and Interim President,CPR Institute. Over 100 mediationssince 2009, concentrating on franchise,insurance, employment, securities,general commercial.

Certified by International MediationInstitute, listed with AAA, CPRInstitute, LCIA, FINRA, NJAPM,SDNY, DNJ, EDNY Bankruptcy.

Chair, ABA Business Law SectionCommittee of Dispute Resolution. Member, ADR Inns of Court, ABADispute Resolution Section, NJAPM,IBA Mediation Committee. Trained atPepperdine Straus Institute, CIA, ABA,FINRA, CPR Institute.

Adjunct Professor at New York LawSchool. Guest Lecturer at ColumbiaLaw School, Fordham Law School,NYU School of Law, Cardozo School ofLaw, Pepperdine School of Law. Frequent speaker at US and internationalprograms. Writer and Co-Director offour award-winning films. Author/editor/chapter author of fivebooks and numerous articles. Blogs atwww.BusinessConflictManagement.com/blog

Charles Platto, Esq. Law Offices of Charles Platto 1020Park Ave. Ste 6b New York,NY 10028 212 423 0579(T) 2 12 423 1887(Fax) 646 248 4353(cell) [email protected](email)

New York 1970

SDNY, EDNY,Second Circuit 1972

Vermont andNew Hampshireand DVT andDNH 1992

US SupremeCourt 1974

U of Pennsylvania BA

1966 U of MichiganLaw School JD 1969

NYU Law School LLM 1974

Domestic and International commercial litigation; partner CahillGordon & Reindel (NY) 1971-1991;partner Law offices of Charles Plattoand predecessor firms (Vt, NH, NY)1991-2006 and 2009-present; partnerin charge of insurance practice Wiggin& Dana (NY and Conn) 2007-2009;partner in charge of US practice Salans(NY and Paris) 1994-1997; adjunctprofessor of Insurance law NYU,Vermont and Fordham Law Schools1990-present

AAA, ICDR, CPR and ICC Arbitrationand Mediation panels for commercial,insurance and international.

Basic and Advanced Mediation Training2009-2010

New York and New Jersey Courtsmediation panels

Chair and member of panels in AAA,ICC and CPR domestic and internationalcommercial and insurance arbitrations

Trained mediators for AAA andmediated over 50 Sandy Insurancemediations

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Ruth D. Raisfeld, Esq.Ruth D. Raisfeld, PCAlternative Dispute ResolutionServices47 Secor RoadScarsdale, NY 10583T: (914) 722-6006Fax: (914) 722-0678Email: [email protected]

N.Y.U.S.Ct.App., 2nd Cir.3rd Cir.

Cornell University,School of Industrial andLabor Relations, B.S.1977Fordham UniversitySchool of Law, J.D.1980

Private ADR practice, 2002-present.Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP - Of Counsel, 1995-1997, Associate,1991-1995. Associate, Baer Marks &Upham, 1988-1991. Partner, Spagna &Raisfeld, 1987. Attorney, N.Y.Telephone, 1984-1987. Associate,Phillips Nizer Benjamin Krim &Ballon, 1981-1984. Judicial Clerk,Hon. William Hughes Mulligan,U.S.D.Ct., 2nd Cir., 1980-1981.Author of numerous ADR articles;Panelist at numerous statewide ADRConferences.

Arbitrator, American ArbitrationAssociation - Commercial andEmployment Arbitration Panels;Arbitrator, New York Stock ExchangePanel.Mediator, S.D.N.Y. and E.D.N.Y.. Special Master, Appellate Division FirstDepartment Pre-Argument Program.Attended 5-day mediation workshop,Harvard Law School Program ofInstruction for Lawyers. Attendedmediation trainings sponsored by NewYork State Dispute ResolutionAssociation, Cornell University Alliancefor Education in Dispute Resolution,and at the New York County Lawyers’Association.

Sara M. Richmond, Esq.49 Overlook CircleNew Rochelle, NY 10804T: (914) 632-3399Fax: (914) 632-5055Email: [email protected]

N.Y. 1990S.D.N.Y.E.D.N.Y.

