ABIGAIL PESSEN
One Battery Park Plaza, 34th fl.
New York, New York 10004
(212) 961-0668
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EDUCATION
J.D. University of Chicago Law School 1972
B.A. Barnard College 1969
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| EMPLOYMENT |
| November 2000 -- Present |
Owner, Mediation Services.
Mediator and Arbitrator of complex business, employment, and family matters.
Mediator and Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association (Large Complex Case Panel, Commercial Panel, and Employment Panel) and FINRA.
Mediator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Certified Mediator for the International Mediation Institute.
Mediator for Supreme Court, New York County
Commercial Division.
Mediator for the U.S.District Court, EDNY.
Mediator for the U.S. Bankruptcy Court (SDNY and EDNY).
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| 1981 – 2000 |
Seiff Kretz & Maffeo (formerly Scoppetta & Seiff)
Associate 1981-1990, Partner 1990 – 2000
Federal and state court litigation practice concentrating in complex civil litigation.
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| 1978 - 1981 |
Maternity Furlough.
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| 1977 – 1978 |
Assistant Professor, New York Law School.
Courses taught: Civil Procedure, Federal Courts.
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| 1975 – 1977 |
Maternity Furlough
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| 1974 – 1975 |
Associate, Levy, Gutman, Goldberg & Kaplan
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| 1972 – 1974 |
Law Clerk to U.S.D.J. Whitman Knapp, SDNY
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| MEMBERSHIPS |
New York City Bar Association (Federal Courts Committee, 2009 --;Committee on Legal Issues Affecting People with Disabilities, 2005 - 2009; Committee on Labor and Employment 2002 - 2005 ; Committee on the Judiciary, 1999 – 2002, interim member 2003, 2005, 2006; Committee on Family Law, 1997-1999).
New York State Bar Association, member, Dispute Resolution Section; co-chair, Arbitration Committee; past co-chair, Mediation Committee; member, Labor and Employment Section, co-chair, ADR Committee.
ABA, past chair, ADR Subcommittee, Business and Corporate Litigation Committee. Member, Dispute Resolution Section.
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.
Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.
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PUBLICATIONS and PRESENTATIONS
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See attached Chronological Listing. |
| HONORS |
AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell. Included in Best Lawyers in America 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 for Alternative Dispute Resolution. Super Lawyer since 2010. First-Tier ranking from U.S. News for New York Dispute Resolution.
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| TRAINING
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Approx. 130 hours of mediation training from EEOC, Center for Mediation in Law, OCA, and EDNY; approx. 75 hours of arbitration training. Faculty member/coach for training programs conducted by OCA, Assoc. of the Bar, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, NASD, and Cardozo and NYU Law Schools.
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