Abigail Pessen Dispute Resolution Services

     Abigail Pessen started her dispute resolution firm in 2000, after more than twenty years as a litigator at a New York City law firm.   She mediates complex business, employment, and family disputes,and serves as an arbitrator and mediator for the American Arbitration Association's Large, Complex Case, Commercial, and Employment Panels.  Abigail has been selected as a 2012 "Super Lawyer" in the field of Dispute Resolution and  is listed in U. S. News' and New York Magazine's Best Lawyers for Dispute Resolution for 2012.  

   Abigail's years as an advocate taught her what our legal system can accomplish.  Her experience as an arbitrator of difficult business disputes has underscored her conviction that a fair and efficient arbitrator can make arbitration a superior alternative to litigation in court.  She has also learned that, often, the risks, unwelcome publicity and prohibitive cost of litigation - - in dollars, time, and energy - - can be avoided by working with a skillful mediator to resolve the underlying problem.