Johns HopkinsUniversity, B.A. 1985Benjamin N. CardozoSchool of Law, J.D.1989

Private practice, concentrating inarbitration and mediation, 1993-present. Associate attorney, Schindel,Cooper & Farman, 1992-1993.Associate attorney, Proskauer RoseGoetz & Mendelsohn, 1989-1991.Summer Associate, Summit, Rovinsand Feldesman, 1988. Paralegal, TheOffice of the Attorney General of theState of New York, 1985-1986.

Attended 20-hour mediation trainingsponsored by JAMS/Endispute. Attended arbitration training sponsoredby the Better Business Bureau, andserves as an arbitrator for the program.Arbitrator, Small Claims Court of theNYC Civil Court.

Riley, Michele S., Esq.12 East 86th Street, #309New York, NY 10028

T. 212-288-2931email: [email protected]

New York, 1981S.D.N.Y. 2010E.D.N.Y. 2010

B.A., RutgersUniversity (DouglassCollege); M.A., YaleUniversity; J.D.,Georgetown University;Professional Certificatein Dispute Resolution,New York University,Center for Finance,Law, and Taxation2003

Independent Mediator and Arbitrator,2001-present; Adjunct Faculty,Columbia University, (i) InternationalCenter for Cooperation and ConflictResolution, 2006-present, and (ii)Master's Degree Program inNegotiation and Conflict Resolution,2010-present; Of Counsel, O'SullivanGraev & Karabell, LLP (nowO'Melveny & Myers LLP), 1998-00;General Counsel, Toyota MotorCorporate Services of North America,Inc., 1992- 97; Associate, Reboul,MacMurray, Hewitt, Maynard &Kristol (now Ropes & Gray LLP),1984-91; Foreign Associate,Nagashima & Kojima, 1982- 84;Foreign Associate, Sato & Tsuda,1981-82; Associate, Layton &Sherman (now Jones Day), 1979-81.

In compliance with the requirements ofPart 146 of the Rules of the ChiefAdministrative Judge for conductingmediation in the Commercial DivisionADR Program.Arbitrator and mediator of commercialbusiness disputes, handling disputes inall aspects of commercial law includingcontracts, financings, securities,employment, real estate,distributor/franchising, and consultingarrangements. Fellow, CharteredInstitute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).Member of AAA National Roster ofNeutrals, serving on its mediation andarbitration panels, as well as a mediatorin its Storm Sandy Mediation Program.Member of Banking, Accounting andFinancial Services, Cross-borderDisputes, and Franchise Panels ofDistinguished Neutrals of theInternational Institute of ConflictPrevention and Resolution (CPR).Actively serves as mediator and/orarbitrator for FINRA and U.S. DistrictCourts for SDNY and EDNY, includingthe EDNY Storm Sandy insurancepanel. Also serves as an arbitrator andmediator of attorney-client fee disputesunder the NYS Unified Court SystemPart 137 Program.

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Albert Rizzo, Esq.

Law Offices of Albert Rizzo, P.C.

375 Park Avenue, Ste 2607

New York, NY 10152

Tel: 212-679-5799

Fax: 212-6795766

Email:[email protected]

NY, 1988U.S. SupremeCourt, 1999 SDNY, 1989EDNY,1989NDNY, 1989

Fordham University,B.A. 1984Fordham UniversitySchool of Law, J.D.,1987

27 years of commercial litigationexperience representing small andmid-size domestic and multi-nationalbusinesses and individuals in allaspects of trial and appellatecommercial litigation, employment lawand litigation, general corporate andbusiness law, real estate law, andinternational business transactions,particularly with Italy;Adjunct Professor at NYU GraduateSchool of Continuing ProfessionalStudies (2011 to Present)Courses:--Advanced Employment Law andLabor Relations--Conflict Management and DisputeResolution

Mediator, NYS Supreme Court, NYCounty, Commercial DivisionMediator, American ArbitrationAssociation, Storm Sandy MediationProgramMediator, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts,MediateArt ProgramTrained Mediator with almost 100 hoursof certified Basic Mediation Trainingand Commercial Mediation Training;NYC and NYS Bar AssociationsCommittees on Alternative DisputeResolution, Committee Member (2009 to Present)NYS Bar Association, NegotiationCommittee Member(2012 to Present)

Marni Rae Robin, Esq.

