Arbitration And Mediation 2021: Best Practices Working Through And Beyond Covid

This all-day program, co-sponsored by NYSBA and Fordham Law School, will focus on the lessons we have learned in conducting efficient and effective arbitrations and mediations in the time of COVID – and how we can integrate those lessons into arbitration and mediation Best Practices going forward. The conference will include panels of representatives of leading ADR providers, corporate users, arbitrators and mediators, and also panels on ethics & diversity and on practice development.
CLE Program – 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Reception – 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
8:30-9:00 a.m.
Virtual Check-In
9:00-9:15 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions
Prof. John D. Feerick, Fordham Law School
Laura Kaster, Chair, Dispute Resolution Section
Jonathan Fellows, Chair, ComFed
Charles J. Moxley, Jr., Program Co-Chair
Jeffrey T. Zaino, Program Co-Chair
9:15-10:15 a.m.
The Perspective of Major Arbitration Providers as to Arbitration and Mediation Beyond COVID
Moderator: Jeffrey T. Zaino, American Arbitration Association (AAA)
Panel Members
Marek Krasula, Director, Arbitration and ADR, North America, International Court of Arbitration®
Mia Levi, CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR)
Chrystal Loyer – FINRA Office of Dispute Resolution
Michal Marra, American Arbitration Association (AAA); International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR)
Matthew York – JAMS
10:15-10:25 a.m. Break
10:25-11:25 a.m. User and Perspectives: How Users View the Innovations Brought by COVID and Their Impact Going Forward
Moderator: Noah Hanft, Acumen ADR LLC
Panel Members
James Cowan, Associate General Counsel Global Litigation-Americas Shell Oil Company
David M. Goldman, Esq., General Counsel, GAMCO Investors, Inc.
James Masterson, Senior Vice President and Head of Global Litigation, MasterCard
Susan Stone, General Counsel, Marsh LLC, Marsh & McLennan Companies
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Perspectives of Arbitrators and Mediators –– Lessons Learned from COVID and Best Practices Going Forward
Moderator: Charles J. Moxley, Jr., MoxleyADR LLC
Panel Members
Hon. Ariel Belen (Ret.), JAMS
William H. Crosby, Jr., Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Interpublic Group
Carol E. Heckman, Esq., Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP
Laura A. Kaster, Independent Arbitrator and Mediator
12:30-1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15-1:45 p.m.
Keynote Address: The Impact of Our COVID Experience on Best Practices in Arbitration and Mediation Going Forward
Speaker: Prof. John D. Feerick, Fordham Law School
1:45-2:15 p.m.
Report on the Chief Judge’s Presumptive Mediation: What We Can Expect Going Forward
Moderator: Charles J. Moxley, Jr., MoxleyADR LLC
Speakers:
John S. Kiernan, Esq., Debevoise & Plimpton LLP; Chair, Chief Judge’s Advisory Committee on ADR in the New York Court System
Hon. Lawrence K. Marks, Chief Administrative Judge, New York Court System
2:15-3:15 p.m.
ADR Ethics and Inclusion in the Time of COVID and Beyond
Moderator: Prof. Jacqueline Nolan-Haley, Fordham Law School
Panel Members
Theo Cheng, ADR Office of Theo Cheng
Benjamin Davis, Professor of Law, University of Toledo Law School
Ingeuneal Gray, Co-Chair, Diversity Committee of the American Arbitration Association
Deborah Masucci, Masucci Dispute Management and Resolution Services
David C. Singer, Singer ADR Neutral Services
3:15-4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00-5:15 p.m.
ADR Practice Development in the Time of COVID – Lessons Learned
Moderator: Elizabeth J. Shampnoi, Shampnoi Dispute Resolution & Management Services, Inc.
Panel Members
Doug Durant, JAMS
Mansi Karol, Esq., American Arbitration Association
Jisook Lee, Associate Director, FINRA Dispute Resolution Services
Helena Tavares Erickson, Senior Vice President, CPR: International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
5:15 p.m.
Adjourn
5:15-6:15 p.m.
Virtual Networking Reception
- March 24, 2021
- 9:00 AM
- 7:00 PM
- 4.0
- 1.50
- 1.5
- 7.0
- Virtual Participation
- Webinar
- 0KD11
- Committee On Continuing Legal Education
- Dispute Resolution Section
- Commercial & Federal Litigation Section
- Corporate Counsel Section

