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Tue11Jun2024Wed12Jun2024Fordham University School of Law; 150 West 62nd Street New York, NY 10023
2 Day Advanced Commercial Mediation Training - Spring 2024
On June 12th, we completed Part 146 approved, 2-day Commercial Mediation training. It was a delight and honor spending time with all of our trainees and guests. We enjoyed personally interacting at Fordham University School of Law fantastic Lincoln Center Campus.
We would like to thank a number of people who made this possible:
Thank you to our Hosts:
We must thank our hosts at Fordham Law School for their extraordinary hospitality. We give special thanks to my co-trainer Paul Radvany and his assistant Brennan Hawsey for their support with the training and the facilities; to Shanelle Holley from Fordham's Office of Public Programs & CLE and Joshua Hornung from Fordham's tech team; to the Aramark Services caterers; and to all the others at Fordham Law School for making us feel at home and generously providing their support to this training.Thank you to NYSBA:
We would like to thank the New York State Bar Association, New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section and its Chair Jill Pilgrim; and all those on NYSBA's staff, starting with Simone Smith, Continuing Legal Education Program Manager; Amy Jasiewicz, Director, CLE, Law Practice Management & Sections and Meeting Services; Kathy Suchocki, Associate Executive Director of NYSBA, @Melva Bigger, and the entire NYSBA team. The NYSBA staff worked tirelessly behind the scenes.Thank you to Our Facilitators:
Every year we hear from program participants that the role plays and facilitators' feedback during panel discussions were perhaps their favorite part of this experience, and this year is no exception. We cannot sufficiently thank the 14 highly experienced mediators who shared their time and insight with us for each of our three major role plays: Richard Janvey, Pamela Esterman, Bart Eagle, John Libby, Chris Fladgate, Tom Wiegand, Alan Sacks, Chris McDonald, William Bierce, Deborah MasucciThank you to the Court, et al.:
We must thank our kick-off speaker, Hon. Andrea Masley, New York State Supreme Court Justice in the Commercial Division for her inspiring opening remarks. We are grateful to Linda M Dardis, ADR coordinator of the Civil Term of the Queens County Supreme Court, and Dejana Perrone, ADR Coordinator of the Civil Branch of the New York County Supreme Court for their comprehensive descriptions of ADR activities under their purview.Special Thanks:
Special thanks must go to Ia Kurkhuli and Ryder Fleming Jones of Resolve Mediation Services, Inc., who worked even over nights and weekends to make this happen. I would like to thank my mentor, STEPHEN HOCHMAN and our guest speaker Emily Altman, for their support and insights into pragmatic and effective approaches to commercial mediation. We are grateful to Tom Wiegand, who in addition to joining us as a facilitator, gave a thoughtful presentation on creative brainstorming. We would also like thank Evan Spelfogel, for his continued support as our program co-chair.
