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Full time mediator and arbitrator on complex commercial, construction and real estate panels of the American Arbitration Association and International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Distinguished Neutral, and panels of the US-China Business Mediation Center and Native American Dispute Resolution Network. Federal court appointment as mediator. Chair, Mediator Selection Committee, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Medical Malpractice Mediation Task Force, Judge Pro Tempore, Commerce Division, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Listed among Best Lawyers in the United States. Designated among the 101 most connected people in Philadelphia by Leadership, Inc. Chairman, Board of Directors, Gershman Y. Recipient, Citizen of the Year Award, 2008, Center City Residents' Association.

Accesi ble to PA, NY, NJ, Del, MD, D.C., S. FL

Have conducted mediator and arbitrator trainings for AAA, the American, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations. 

Former senior partner, business transactional lawyer, in large Philadelphia based national law practice, where I am now Of Counsel. Handled business transactions for more than 35 years, ranging in value from $50,000 to more than $275 Million. Employed interest based negotiations. 

Cases mediated cover a wide range of B2B disputes. Mediated to settlement the first, and perhaps only, Native American land claim against a state that resolved through a mediated settlement. The dispute had been going on for 150 years. 

Knowledgeable about design, finance, development, construction, sale, purchase, leasing and operation of stadiums, arenas, commercial, industrial and multi-unit residential real estate. Knowledgeable about the formation, governance, operation, acquisition, disposition and dissolution of various forms of business entities. Knowledgeable about commercial transactions, public-private partnerships, insurance, bonding and related issues