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Judicial, Arbitration & Mediation Experience
State of New York, Executive Department, Division of
Alcoholic Beverage Control, New York State Liquor Authority, Albany, NY
Administrative Law Judge. Conduct administrative hearings and render
recommended decisions in accordance with Alcoholic Beverage Control Law,
Rules of the State Liquor Authority, the State Administrative Procedure
Act and related statutes.
New York State Workers’ Compensation Board, Albany,
NY
ECR Arbitrator. Conduct Arbitrations and render decisions in accordance
with New York State Workers’ Compensation Laws on claims between
workers’ compensation board employees and New York State Insurance Fund.
State of New York Unified Court System Ninth Judicial District, NY
Arbitrator. Render decisions on matters involving Attorney Fee
Disputes.
United States Postal Service, New York, NY
Mediator. Mediate Equal Employment Opportunity complaints within Postal
Service Resolve Employee Disputes Reach Equitable Solutions Swiftly
[REDRESS] program.
Key Bridge Foundation, Washington, DC
Mediator. Mediate Americans with Disabilities Act complaints for the
United States Department of Justice.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, New York, NY
Mediator. Resolve employment discrimination disputes involving federal
sector employees.
Training/Teaching Experience
Baruch College, Graduate School of Public
Administration, New York, NY
Stipendiary Professor Negotiation and Conflict Management Course.
Manhattanville College, Westchester, NY
Adjunct Professor, Graduate & Professional Studies. Legal Issues in Human Resource Management.
Providing an overview to human resources professionals of the various
legal issues that arise in the workplace and how to effectively handle
and respond to such issues, specifically, Family Medical Leave Act,
Americans with Disabilities Act, Equal Employment Opportunity Law, and
Age Discrimination.
Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
Stipendiary Professor. Mediation Skills. Teaching law school students conflict
resolution and mediation practice techniques.
Training Experience
The Conference Board
Trainer. Utilizing the
Law and Mediation to Increase your Bottom Line. Provided training in HR
Leaders & Practitioner New Tough Issues Forum at The Waldorf Astoria,
New York. Session explored the principal strategies and key skills of
the Alternative Dispute Resolution method of mediation. Participants
were shown how to utilize the mediation process to prevent potential and
actual conflicts from escalating into employment complaints and costly
litigation.
Association of Collaborative Lawyers
Rockland/Westchester
Trainer. Mediation Skills for Lawyers. Two day specialized training
course designed for lawyers to develop skills in relationship building with
co-counsel and their clients. Participants were provided with
instruction on how to establish a cooperative bond between all parties
in a responsible effort to resolve conflict and secure satisfying long
lasting agreements. Training focused on building core mediation skills
to enhance communications and negotiations.
Village of Scarsdale
Trainer. Sexual Harassment Training. Providing sexual harassment training
to key management personnel.
Hillel
Trainer. Management Essentials: Effective Communication & Decision
Making. Providing instruction to management personnel of different
organizations regarding the DISC method of identifying different
behavioral styles in the workplace and how to use this method to enhance
communication and conflict resolution skills.
Rockland County Bar Association, New City, NY
Trainer. Conflict Resolution & Mediation Skills. Training attorney’s how to
utilize conflict resolution and mediation techniques in their law
practices. Training provided attorney’s with 7.5 Professional Practice
and 1.5 Ethics Credits toward New York’s mandatory continuing legal
education requirement.
New York State Department of Labor, New York, NY
Trainer. Cultural Awareness and Diversity. Training human resource
personnel and managers how to respect diversity in the workplace and how
to communicate successfully through cultural differences. Approximately
50 participants.
Westchester Human Resource Society, White Plains, NY
Trainer. Recognizing Signs of Violence in the Workplace. Training human
resource personnel and managers how to recognize the signs of violence
and different techniques for violence prevention in the workplace.
Approximately 50 participants.
Greater New Jersey Postal Customer Council, Newark,
NJ
Trainer. Stress Management. Training individuals from various businesses
how to recognize the signs of stress and how to develop a stress
management program in the workplace. Approximately 40 participants.
Port Chester Middle School, Port Chester, NY
Trainer. Violence Prevention Program. Training Administration and Staff
members working for the Port Chester Middle School to recognize symptoms
of conflict and violence. Assist participant to develop a plan to
address conflict, harassment, bullying and victimization while setting
procedures which allow all participants to address issues in a safe
environment. Contract includes approximately 80 participants.
Brown, Brown & Associates, Inc., Hempstead, NY
Trainer. Building Bridges in Communication. Training employees working for
Consolidated Edison on issues involving diversity, identification of
different behavioral styles utilizing DISC, developing anger management
techniques, enhancing communication and conflict resolution skills.