The Robin Law Firm, LLC

777 Westchester Avenue

Suite 101


T: (914) 288-6113

F: (914) 206-3960


N.Y. 1994S.D.N.Y. 2001E.D.N.Y. 2001

Binghamton University(f/k/a S.U.N.Y.Binghamton), B.A.1990Tulane Law School,J.D. 1993

General commercial litigation attorneywith specialty in securities litigation,arbitration and regulatory defense instate and federal courts and FINRAand AAA arbitrations. Litigator foralmost 20 years. Most recent legalemployment includes: The Robin LawFirm, LLC, 2013 to present;McCormick & O’Brien, LLP, 2009 –2012; Herrick, Feinstein LLP, 2005 –2008; Gusrae, Kaplan, Bruno&Nusbaum, PLLC, 2001 – 2005.

Mediator, Commercial Division,Westchester Co. and S.D.N.Y.Certified Mediator, CLUSTERWestchester Mediation Center.Arbitrator and/or Mediator, Part 137Attorney Fee Disputes, N.Y. Co. and 9th

Judicial District.Attended approximately 130 hours of

mediation training provided by the

Westchester Mediation Center, the

Southern District of New York, the New

York State Bar Association, and NYCID

Cynthia Rollings

Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP

99 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10016

T: 212 490-0400

F: 212 557-0565


New York 1974

S.D.N.Y. 1974

E.D.N.Y. 1974

2d Cir. 1975

U.S. Tax Court

Wellesley College

Barnard College

A.B. 1970

N.Y.U. Law School

J.D. 1973

Mailman School of

Public Health,

Columbia University

M.P.H. 2003

Private practice

Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP since

1977.

Commercial experience includes

contract, partnership and

corporate/shareholder disputes,

insurance, real estate and lease

disputes, unfair competition, restrictive

covenants, tortious interference, fraud,

defamation and intellectual property.

Focus on employment, civil rights, art/

entertainment, representation of

academic faculty and health care

professionals.

ADR experience as party

representative and neutral.

AAA arbitrator, commercial panel since

1985, employment panel since 2009;

American Health Lawyers Association,

ADR panel;

Supreme Court, New York County,

Commercial Division ADR panel

2003-4.

Mediation Training:

New York City Bar, Advanced

Commercial Mediation Training, June

14, 17, 18, 2013;

AAA Advanced Mediator Training

Series, June 2012;

Association of the Bar of the City of

New York, Basic Mediation Training

Program

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Abby Rosmarin, JD, MS Ed

Mediation Counsel

McCarthy Fingar, LLP

11 Martine Avenue


direct 914. 385. 1028

[email protected]

CA: 1982

NY: 1984

Middlebury College

University of California

Santa Cruz, BA 1979

University of

California, Hastings

College of the Law JD

1982

Fordham University

MS Ed 2008

Assistant General Counsel 1986-1996,

Peugeot Motors of America. Sole in

house attorney. Provided legal counsel

to all departments with an emphasis on

matters related to employment,

franchise, contracts, lemon law,

advertising, regulatory compliance and

product liability.

Commercial Litigator, Crosby, Heafey

Roach and May; Rosenman and Colin

Executive Director, NY Association of

Collaborative Professionals (current)

Mediation Counsel, McCarthy Fingar,

LLP

Cornell University ILR School, Roster

of Neutrals

Part 137 Panel of Arbitrators and

Mediators, Joint Committee on Fee

Disputes and Conciliation

Westchester Supreme Court

Matrimonial Mediation Roster

Westchester Woman’s Bar Association,

Co–Chair, Mediation Committee

Certified Mediator, Westchester

Mediation Center, Cluster, Inc., the New

York Peace Institute

Facilitator and Administrator, Strength

Deployment Inventory

Extensive mediation, commercial

arbitration, conflict resolution and ADR

training, including the Harvard

Negotiation Institute, Center for

Mediation in Law/Understanding in

Conflict, Cornell University ILR School,

John Jay College of Criminal Justice,

various Bar Association, Collaborative

and NYS Court annexed programs.

Particular skills applicable to family

owned businesses.

Rundbaken, Eric A., Esq.

P.O. Box 1094

New York, NY 10025

Phone: 917-696-2991

E-Mail:

[email protected]

N.Y.: 1972

S.D.N.Y.: 1973

E.D.N.Y.: 1973

N.D.CA..: 1979

Dickinson College,

B.A., 1968

Columbia University,

J.D., 1971

Office of the Corporation Counsel,

New York City (1987-2013):

Chief, Commercial and Real Estate

Litigation (2002-2013) - general

supervision and personal involvement

in all major matters; managed 40

attorneys and 15 non-legal staff.

