About the Committee
The Committee is led by judicial co-chairs, the Hon. Joseph E. Lamendola and the Hon. Doris M. Gonzalez, and John S. Kiernan, a retired litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. The Committee's expert group of judges, lawyers, ADR practitioners and academics are charged with examining the services currently accessible within the court system and making recommendations for improvement and expansion.
To contact the Advisory Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, please send an email to [email protected].
Committee Members
Co-Chairs
The Hon. Doris M. Gonzalez,
The Hon. Joseph E. Lamendola, and
John Kiernan, of Counsel, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Members
Jeffrey Kyle Anderson
Partner, Anderson, Moschetti and Taffany, PLLC
Simeon H. Baum
President, Resolve Mediation Services, Inc.
Hon. Anthony Cannataro
Associate Judge, Court of Appeals
Hon. Cheryl E. Chambers
Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Second Department
Hon. Andrew A. Crecca
District Administrative Judge, Tenth Judicial District, Suffolk County
Lisa D'Angelo
Chief Clerk, Supreme and County Courts, Westchester
Antoinette Delruelle
Senior Staff Attorney, Mediation Project, New York Legal Assistance Group
Philip Goldstein
Mediator/Arbitrator/Special Master New York City Asbestos Litigation (NYCAL).
Gretchen Gonzalez
Executive Director/CEO, Volunteer Lawyers Project
Paul Gupta
Connected ADR LLC
Noah J. Hanft
AcumenADR LLC
Hon. Sylvia O. Hinds-Radix (Ret.)
Mediator, Arbitrator, Court-Appointed Neutral (Referee/Special Master) & Neutral Evaluator, JAMS (NYC)
Adriene Holder
Chief Attorney, Civil Practice, Legal Aid Society
Valerie L. James
Chief Clerk, Syracuse City Court
Hon. Anne-Marie Jolly
Administrative Judge, New York City Family Court
Elena Karabatos
Partner, Karabatos Rosenkrantz DeMarco Schoenfeld, PLLC
Michele Kern-Rappy
President, Michele Kern-Rappy Dispute Resolution, PLLC
Daniel Kolb
Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Hon. Gina Lopez-Summa
Judge, Court of Claims
Debra McClay
Chief Clerk, Supreme and County Courts, Putnam
John McCullough
Executive Director, New Justice Conflict Resolution Services, Inc.
Hon. Rita Mella
Surrogate, New York County
Melissa H. Nickson
ADR Program Administrator/Director
Martin P. Violante ADR Program, 8th Judicial District
Jacqueline Nolan-Haley
Director, ADR and Conflict Resolution Program, Fordham Law School
Bridget O’Connell
Principal Law Clerk to Hon. Shannon M. Heneghan, J.S.C.
Jill Pilgrim
Founder and Managing Attorney, Pilgrim & Associates Arbitration, Law & Mediation LLC
Rebecca Price
Director, ADR Program, U.S. District Court for the Southern District on New York
Hon. Edwina G. Richardson (Emeritus)
Deputy Chief Administrative Judge for Justice Initiatives
Seema Ali Rizzo
Partner, Rizzo & Rizzo Law Office, PLLC
Hon. Gary Rosa
Judge, Family Court, Delaware County
Sarah Rudgers-Tysz
Education and Training Unit, Division of Alternative Dispute Resolution, New York State Office of Court Administration
Hon. Brandon Sall
Surrogate, Westchester County
Hon. Saliann Scarpulla
Associate Justice, Appellate Division, First Department.
Hon. Jeffrey S. Sunshine
Statewide Coordinating Judge for Matrimonial Cases
Robyn Weinstein
Associate Director, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Daniel M. Weitz
Director, Division of Professional and Court Services, New York State Office of Court Administration
Advisor
Lisa Courtney
Director, Division of Alternative Dispute Resolution, New York State Office of Court Administration
Counsel
Sebastian Dutz
Litigation Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Jeremy Zeliger
Assistant Deputy Counsel, Division of Alternative Dispute Resolution, New York State Office of Court Administration
Staff
Coleen Chin
Regional ADR Coordinator
New York City
Daniel Kos
Statewide ADR Coordinator, Division of Alternative Dispute Resolution, New York State Office of Court Administration
Joel Kullas
Regional ADR Coordinator
New York State Judicial Districts 3, 4, 9 & 10
Subcommittees
- Application of Part 160 to Mediation-Trained Court Staff
- Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence Screening
- Consent to Mediation
- Arbitration and other Non-Mediation Alternatives
- Litigant Awareness of ADR
- Utilization of Roster Neutrals
- ADR Research Agenda