Barbara Weisman
AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS 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
- “Drafting ADR Clauses that Work”, New Jersey Lawyer, February 2005; reprinted Business Law Section Newsletter, New Jersey Bar Association, August 2005
- Former Editor, New Jersey State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Newsletter
- State of New Jersey Judicial College lecturer, 2006
- Committee of Arbitration Administrators/Civil CDR Point Persons lecturer, 2006
- Panelist, ADR Day, NJAPM and NJSBA dispute resolution programs
- Moderator, 2005 Verona and 2007 Cedar Grove Municipal Council Election Debates
- NJBIZ Magazine Top Mediator – Business/Commercial-2008
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
- 1994 through present - exclusive neutral private practice in alternative dispute resolution (excluding matrimonial/family); including but not limited to employment, construction, legal, nursing, nursing home and medical malpractice, LAD, consumer, real property, liability, commercial, contract, banking, securities, debt, false arrest/imprisonment, civil rights, fraud, environmental and Tort Claims cases.
- 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
- 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 (mediated over 600 cases since 2001)
- United States District Court, District of New Jersey, Panel of Certified Arbitrators
- Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, Essex, Hudson and Union County Panels of Arbitrators (formerly also Bergen, Middlesex and Passaic)
- New Jersey Municipal Court Mediation Program, Essex County Panel of Mediators
- The National Arbitration Forum Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators
- NASD (FINRA) Roster of Neutral Arbitrators/Chairpersons; Roster of Mediators
- United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey Roster of Mediators
- Resolute Systems Roster of Mediators and Arbitrators
- Construction Dispute Resolution Services Panel of Arbitrators
- CPR:International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Panels
- IRS Roster of Neutrals for Post Appeals Mediation and Arbitration Programs
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION
- Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers Mediation Workshop
- NASD Panel Member Training; NASD 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; National Leadership Conferences 2000/2006
- Agricultural Mediation Training Course by New Jersey State Office of Dispute Settlement
- Civil Mediation Training Course and Family Law Mediation Training Course - Institute for Continuing Legal Education
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MENTORING/TEACHING
- New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM)
- 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 & Public Contract Law Section member
- American Bar Association - Dispute Resolution Section; ABA Advisory Panel
- Association for Conflict Resolution
- New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character - 1990-1997
- New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law – 1994-2006
- New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution; Civil Subcommittee 2005-2008; Administration Subcommittee 2008-present
- Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chapter Master, Team Leader and past Executive Board Member, 2000-present
- Guest Lecturer, Rutgers Law School
- Trainer, Mentor and member of Mediator Facilitating Committee, Superior Court of New Jersey Roster of Mediators, Statewide Mediation and Advanced Mediation Training Program for Civil, General Equity and Probate
EDUCATION
Seton Hall Law Center - J.D. 1979 - Centennial Scholarship for Excellence Douglass College - A.B. magna cum laude 1975