Assistant Corporation Counsel &

Assistant Chief (1987-1999)-

represented City and related agencies

in litigation such as the Port Authority

Airport Lease Arbitration and the Third

City Water Tunnel Construction

Dispute.

Senior Insurance Counsel (1999-2002)

- member of the personal injury

insurance coverage litigation unit;

member of the insurance committee of

the World Trade Center Recovery

Project.

Wresien & Mazzarelli (1983-1985)- of

counsel to general practice firm,

specializing in real estate litigation and

transactions.

Fischbein Olivieri Rozenholc &

Badillo (1981-1983) - associate

handling real estate litigation





ADR Program.

Represented parties and supervised

attorneys representing parties in

numerous mediations.

Member, Mediation Panels New York

County and Kings County Commercial

Divisions.

Mediator, New York City School

Construction Authority.

On prequalified panel of the MTA

Capital Construction Dispute Review

Boards.

Trained as a member of construction

Dispute Review Boards - Dispute

Review Board Foundation

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Frederick J. Salek, Esq.

T: (914) 631-3656

Mobile: (914) 450-9533


N.Y.

CA.

CO.

New York University,

B.A., 1971

University of Michigan

Law School, J.D.,

1975

Private practice, 2002-present. General

Counsel, Agfa Corp., 1989-2002.

Associate General Counsel, Bayer

Corp., 1989-98. General Counsel,

Technicon Instruments, 1986-89.

Mergers and Acquisitions Counsel:

Cooper Laboratories and

CooperVision, 1985-86; Tosco Corp.,

1979-85. Corporate Counsel, The El

Paso Co., 1977-79. Associate, Holland

and Hart, 1975-77. Expertise in

litigation (negotiating the resolution of

more than 200 international and

domestic lawsuits), M&A and other

commercial matters, intellectual

property/trade secrets, antitrust,

distribution agreements/terminations,

employment law, insurance coverage.

Strong science background, including

medical, energy, chemical and digital

technologies.

Executive Mediation Training Course,

Mediation Works Inc., Boston, MA (24

hrs.), 2003; Advanced Mediation

Training, Boston Law Collaborative,

2003. Created office of and served as

Corporate Ombudsman.

Attended over 30 hours of initial

mediation training, Westchester

Mediation Center of CLUSTER,

sponsored by the NYS Unified Court

System. Community mediator for

Westchester CLUSTER.

Member, New York County Comm.

Div. Roster; Panel of Neutrals, Office of

Trials and Administrative Hearings

(OATH); Panelist, National Arbitration

Forum.

Saul Scheier, Esq.

Saul Scheier Attorney at Law

32 Edgewood Avenue

Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706

T: (914) 478-4153

Fax: (914)478-1789


City College of New

York, B.A.

Harvard Law School,

LL.B.

Labor Counsel, New York Telephone

Company (1988-92). Litigation in

Federal and State courts and before

administrative agencies related to

employment discrimination, labor

relations, employee benefits, wrongful

discharge and OSHA. General

Litigation Attorney, New York

Telephone Company, 1979-1988.

Labor Attorney, AT&T, 1976-1979.

On the panels of the AAA, the New

York Stock Exchange, NASD and has

adjudicated construction claims,

breach of contract, unfair competition,

conversion (of customer rebates

allegedly due claimant) and

employment discrimination claims.

Mediator, E.D.N.Y. Mediator, New

York County Supreme Court. Mediator,

Westchester County Supreme Court.

Arbitrator, Panel: Mediation Board,

NYC Office of Collective Bargaining.

Attended mediation trainings sponsored

by the Association of the Bar of the City

of N.Y. (26 hours), the F.M.C.S.

Institute (28 hours), Westchester County

Commercial Division, E.D.N.Y., Touro

College, and a child custody/visitation

mediation training at the Association of

the Bar of the City of New York (12

hours).

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Andrew P. Schriever, Esq.

