A great night for baseball as NAM attends last Tuesday’s New York Mets game as a sponsor for CLM’s NYC Chapter event! Congratulations to the Mets on their 3-1 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates! A homerun for both NAM and CLM! The post NAM joins CLM at their NYC Chapter event! appeared first on National Arbitration and Mediation ..read more

New York, NY (April 16, 2024) – NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) is proud to announce the addition of the Honorable John J. Ark (Ret.) to its award-winning roster of neutrals. The Honorable John J. Ark served as a Justice of the New York State Supreme Court for 28 years. He has presided over matters in each of the eight counties in the Seventh Judicial District, as well as serving five terms in New York County. Judge Ark’s remarkable judicial career includes eight years serving as a supervising judge overseeing a multitude of toxic torts cases and five years handling matrimonial ..read more

New York, NY, March 18, 2024 – NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) has once again, for the eleventh straight year, been named one of the Top 3 Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Providers in the United States in the 2024 National Law Journal Annual “Best Of” survey. High honors also went to two of NAM’s distinguished neutrals who were ranked among the Top 3 Mediators: Hon. John P. DiBlasi (Ret.) was recognized for the eleventh year in a row and Richard P. Byrne, Esq. earned the distinction for the tenth consecutive year. “NAM is proud of being consistently voted a premier ADR ..read more

New York, NY (February 20, 2024) – NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) is proud to announce the addition of the Honorable Peter J. O’Donoghue (Ret.) to its award-winning roster of neutrals. The Honorable Peter J. O’Donoghue’s remarkable judicial career includes 27 years spent as a Justice of the Supreme Court in Queens County, 15 of which were in the Medical Malpractice Part. From 2008 until his retirement, all medical and dental malpractice filings in the Queens County courthouse were exclusively assigned to him.  Judge O’Donoghue conferenced, negotiated, mediated, and se ..read more

New York, NY (January 3, 2024) – NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) is proud to announce the addition of the Honorable Donald S. Kurtz (Ret.) to its award-winning roster of neutrals. The Honorable Donald S. Kurtz is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County where he presided for 18 years over the Jury Coordinating Part and the City Trial Readiness Part. During his tenure, Judge Kurtz successfully negotiated and settled tens of thousands of cases and oversaw the court’s entire inventory of trial-ready civil cases which consisted of personal in ..read more

New York, NY (December 4, 2023) – NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) is proud to announce the addition of Michael B. Titowsky, Esq. to its panel of highly regarded and award-winning arbitrators and mediators. Mr. Titowsky is a seasoned attorney who brings to NAM his deep experience in the handling of personal injury, labor law and medical malpractice matters. Throughout his 40-year legal career, he has represented clients throughout the New York Metropolitan area in thousands of cases both in court litigations and private mediations. Prior to joining NAM, he was a partner in a prominent ..read more

The National Law Journal (NLJ) is once again conducting its annual “Best Of” survey, and NAM is on the ballot. NAM has been named a top ADR Provider in the United States consistently for the past 10 consecutive years, and we have been fortunate to have NAM neutrals consistently voted among the Top 3 Mediators in the United States. These successes could not have been achieved without your vote.   If you haven’t done so already, we would sincerely appreciate your placing a vote for NAM and writing in your favorite NAM Mediator in the below listed categories.  The survey is open to all ..read more

New York, NY (November 14, 2023) – NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) is pleased to announce the addition of the Honorable Robert J. Lunn (Ret.) to its highly regarded New York roster of neutrals.  Based in Rochester, Judge Lunn adds further depth to NAM’s experienced team of neutrals serving the upstate and western regions of New York State. Judge Lunn’s long and distinguished legal career includes a 14-year term as a New York Supreme Court Justice, where he served as a trial court judge followed by four years as an Appellate Court Justice. Judge Lunn has presided over hundreds of ..read more

New York, NY – November 2, 2023 – With the goal of ensuring that NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) is able to provide unmatched value not only for the largest and most complex matters but also for lower value claims, NAM is pleased to announce the launch of its Mediation Express Program. Similar to NAM’s Arbitration Express Program, Mediation Express will offer clients significantly discounted administrative and hourly fees for lower value claims ($25,000 minimum policy claims for Mediation Express and $50,000 high for Arbitration Express). Under both programs, clients will have access ..read more

NAM neutral Bob Worden, Esq. will present an in-person CLE program at this year’s The Association for Healthcare Risk Management of the New York (AHRMNY) Fall Educational Conference and Reception, held in Saratoga Springs, NY from October 29 to October 30. The CLE presentation, entitled “Improving Investigation, Yields Large Savings in Lawsuit Settlements,” is scheduled on October 30 from 11:10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Mr. Worden will discuss how risk professionals can teach the right post-accident mindset for facility staff and will highlight the importance of proactive contact and communication wi ..read more