Assisted participants to discover behavioral strengths, value the
strengths of others, manage effectively, foster teamwork, improve
communication skills and reduce conflict and stress. Participants were
also taught how to work with strong emotions, cultural differences, and
values disputes that interfere with problem solving. Full day [6 hours]
training with class sizes ranging from 20-35 participants. Overall
contract includes approximately 14,000 employees.
Trainer. Train employees working for Saint Mary’s Hospital. Training
includes team building techniques, DISC method of identifying different behavioral styles in the workplace, and building conflict resolution
skills. Full day [6 hours] training with class sizes ranging from 20-35
participants. Overall contract includes approximately 2,000 employees.
Resolve It, Inc., Bronx, NY
Trainer. Co-op City: Introduction of New Harassment and Discrimination
Workplace Policy. Training involved the introduction of a new Workplace
Policy discussing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination. All employees
from Co-op City were also taught skills on how to manage anger in the
workplace, building communication skills and resolving conflict in the
workplace. Training guided participants on a path to discovering their
personal comfort level with people different than themselves,
understanding the impact of their behavior on others, how to assess the
accuracy of their knowledge about differences [diversity] in order to
reduce conflict in the workplace and embrace diversity as a source of
organizational strength. Full day [6 hours] training with class sizes
ranging from 30-35 participants. Overall contract included approximately
1,000 employees.
Mental Health Association, Pomona, NY
Trainer. Managing Anger. Training participants methods which can be
utilized to express anger safely and build anger management skills.
Three hour workshop with classes ranging from 20-30 participants.
Trainer. Parent Education in Problem Solving with Children. Trained
parents skills to resolve conflicts creatively and constructively. Three
hour workshop with classes ranging from 20-30 participants.
Trainer. Violence in Our Schools. Trained participants how to
identifying signs of violence in schools, the dynamics of a Bully/Victim
relationship, and strategies on how to make our schools safe. Three hour
workshop with classes ranging from 20-30 participants.
Blue Rock School, West Nyack, NY
Trainer & Mediator. Conflict Resolution and Mediation Training for
Educators.
Trained teachers and administration effective methods of conflict
resolution as well as techniques on teaching problem-solving skills to
students. Full day [6 hours] training with class size including 20
participants.
Archdiocese of the State of New York, New York, NY
Trainer. Family and Divorce Mediation Skills Training. Trained participants how to prepare themselves to work as family and
divorce mediators. Skills taught included: introduction to negotiation
and problem-solving, structuring the mediation process, communicating
effectively as a mediator, reframing, dealing with deadlocks, conflict
analysis, and mediation strategy design. Participants were also taught
how to handle the legal aspects of divorce, custody, parenting, property
and financial issues. Full day [6 hours] workshop with classes ranging
from 30-40 participants.
Montclair University, Montclair, NJ
Trainer. Communication Skills & Problem Solving Techniques. Trained
participants the concepts, strategies, and skills effective in resolving
conflicts. Participants were also taught strategies to handle strong
emotions, exercise power effectively, maintain neutrality, identify
stereotypes, promote acceptance of differences, and manage prejudices in
a mediation session. Full day [6 hours] workshop with classes including
approximately 40 participants.
Rockland Community College, Monsey, NY
Trainer. Understanding Diversity. Students and educators explored, and
learnt to appreciate, their differences on all levels. (gender, race,
religion, clique, class, ethnic, sexual orientation, etc.) Full day [6
hours] workshop with classes including approximately 40 participants.
Volunteer Counseling Service, New City, NY
Trainer. Peer Mediation Training. Training included a diverse group of
student leaders trained to help their peers resolve a range of
interpersonal conflicts including name-calling, gossip, prejudice, and
boyfriend/girlfriend tensions. Three day
training with classes including approximately 40 participants.
Licensed to practice law in both New York and New Jersey.
Associations & Certifications
• Rockland County Bar Association; ADR Committee Chairperson 1995-2006
• Rockland County Bar Association; Grievance Committee member.
• Association for Conflict Resolution; Consultant Member.
• New York State Council on Divorce Mediation; Accredited Member.
• New York State Unified Court System; Certified Member.
Specialized Training
• Collaborative Law; Center for Mediation in Law
• Mediating ADA Employment Disputes; Center for the ADA
• Advanced Mediation Skills for Postal Service Mediators
• John Haynes Advanced Divorce Mediation
• Multi-Collaborative Problem Solving; Cornell University
• 40 Hour Divorce Mediation; Mediation Training Group
• Community Mediation; Office of Court Administration Unified Court
System,
• Mediation Skills Training; New York County Bar Association
Publication
Meeting the Challenges of Client Dissatisfaction, 13 Jrnl.
of Prof. Leg. Ed. 1 (1995).
Other Media
Talk Show co-host for Jukebox Radio 103.1 FM, The Conflict
Negotiators. Interviewed on Lite FM and WRKL radio.
Education
Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1994.
State University of New York at Albany, B.A., 1991.
Languages
Conversant in French and Spanish.
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