Cuddy & Feder LLP

445 Hamilton Avenue, 14th

Floor

White Plains NY 10601

T: (914) 761-1300

Fax: (914) 761-5372

Email:

[email protected]

NY 1999

MA 1998

USSCT 2009

2nd Cir. 2010

SDNY 1999

EDNY 1999

D. Conn. 2011

University of

Massachusetts/

Amherst, B.A., cum

laude

University of

Massachusetts/

Boston, M.A.

Boston College Law

School, J.D., magna

cum laude

Commercial and Real Estate

Litigation, Mediation,

Telecommunications, Partner,

Cuddy & Feder, LLP (2004 to

present); Morrison Cohen, LLP

(2000-2004), Cadwalader,

Wickersham & Taft (1998-2000).

Specializing in commercial and

real estate matters and alternative

dispute resolution. Wide range of

experience in settling complex and

multi-party actions, including

successful settlements in the areas

of: contract actions, real estate

venture disputes, partnership

conflicts and dissolutions,

condominium actions, adjacent

landowner disputes, zoning

disputes with municipalities.

Lecturer/author in the area of real

estate, land use, and condominium

disputes, and in alternative dispute

resolution, including seminars on

How To Settle Cases,

Collaborative Law, Mediation

Strategies, Arbitration Strategies,

Litigation Prevention, and What Is

ADR?

Selected Publications:

“Negotiating Legal Agreements for

the Transactional Attorney:

Litigation Prevention & Other

Important Drafting

Considerations Attorneys Need to

Know” NYC Bar Seminar, 2012

“Tips For The Transactional

Lawyer On Planning

For And Drafting The Right

Arbitration Clause” NYC Bar

Seminar, 2010

“Building Litigation Prevention

Into Your Transaction”

Westchester Bar Journal, 2009

"Taking Control Of The Outcome

To Turn A Settlement Into A Win"

Westchester Bar Journal, 2008

(available on Westlaw at 35

WESTCBJ 35)

"Condominium Management,

Judicial Remedies And Theories

Of Liability In New York",

Lorman Education Services, 2006

Co-Chair, ADR Committee,

Westchester County Bar

Association.

Mediator in private practice as well

as for Westchester Supreme Court

Commercial Division.

Completed standard and advanced

training programs sponsored by the

Office Of Court Administration.

Completed mediation training

program, Boston College Law

School.

Specializes in mediation of business

disputes involving business

separations, acquisitions, breach of

contract, commercial landlord-

tenant matters, real estate and

development deals, partnership

disputes, loan transactions,

trademark infringement and

construction cases

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Marc O. Sheridan, Esq.

Markus & Sheridan, LLP

116 Radio Circle, Suite 207

Mount Kisco, NY 10549

Tel: (914) 241-6300

Fax: (914) 241-6308

Website: www.mslawny.com


N.Y. 2000

S.D.N.Y. 2000

E.D.N.Y. 2000

Union College, B.A.,

1995

Brooklyn Law School,

J.D., 1998

Employment law and commercial

litigation attorney with emphasis on

securities industry employment

disputes, and employment

discrimination cases.

Extensive experience drafting and

negotiating severance, separation, and

employment agreements pertaining to

deferred compensation plans,

reductions in force, and executive

compensation issues.

Represented commercial property

owners in insurance matters involving

risk transfer and tender issues.

Litigated, arbitrated, and mediated

cases involving sales, consulting,

brokerage, and partnership agreements.

Wechsler & Cohen, LLP (2002-2009);

Schwartz & Perry, LLP (1996-2002)

Mediator - Private practice, SDNY

Designated Employment Law Mediator,

Westchester County Commercial

Division Panel, and Westchester County

Human Rights Commission.

Mediation Intensive Training (40hr) -

Center for Mediation in Law - Jack

Himmelstein and Gary Friedman

Advanced Mediation Techniques (20hr)

- Center for Dispute Settlement -

Michael Lewis and Linda Singer,

Washington, D.C.

Founder of New York Civil

Collaborative Group

Lecturer for NYS Bar Association, NYC

Bar Association; and Westchester

County Bar Association on Civil

Collaborative Practice.

Thomas Edward Stagg, Esq.

