AWARDS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Professor James B. Boskey New Jersey State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section ADR Practitioner of the Year – 2006
New Jersey State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section “Legend of ADR” Award 2007
State of New Jersey Judicial College lecturer, 2006
Committee of Arbitration Administrators/Civil CDR Point Persons lecturer, 2006
Panelist, ADR Day, NJAPM, Inn, NJSBA and ABA dispute resolution programs
NJBIZ Magazine Top Mediator – Business/Commercial-2008
Best Individual Mediator - Silver - NJ Law Journal 2012 Readers' Survey
2013 NJ ADR Practitioner of the Year - Acquisition International Legal Award
2014 NJ Mediator of the Year - Acquisition International Dispute Resolution Award
Member: National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Storm Sandy American Arbitration Association Mediator
BAR ADMISSIONS
State of New Jersey -1979; State of New York, Third Department – 1989
Federal District of New Jersey– 1979
Third Circuit Court of Appeals - 1991
Supreme Court of the United States- 1986
WORK EXPERIENCE
Barbara Weisman, Esq.,Verona,New Jersey
1994 through present - exclusive neutral practice in alternative dispute resolution (excluding matrimonial/family); including but not limited to construction; contract; employment (discrimination, harassment, hostile work environment, family leave acts, contracts, civil rights, wrongful discharge, wage and hour, defamation, whistleblower); legal, nursing, nursing home and medical malpractice; real property; business dissolutions; liability and negligence; commercial; banking; securities; bankruptcy; debt and consumer debt; personal injury; false arrest/imprisonment; civil rights; fraud; Consumer Fraud Act; agricultural; wills; slander; environmental; insurance (lead, fire, water, mold and other matters); Tort Claims. Inclusive of large and complex claims. Pre-suit and post-filing.
American Arbitration Association (AAA) Personal Injury Protection Arbitrator - wrote over 500 AAA written decisions, 1994 – 2001
American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel of Neutrals, Special Bankruptcy Panel 2001-2003
United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey Roster of Mediators 2001-2013
1999 through present - arbitrator and/or mediator for:
Superior Court of New Jersey Roster of Mediators, Statewide Mediation Program for Civil, General Equity and Probate; State Foreclosure Mediator (mediated over 900 cases since 2001 including privately contracted mediations)
United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Panel of Certified Arbitrators
Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, Essex and Union County Panels of Arbitrators (formerly also Bergen, Hudson, Middlesex, Passaic) (arbitrated over 1300 additional cases including privately contracted arbitrations)
New Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee Certified Mediator
The National Arbitration Forum Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators
FINRA Roster of Neutral Arbitrators/Chairpersons; Roster of Mediators
National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM)
Resolute Systems Roster of Mediators and Arbitrators
Construction Dispute Resolution Services Panel of Mediators andArbitrators
CPR:International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
IRS Roster of Neutrals for Post Appeals Mediation and Arbitration Programs
United States Arbitration and Mediation Midwest, ADR Panel
Amicus Mediation and Arbitration Group
National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Essex County Chancery Division Early Settlement Program
Law Office of Samuel A. DeGonge/formerly DeGonge Chappell,Belleville,
New Jersey
1988 through 1994 - trial attorney primarily defending complex cases.
Experience including, but not limited to, medical and nursing malpractice, liability, Tort Claims, wrongful discharge, discrimination, contracts (including employment), false arrest and imprisonment, civil rights and maritime.
Tenant organization attorney and Rent Board attorney for the City ofBayonne.
Office of theNew JerseySolicitor, The Port Authority ofNew YorkandNew Jersey
1982 through 1988 - litigator primarily in defense of cases including liability, common carrier, maritime, sovereign immunity, discrimination, contracts (including construction), employment, Workers’ Compensation, bankruptcy, police defense and policy, and prosecution/resolution of commercial debt.
Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office, Jersey City, New Jersey
1980 through 1982 - Assistant Prosecutor in Grand Jury, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and Trial Team. Co-author, administrative manual for Fugitive Unit. Former certified instructor, Police Training Commission, Division of Criminal Justice.
Office of Professional Discipline, New York State Department of Education
1979 through 1980 - Senior Investigator monitoring disciplined, licensed professionals (excluding attorneys and pharmacists); investigation of applicants for licensure and suspected unlicensed practitioners.
Lamb, Hutchinson, Chappell, Ryan & Hartung, Jersey City, New Jersey
1976 through 1979 - law clerk working in varied areas of liability.
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION
Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers Mediation Workshop
FINRA Panel Member Training; FINRA Chairperson Training; New Code Training
Superior Court of New Jersey, County Arbitration/Mediation Trainings and Trainer
United States District Court, Arbitrator Training
Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex Vicinage, Advanced Mediation Training
Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chapter Associate, 1998-2000, Chapter Master 2000-present; Executive Board; National Leadership Conferences 2000/2006
Agricultural Mediation Training Course by New Jersey State Office of Dispute Settlement; Course in Right to Farm and USDA issues
Civil Mediation Training Course and Family Law Mediation Training Course - Institute for Continuing Legal Education
American Arbitration Association No Fault Arbitrator Trainings
Construction Dispute Resolution Services Arbitrator Training
Employment Mediation Interest Group (NJAPM)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MENTORING/TEACHING
Member of Mediator Facilitating Committee, Superior Court of New Jersey Roster of Mediators
New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Mediator Standards
Mentor, Superior Court of New Jersey Roster of Mediators
Former trainer, Statewide Mediation and Advanced Mediation Training Program for Civil, General Equity and Probate
New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA) - Dispute Resolution Section (Past Chair; Board of Directors) 2000-present; Unlawful Practice of Law Committee (Vice Chair; Past Chair), 1984-1994; Construction Law Section member; Labor and Employment Law Section
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM)
American Bar Association - Dispute Resolution Section; Law and Employment Section; Forum on Construction Law; ABA Advisory Panel
Association for Conflict Resolution (former member)
New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character - 1990-1997
New JerseySupreme Court Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law – 1994-2006
New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution; Civil Subcommittee 2005-2008, 2010-2011; Administration Subcommittee 2008-2011; Civil Subcommittee 2012 – present
Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chapter Master, Team Leader and Executive Board Member, 2000-present
National Association of Professional Women
Guest Lecturer, Rutgers Law School
PUBLICATIONS
“Drafting ADR Clauses that Work”, New Jersey Lawyer, February 2005; reprinted Business Law Section Newsletter, New Jersey State Bar Association, August 2005; co-author Bonnie Blume Goldsamt
“Mandatory Mediation is Here to Stay”, 196 N.J.L.J. 258 (April 27, 2009)
Former Editor, New Jersey State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Newsletter
CIVICS
Moderator, Verona and Cedar Grove Board of Education & Municipal Council Election Debates
Volunteer Mediator, Township of Cedar Grove Municipal Court; Township of Verona
Former member, Township of Cedar Grove Health Advisory Council
EDUCATION
Seton Hall Law Center - J.D. 1979 - Centennial Scholarship for Excellence
Douglass College - A.B. magna cum laude 1975