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Barbara Weisman
GENERAL OVERVIEW
AWARDS, PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
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Professor James B. Boskey New Jersey State Bar
Association Dispute Resolution Section ADR Practitioner of the Year –
2005-2006
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“Drafting ADR Clauses that Work”, New Jersey Lawyer,
February 2005; reprinted Business Law Section Newsletter, New Jersey
Bar Association, August 2005
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Former Editor, New
Jersey State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Newsletter
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State of New Jersey Judicial College lecturer, 2006
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Committee of Arbitration Administrators/Civil CDR Point
Persons lecturer, 2006
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Panelist, ADR Day, NJAPM and NJSBA dispute resolution
programs
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Moderator, 2005 Verona Municipal Council Election Debate
BAR
ADMISSIONS
- State of New Jersey
- 1979; State of New York, Third Department - 1989
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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
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1994 through present - exclusive neutral practice
in alternative dispute resolution (excluding matrimonial/family); including
but not limited to employment, construction, legal and medical
malpractice, LAD, consumer, real property, liability, commercial, contract,
securities, debt, false arrest/imprisonment, civil rights, banking, fraud,
environmental and Tort Claims cases.
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American Arbitration Association (AAA) Personal Injury
Protection Arbitrator - handled 1000 AAA arbitrations and wrote over 500 AAA
decisions, 1994 – 2001
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American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel of
Neutrals, Special Bankruptcy Panel 2001-2003
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1999 through present - arbitrator and/or mediator
for:
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Superior Court of New Jersey Roster of Mediators,
Statewide Mediation Program for Civil, General Equity and Probate (mediated
over 375 cases since 2001)
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United States District Court, District of New Jersey,
Panel of Certified Arbitrators
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Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, Essex,
Hudson and Union County Panels of Arbitrators (formerly also Bergen,
Middlesex and Passaic)
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New
Jersey Municipal Court Mediation Program, Essex County Panel of Mediators
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New
Jersey State Agriculture Development Committee Certified Mediator
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The National Arbitration Forum Panel of Arbitrators and
Mediators
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NASD Regulation, Inc. Roster of Neutral Arbitrators
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United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey
Roster of Mediators
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National Arbitration and Mediation (NAM)
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Resolute Systems Roster of Mediators and Arbitrators
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Office of Samuel A. DeGonge/formerly DeGonge Chappell, Belleville,
New
Jersey
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1988 through 1994 - trial attorney
primarily defending complex cases.
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Experience including, but not limited to, medical and
nursing malpractice, liability, Tort Claims, wrongful discharge,
discrimination, contracts (including employment), false arrest and
imprisonment and maritime.
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Tenant organization attorney and Rent Board attorney for
the City of Bayonne.
Office of the New Jersey Solicitor, The Port Authority of
New York and New Jersey
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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
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1980 through 1982 -
Assistant Prosecutor in Grand Jury, Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and Trial Team. Co-author of 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
Lamb, Hutchinson,
Chappell, Ryan & Hartung, Jersey City, New Jersey
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION
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Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers
Mediation Workshop
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NASD Panel Member Training; NASD Chairperson Training
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Superior Court of New Jersey, County
Arbitration/Mediation Trainings and Trainer
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United States District Court, Arbitrator Training
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Superior Court of New Jersey, Essex Vicinage, Advanced
Mediation Training
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Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chapter Associate, 1998-2000
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Agricultural Mediation Training Course by New Jersey
State Office of Dispute Settlement
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Civil Mediation Training Course and Family Law Mediation
Training Course - Institute for Continuing Legal Education
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American Arbitration Association No Fault Arbitrator
Trainings
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MENTORING/TEACHING
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New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM)
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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
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American Bar Association - Dispute Resolution Section
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Association for Conflict Resolution
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New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Character -
1990-1997
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New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Unauthorized
Practice of Law – 1994-2006
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New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary
Dispute Resolution; Civil Subcommittee Member 2005-present
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Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Chapter Master, Team Leader and Executive
Board Member, 2000-present
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Guest Lecturer, Rutgers Law School
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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
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Douglass College - A.B. magna cum laude 1975
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