Stagg, Terenzi, Confusione

& Wabnik, LLP

401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300

Garden City, New York 11530

T: (516) 812-4501

Fax: (516) 812-4601


N. Y. 1991

N.J. 1991

D.C. 1991

U.S.D.C.N.J,1991

E.D.N.Y 1992

S.D.N.Y. 1992

U.S.D.C., CT,2002

2ND Cir. Court ofAppeals, 2002

3RD Cir. Court ofAppeals, 2010

U.S. SupremeCourt, 2007

St. John's UniversitySchool of Law, J.D.1990

State University of NewYork at Binghamton,B.A.1984

Managing Partner at Stagg, Terenzi,

Confusione & Wabnik, LLP, focuses

on banking law, commercial and

appellate litigation, with experience in

environmental law.

Achieved an "AV" Martindale-HubbellPeer Review Rating. Represents clients in contractual andcommercial related disputes, bankingand credit matters involving the UCCand consumer credit statutes. Haslitigated actions involving federal andstate environmental laws, class action,constitutional and land use issues onbehalf of corporate, municipal andprivate clients. Tort law experience aswell.

Member of the Commercial Division

Mediation Panel in New York and

Nassau Counties.

Represented parties in numerousmediations as both plaintiff anddefendant. Completed the New York State BarAssociation 3-day CommercialMediation Training in March 2010 (a 24hour course).

Completed the New York City Bar 2-dayAdvanced Commercial MediationTraining in May 2010 (an 18 hourcourse).

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Gabrielle Y. Vázquez

McGrail & Bensinger LLP

888-C 8th Avenue #107

New York, NY 10019

(917) 509-7818

[email protected]

New York, 2008

District of

Columbia, 2011

Southern

District, New

York, 2010

Easter District,

New York, 2011

District of

Columbia,

District, 2011

Second Circuit

Court of

Appeals, 2011

Fordham Law School,

J.D., 2011

Princeton University,

A.B., 2004

Commercial litigator for 10+ years

specializing in the representation of

real estate investors, construction

management companies, and

international financial institutions

(including banks, hedge funds, and

international financial institutions) at

the following law firms:

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

(2007-2008 and 2010-2012)

Thompson Hine LLP (2012-2017)

McGrail & Bensinger LLP

(2017-present)

In addition to her experience at law

firms, Gabrielle was/is also a:

Federal Law Clerk to the Hon. Stephen

C. Robinson in the Southern District of

New York, White Plains (2009-2010)

American Arbitration Association A.

Leon Higginbotham, Jr. Fellow

(2018-2019)

Mediates wide variety of cases,

including commercial cases, as part of

the SDNY Mediation Panel and the New

York County Commercial Division

Roster of Neutrals. Serves as a mediation

coach for basic and advanced

commercial training in the New York

City Bar Association and New York

State Bar Association programs.

Debra L. Wabnik, Esq.

Stagg, Terenzi, Confusione

& Wabnik, LLP

401 Franklin Avenue, Suite 300

Garden City, New York 11530

T: (516) 812-4504

Fax: (516) 812-4604


N.Y. 1994

N.J. 1993

E.D.N.Y. 1994

S.D.N.Y 1994

U.S.D.C.N.J.2003

U.S.D.C. CT,2003

2nd CIR.COURT OFAPPEALS, 2005

3rd CIR. COURTOF APPEALS,2010

U.S.SUPREMECOURT,2009

Hofstra University

School of Law,

Hempstead, New York,

1993 J.D.

(Member; Hofstra LaborLaw JournalEditor; HofstraEntertainment LawDigest)

State University of NewYork at Binghamton,B.S. with honors, 1990

Partner at Stagg, Terenzi, Confusione

& Wabnik, LLP. Represents clients in

federal and state courts in New York

and New Jersey, as well as federal

courts in Connecticut. Also represent

clients in administrative forums such as

the Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission and the New York State

Division of Human Rights. Has

handled numerous appellate matters

before the Appellate Division, First and

Second Departments. Practice areas

include employment discrimination,

Uniform Commercial Code, Truth in

Lending, Fair Debt Collection Practices

Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, and

banking and credit card litigation.

Has achieved an "AV" Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating

Member of the Commercial Division

Mediation Panel in Nassau and New

York counties.

Represented parties in numerousmediations as both plaintiff anddefendant, including court-annexedmediations, private mediations andadministrative mediations. Completed the New York State BarAssociation 3-day CommercialMediation Training in March 2010 (a 24hour course).

