Professional Licenses:   Admitted to the Bar: New York, 1979; U.S. District Courts, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, 1979; U.S. Supreme Court, 2006

 

Professional Associations:  

• National Academy of Arbitrators

• American Arbitration Association

• Mediation.org

• Alliance for Education in Dispute Resolution

• Mediation One

• U.S. Department of Labor Mediation Program

• National Mediation Board

• Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

• NYS Human Rights Arbitration Panel

• NYS Bar Association, ADR and Labor & Employment Sections

 

Education:   Cornell University (BS, Industrial and Labor Relations-1974);  Hofstra University School of Law (JD-1978)

 

Selected Speaking Engagements and Publications:    Distinguished Speakers Forum, “Learning the Art of Mediation and Arbitration” (St. John’s Law School, 2017); “Meet the Mediators/Ask the Arbitrators” (NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section, 2013); “Arbitration in Professional Sports” (St. John’s Law School, 2013); “Arbitration In A Time of Economic Crisis” (Cornell/AAA, 2009). Publications include “Differences in Arbitrating Labor and Employment Disputes,” NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL (July 10, 1996) (adapted from presentation at AAA Employment Arbitration Training, 5/96). Frequent lecturer for the American Arbitration Association; Cornell University, ILR; and Labor Arbitration Institute.  Various additional articles and speeches on contemporary employment-related issues.

 

Awards and Honors:  2013 – 2024  Super Lawyers-ADR; Cornell ILR Jean T. McKelvey

Neutral-in-Residence for Academic Year 2022-2023.