Mediator Resume

After decades of experience in law firms providing advice and litigating a wide variety of issues, worked inhouse at a technology-driven financial adviser and now has an independent practice as an arbitrator and mediator. Best known for work in intellectual property, has advised, negotiated licenses, and litigated cases involving copyrights, trademarks, false advertising, patents, and trade secrets. Also litigated commercial, contractual, employment, and trusts/estates disputes. In the past 20 years, practice has expanded into serving as a mediator and arbitrator in domestic and international arbitration.

Independent Practice - Arbitrator and Mediator

Attorney, Arbitrator, Mediator

Independent Arbitrator & Mediator, 2019 - Present; Senior Vice President (Legal Department), Two Sigma Investments LP, 2016 - 2019; Partner, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, 2011 - 2016; Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP, 1995 - 2011; Partner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, 1987 - 1995; Partner/Associate, Parker Auspitz Neesemann & Delehanty P.C., 1980 - 1987; Law Clerk, Judge Arlin M. Adams (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit), 1979 - 1980.

Trial lawyer with 40 years of experience in state and federal courts and numerous arbitration organizations in a wide variety of civil cases. Previously supervised litigation and intellectual property protection at a major hedge fund and technology company Intellectual Property/Technology Transfer/Licensing Disputes involving the entire gamut of intellectual property, including issues of patent, trademark, and copyright ownership, validity, infringement, licensing, and valuation; disclosure of trade secrets; breaches of technology licensing agreements; false advertising; and defamation Experience across consumer products, toys and games (including electronic games), entertainment, telecommunications, publishing, financial services, medical devices, and technology sectors Handled high-value and complex matters, including disputes involving technical expert evidence and extensive discovery Advised a technology-driven financial services company on protection of the technology, coding, data ingestion and analysis, privacy, and software licensing issues Software and SaaS Disputes Disputes involving software as a service (SaaS) and enterprise software Issues included scope of license, performance and delivery obligations, development quality and timeliness, and valuation of the technology products Former in-house counsel (SVP Legal) for a technology-driven financial services firm advising on software licensing, data ingestion, privacy, and technology governance, and protection of trade secrets Shareholder, Investor, Partnership & Valuation Disputes Experience with derivative and direct claims for breach of fiduciary duty, corporate waste, governance disputes, decision-making authority, securities-related issues, and valuation of privately held companies Matters involving closely held businesses and complex ownership structures Entertainment Disputes involving toys and games, television, and music publishing. General Commercial & Cross-Border Disputes Complex commercial and contractual disputes with millions of dollars at stake Cross-border technology and consumer-product licensing disputes Corporate control, contract interpretation, and multi-party commercial claims Employment & Executive Termination Disputes Disputes involving wrongful termination, executive compensation, non-compete and non-disclosure agreements, and employment discrimination Matters involving senior executives and professionals across multiple industries

Member of AAA. Appointed as a Member of the Panel of Neutrals of the International Trademark Association and to the panel of mediators for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Mediated over 20 cases.

Mediations have involved issues as diverse as intellectual property (copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets), employment termination and discrimination, and general contract and commercial.

Proficient in all professional software (e.g., Word, Google Docs, Excel, PowerPoint) and communications (e.g., Zoom, Microsoft Teams). Willing to learn anything else. Successfully completed Clearbrief Academy November 2025.

Yale Law School (JD, Article & Book Review Editor of the Yale Law Journal-1979); Oxford University (MA, Politics and Economics-1976); Vassar College (AB, with Honors, Phi Beta Kappa-1974).

Admitted to the Bar: New York (1981); U.S. District Court: Southern, Eastern, Northern, and Western Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals: Second and six other Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court.

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators Member Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center Association of the Bar of the City of New York (member of its International Commercial Disputes and Arbitration Committees) New York State Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section) Charter member of the International Arbitration Club of New York Copyright Society CPR Distinguished Neutral.

Co-author, Procedures for Asserting and Evaluating Privilege Claims in International Arbitration, a report of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar Association (October 2023); Principal Author of Publication of International Arbitration Awards and Decisions, Report by the Committee on International Commercial Disputes, (February 2014); Author, The Emergence of Emergency Procedures in Arbitration, Vol . 7 NYSBA New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer 15 (Fall 2014); Microsoft Case is Great Example of Emergency Arbitration, Law 360 (December 13, 2013); Author, Book Review, The Rise of Transparency in International Arbitration: The Case for the Anonymous Publication of Arbitral Awards, New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer; Speaker on copyright cases at the 22nd Annual Symposium of the Fordham Intellectual Property Law Journal; Speaker, "Arbitrating and Mediating Technology Cases," New Jersey Bar, 2010; Author, "Holding Arbitrators to Higher Standards of Impartiality," NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL, May 21, 2010; "Does Cariou v. Prince Represent the Apogee or Burn-Out of Transformativeness in Fair Use Jurisprudence? A Plea for a Neo-Traditional Approach,: 24 Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal 321 (2014); Author, "The Second Circuit Finally Acknowledges the Impact of the Supreme Court's eBay Decision on Preliminary Injunction Standards in Intellectual Property Cases," INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TODAY, May 5, 2010; Author, "Cross-Examining a Technical or Scientific Expert," in TAKE THE WITNESS: CROSS-EXAMINATION IN INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION, Lawrence W. Newman and Ben H. Sheppard, Jr., eds., 2010; Author, "Standing and Joinder Considerations in Trademark Litigations and Licenses," in TRADEMARK LAW REPORTER, Vol. 99, No. 6, Nov-Dec 2009; Author, "Arbitration Fee-Splitting Agreement Invalidated in Employment Dispute," NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL: OUTSIDE COUNSEL, July 31, 2009.

New York Metropolitan area.

Hourly Rate: $750.00 Daily Rate: Not provided Study Rate: $750.00/hr Cancellation: $750.00/hr Cancellation Period: 2 Days Comment: Reimbursement of expenses. Cancellation: 4 hours of time charges if mediation cancelled less than 48 hours before commencement.

English

United States of America

New York, New York