Completed the New York City Bar 2-dayAdvanced Commercial MediationTraining in May 2010 (an 18 hour

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Michael T. Walsh, Esq.

Boundas, Skarzynski,

Walsh & Black, LLC

One Battery Park Plaza

32nd Floor

New York, NY 10004

T: (212) 820-7755

Fax: (212) 820-7740

E: [email protected]

N.Y. 1980

S.D.N.Y. 1980

E.D.N.Y. 1980

University of Notre

Dame. AB 1973

St. John's University

School of Law, JD

1979

Private Practice 1980 to 1985;

In-House Counsel 1985 to 1988;

Private Practice 1988 to Present.

Over 34 years of experience in a wide

range of litigation and arbitration

matters, including commercial

disputes, insurance and reinsurance,

professional liability including lawyers,

accountants, insurance brokers and

medical malpractice, as well as Fraud

and RICO Actions, Art Litigation and

personal injury matters.

Received AV (Highest) Rating from

Martindale-Hubbell since 1994.

Named as New York Metropolitan

Area Super Lawyer in Alternative

Dispute Resolutions for multiple years.

Named as a 2013 Top-Rated Lawyer

by the publications The American

Lawyer and Corporate Counsel.

Author of several articles pertaining to

ADR issues. Moderator and speaker at

numerous seminars and conferences

including American Conference

Institute, Professional Liability

Underwriting Society, ARIAS, and

Reinsurance Association of America.

Certified Mediator - New York Supreme

Court Commercial Division of

Westchester and New York Counties.

Approved Arbitrator and Mediator for

the American Arbitration Association.

Certified Arbitrator, Mediator, and

member of the Law Committee - AIDA

Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration

Society (ARIAS). ARIAS-US Umpire

Master Class 2013.

Approved Mediator - New York Country

Lawyers Association.

Member of N.Y. State and American

Bar Associations - Sections on

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Attended over 60 hours of mediation

training; training sponsored by the New

York City Bar Association and New

York State Bar Association, including

24 hours of advanced Commercial

Training.

Handled over 50 cases as a mediator in

multiple fields, including commercial

contract matters, legal malpractice,

personal injury claims, business and

partnership dissolution, artwork

ownership disputes, accounting

malpractice, insurance coverage matters,

and disputes over large-scale

commercial development.

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Richard Weinberger

40 Skylark Drive

Spring Valley, N.Y. 10977

Phone: 845-354-2378


S.D. N.Y.,

E.D.N.Y.:

1965

2d Cir.:1966

US Supreme

Court: 1968

5th Cir.; 1978

U.S. Tax Court:

1980

Brooklyn Law School:

LL.B., 1963

Member Departmental Disciplinary

Committee, First Jud. Dept. NYSBA

House of Delegates, 1993-date;

Committee on Alternatives to Court

Resolution of Disputes, 1986-91.

Chair, Joint Committee on Fee

Disputes and Conciliation. Member,

the Arbitration Committee, Association

of the Bar.



ADR Program.




County (8hrs), May 27, 2009.

Mediator, U.S.D.C. S.D.N.Y.; Mediator

Panel for S.D.N.Y. and NYS


County, minimum of 15 mediation

cases.

Arbitrator, NYSE and NASD.

06/12/12 Securities Arbitration and

Mediation Hot Topics 2012, at the NYC

Bar Assoc. (3hrs)

Attended New York City Bar CLE

program Securities Arbitration &

Mediation Hot Topics, 2011.

Attended Refresher Training for

Mediators provided by the United States

District Court SDNY, Oct 15, 2010.

Attended Securities Arbitration &

Mediation Hot Topic, Association of the

Bar of the City of New York, June 2010;

Training by U.S.D.C. and Center for

Public Resources Institute for Dispute

Resolution (18.5 hrs.); June 4, 2008:

Attended New York City Bar

Association Program: Securities

Arbitration & Mediation; Hot Topics

2008. April, 2008: Attended Advanced

Training for Commercial Division

Mediators sponsored by the New York

State Unified Court System (8 hrs);

March, 2007: Attended Part 137

Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution

Program sponsored by the New York

Sate Unified Court System (8 hrs) May,

2006: New York County Commercial

Div., and N.Y.C.L.A. Advanced

Mediation Training Program (4 hrs.);

Attended mediation workshop sponsored

by the Commercial Division, 1996;

N.Y.C.L.A program (1.8 hrs);

Jams/Endispute program (8 hrs.); NYS

Bar Assoc. Comm. On Alternative

Dispute Resolution (3 hrs). Attended

training sessions, U.S.D.C., S.D.N.Y.,

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Maria Bryson Whealan, Esq.

