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I am very pleased to have been selected as a "New York Super Lawyer" for Dispute Resolution in 2010, and to be included in New York Magazine's 2010 list of Best Lawyers in the New York area for Alternative Dispute Resolution. I'm also delighted that the American Arbitration Association has now added me to its roster of Employment Mediators. (I've been doing commercial mediations for the AAA since the mid-00's.) I'm serving as co-chair of the Mediation Committee of the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section. Please join the Committee! We're focusing on the issue of enhancing mediator quality. The Internation Mediation Institute has certified me as a mediator for international disputes. You can read a digest of feedback about me from parties in past mediations, at imimediation.org - - click on "Find a Mediator" and type in my name in the keyword search. In January 2010, I co-chaired the Annual Meeting of the State Bar Dispute Resolution Section. The programs were lively and informative, and keynote speaker Ken Feinberg told us that his effectiveness as "Compensation Czar" is helped enormously by conducting his mediation sessions at the U.S. Treasury Department. In February 2010, I presented an introduction to mediation for PLI, as part of its Bridge the Gap series for newly-admitted attorneys. It was a great opportunity to educate the advocates of tomorrow about mediation's benefits In March, I gave a similar presentation to new lawyers on advocacy in mediation, for the State Bar's "Bridging the Gap" program. Also in March, I spoke about the basics of arbitration at a NYC Bar Association CLE for newly-admitted attorneys. Bankruptcy Judge Elizabeth Stong invited me to give a lecture on mediation to her seminar students at Brooklyn Law School in April. Also in April, I moderated a panel on employment arbitration "nuts and bolts" for a State Bar CLE webcast. The webcast lives on in cyberspace so you can watch it from your office - - go to nysba.org for details. The American Arbitration Association invited me to join the faculty for its Higginbotham Fellows Program in April; I was asked to speak about what advocates should consider when preparing to file a Demand for Arbitration. My message: take advantage of an unparalleled opportunity to start persuading the arbitrator of the merits of your client's case. Looking ahead, next Fall the ADR Committee I co-chair will be presenting a workshop on post-award issues in arbitration, for the State Bar Labor and Employment Section Fall meeting in Longboat Key, FL. The Practicing Law Institute has asked me to present an expanded program on ADR for newly-admitted attorneys, as part of its upcoming programs in August and December 2010. As a member of the New York City Bar Association Committee on Legal Issues Affecting Persons with Disabilities, I chaired a subcommittee that wrote a report about the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a ground-breaking treaty which recently became binding international law. The report was published in The Record, vol. 64, no. 1, beginning at p. 233 and you can read it online at www.nycbar.org.
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