Professional Work History:
Full-time Arbitrator since 1976, serving on arbitration panels maintained by the: American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Mediation Board, New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission, New Jersey State Board of Mediation, New York City Office of Collective Bargaining, New York State Employment Relations Board, Pennsylvania Mediation Board, Suffolk County Public Employment Relations Board, Delaware Public Employment Relations Board. Currently serve as a Permanent Panel Arbitrator for Anheuser-Busch and IBT; ATT and CWA; Beth Israel Medical Center and 1199; Brooks Bothers and RDWSU; NYC Laundry Industry and UNITEHERE; Liz Claiborne and UNITEHERE; Miami Air and AFA; Major League Baseball and MLBPA; New York City Transit Authority and ATU; New York City Transit Authority and Transit Supervisors Organization; New York City Transit Authority and TWU; Northwest Airlines and AFA;; Supermarket Industry and UFCW; Suffolk County and Suffolk County PBA, and others.
Dispute Resolution Experience
During the past thirty years, mediated many police and firefighter interest disputes, teacher contract disputes, wage and hour dispute for USDOL, and employment related dispute involving the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and licensee employee. Also arbitrated and mediated commercial and employment disputes. Full-time Arbitrator and Mediator since 1976. Decided more than two thousand arbitration cases in public and private sector disputes involving contract interpretation, discipline and discharges, drug testing, job classification, application benefits, layoff and promotion, overtime distribution, compulsory overtime, strike or lockout, vacations, scheduling of work, of seniority, management rights, fringe reporting pay, severance pay, discrimination, pensions, disability, wage rates, and many other contractual and legal issues. Decided more than two thousand arbitration cases in public and private sector disputes involving contract interpretation, discipline and discharges, drug testing, job classification, application benefits, layoff and promotion, overtime distribution, compulsory overtime, strike or lockout, vacations, scheduling of work, of seniority, management rights, fringe reporting pay, severance pay, discrimination, pensions, disability, wage rates, and many other contractual and legal issues.
Cornell University Dispute Resolution Training (Course titles and dates taken)
Cornell Mediation Training, New York City
Other Dispute Resolution Training
AAA Anti-Doping Mandatory Training for CAS Arbitrators-North America, 2008; AAA Labor Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2003; Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 1996; Business Mediation Training; AAA Commercial Mediation Training; Institute of Dispute Resolution, Seton Hall University, Certified Divorce Mediator; Lecturer, various AAA Introductory and Advanced Arbitrator Training courses; various other ADR training.
Professional Associations
Member, New Jersey Bar and Pennsylvania Bar Accredited Commercial and Divorce Mediator, New Jersey Superior Courts Accredited Professional Mediator, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators. National Academy of Arbitrators, (member since 1982, Board of Governors 1995-98); American Arbitration Association (National Labor-Management Task Force 1998-99); Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England; Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport, International Council of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland; Labor and Employment Relations Association. National Association of Railroad Referees.
Education
JD Hofstra Law School 1976 BA Oberlin College 1967
References
Upon request.
Fee Policy
My per diem fee for mediation is $2000. A late cancellation fee of $2000.00 will be payable for each day reserved for mediation unless notice of postponement or cancellation is received more than fifteen full business days prior to the date of the mediation or travel day. The late cancellation fee will be divided equally between the parties unless both parties agree that one or the other shall pay the entire late cancellation fee.