Sylvia Mayer

Sylvia Mayer: Houston Arbitrator, Mediator and Attorney

Sylvia Mayer is an arbitrator, mediator and attorney with nearly 30 years of legal experience in federal court, state court, bankruptcy court, appellate court, and various arbitration forums. A member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, she serves on a number of mediation and arbitration panel rosters.

Over the last three decades, Sylvia Mayer has served as counsel or neutral in thousands of disputes spanning a breadth of industries and a wide variety of issues, including avoidance actions, banking, bankruptcy, business divorces, business separations, civil litigation, collections, commercial leasing, commercial litigation, construction, consumer, contracts, corporate governance, corporations, credit, director and officer liability, distribution, employment, energy, exploration and production, fiduciary duties, finance, financial services, fraud, fraudulent transfers, healthcare, hospitality, insolvency, insurance, landlord-tenant, lender liability, limited liability companies, manufacturing, mechanics and vendors liens, natural gas, oil and gas, oilfield services, partnerships, pharmaceutical, personal injury, pipelines and transportation, preference actions, professional liability, real estate, retail, royalties, sales, secured transactions, securities, surety bonds, telecommunications, torts, transportation, and wholesale.

S. Mayer Law’s principal office is located in Houston, Texas. Sylvia Mayer is available to assist parties throughout Texas and around the country. She offers online, in-person and hybrid mediation and arbitration.

Depth of Experience

Sylvia Mayer is an arbitrator, mediator and attorney with nearly 30 years of legal experience in federal court, state court, bankruptcy court, appellate court, and various arbitration forums. A member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, she serves on a number of mediation and arbitration panel rosters. She offers in-person, online and hybrid mediation and arbitration.

Breadth of Experience

Over the last three decades, Sylvia Mayer has served as counsel or neutral in thousands of disputes spanning a breadth of industries and a wide variety of issues,

including avoidance actions, banking, bankruptcy, business divorces, business separations, civil litigation, collections, commercial leasing, commercial litigation, construction, consumer, contracts, corporate governance, corporations, credit, director and officer liability, distribution, employment, energy, exploration and production, fiduciary duties, finance, financial services, fraud, fraudulent transfers, healthcare, hospitality, insolvency, insurance, landlord-tenant, lender liability, limited liability companies, manufacturing, mechanics and vendors liens, natural gas, oil and gas, oilfield services, partnerships, pharmaceutical, personal injury, pipelines and transportation, preference actions, professional liability, real estate, retail, royalties, sales, secured transactions, securities, surety bonds, telecommunications, torts, transportation, and wholesale.

Sylvia Mayer has served as counsel, mediator or arbitrator in hundreds of disputes spanning a breadth of industries, including banking, energy, construction, finance, health care, hospitality, oilfield services, real estate, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, distribution, oil and gas, transportation, pharmaceutical, partnerships, retail, wholesale and others. Disputes have involved a wide variety of issues, including commercial litigation, contract disputes, banking, bankruptcy, business separations, energy, employment, director and officer liability, creditors rights, consumer, insolvency, personal injury, oil and gas, fiduciary duty, construction, finance, fraud, health care, hospitality, insolvency, insurance, landlord-tenant, commercial leasing, lender liability, mechanic and vendor liens, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, operator/non-operator disputes, royalties, partnerships, premises liability, products liability, secured transactions, securities, surety, tax, torts, transactions, corporate governance, collections, pipelines, upstream and downstream, real estate, retail, wholesale and others.

ADR Panel Affiliations and Credentials

· American Arbitration Association (AAA) Rosters for Commercial Arbitration, Consumer Arbitration, Commercial Mediation,
  and Employment Mediation

· National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (Texas) (NADN) Rosters for Arbitration and Mediation

· American Health Law Association Neutrals Roster

· International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) Panels of Distinguished Neutrals for General Commercial, Health Care and
  Life Sciences, Municipal Bankruptcy, and Dispute Prevention

· Texas Department of Insurance Balanced Billing Arbitrator and Mediator Rosters

· Virginia Bureau of Insurance Balanced Billing Arbitrator Roster

· Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner Balanced Billing Arbitrator Roster

· United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Qualified Alternative Dispute Resolution Provider

· Credentialed Advanced Mediator with Texas Mediator Credentialing Association (TMCA)

Professional Associations:

 ·American Bar Association

· American Bankruptcy Institute

· ArbitralWomen

· Association of Attorney Mediators

· American Health Law Association

· Association of Women Attorneys

· Academy of Court-Appointed Masters

· Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce

· Houston Bar Association

· State Bar of Texas

· Texas Association of Mediators

· Texas Mediators Credentialing Association

 Education

Sylvia graduated from Washington University in 1987, cum laude, with a B.A. in Theater. After working for three years in the arts community in Houston, Sylvia went to law school and, in 1993, she graduated from the University of Houston Law Center, summa cum laud

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