McLaughlin & Zerafa, LLP

1 North Lexington Ave., 11th Floor


Phone: (914) 262-4003; (914)

358-6700

Fax: (914) 771-4011


NY 1995

NJ 1995

D.N.J. 1995

University of

Pennsylvania, The

Wharton School,

B.S. Economics.

University of

Pennsylvania, B.A.

Spanish

Rutgers Law School,

J.D. 1995

Private law practice , McLaughlin &

Zerafa, LLP, concentrating on Trusts &

Estates planning, administration and

litigation, Guardianships, and Elder

law/Medicaid planning. 2015 -

present. Prior legal experience

includes practicing Trusts & Estates

law at several firms in Westchester

County (2000-2006, 2010-2012),

serving as Staff Attorney at the Pace

Women's Justice Center (1998-2000),

and practicing commercial litigation at

a law firm in Bergen County, NJ

(1995-1997). Pre-legal experience -

eight (8) years at Citigroup as banking

officer in investment banking, private

capital and global finance divisions.

Certified Mediator, Westchester

Mediation Center of CLUSTER.

Attended Basic Mediation Training (30

hours), Advanced Commercial

Mediation Training (24 hours),

Women's Negotiation Academy/Straus

Institute for Dispute Resolution (14

hours).

Participated in NYC Stop & Frisk Joint

Remedial Process (JRP) as Facilitator in

Community Forum Meetings (2016).

Michael G. Wolfson, Esq.

Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019

T: (212) 839-5321

Fax: (212) 839-5599


IL. 1964

N.Y. 1969

Mass. Inst. of

Technology, 1956-58

University of Chicago--

The College, 1958-60;

B.A., 1961


Graduate Department of

Political Science, 1960-

61


The Law School, J.D.,

1964

The University of

Chicago--The Law

School (The Graduate

Program), 1964-65

Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin LLP

(and predecessor Firms), 2003-present.

Partner, Sidley Austin LLP (and

predecessor Firms), 1974 to 2003.

Specializing in corporate and securities

law, with an emphasis on securities,

financing, mergers and aquisitions, and

complex multi-party business

transactions (both domestic and

transnational). Associate, Cravath

Swaine & Moore, 1965-1971.

Associate, Brown, Wood, Fuller,

Caldwell & Ivey, 1971-1973.

Completed basic mediation training at

both Harvard Law School (40 hours)

and The Association of the Bar of the

City of New York (36 hours).

Continuing advanced mediation training

with the Center for Mediation in Law.

Member, Mediation Roster, New York

County Comm. Div., E.D.N.Y. &

S.D.N.Y.

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Gabrielle Y. VázquezMcGrail & Bensinger LLP888-C 8th Avenue #107New York, NY 10019(917) [email protected]

New York,2008

District ofColumbia,2011

SouthernDistrict,New York,2010

EasterDistrict,New York,2011

District ofColumbia,District,2011

SecondCircuitCourt ofAppeals,2011

Fordham LawSchool, J.D.,2011

PrincetonUniversity,A.B., 2004

Commercial litigator for10+ years specializing inthe representation of realestate investors,construction managementcompanies, andinternational financialinstitutions (includingbanks, hedge funds, andinternational financialinstitutions) at thefollowing law firms:

Hughes Hubbard & ReedLLP (2007-2008 and2010-2012)Thompson Hine LLP(2012-2017)McGrail & BensingerLLP (2017-present)

In addition to herexperience at law firms,Gabrielle was/is also a:

Federal Law Clerk to theHon. Stephen C.Robinson in the SouthernDistrict of New York,White Plains (2009-2010)American ArbitrationAssociation A. LeonHigginbotham, Jr. Fellow(2018-2019)

Mediates wide variety ofcases, includingcommercial cases, as partof the SDNY MediationPanel and the New YorkCounty CommercialDivision Roster ofNeutrals.

Serves as a mediationcoach for basic andadvanced commercialtraining in the New YorkCity Bar Association andNew York State BarAssociation programs.

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