JUDITH MEYER, Esq.

GENERAL OVERVIEW

Judith Meyer has served exclusively as a neutral – Judge Pro Tem, Arbitrator, Mediator, Discovery Master, Referee, Independent Fact-Finder – since 1995. She has a broad background in commercial and construction litigation. As an arbitrator, she has tried and rendered decisions in many arbitrations concerning residential construction defects and breach-of-warranty allegations involving such conditions as mold, cracked foundation walls, water infiltration, roof leaks, ground subsidence, improper soil compaction, buckling floors, use of improper or substandard materials, HVAC failures, roof failure due to snow load, basement flooding and many others. Ms. Meyer taught mediation and arbitration at Cornell University Law School for fourteen years. She has been a Super Lawyer in ADR in every year beginning in 2004.

MEDIATION AND ARBITRATION PANELS

• American Arbitration Association, Commercia and Employment Panels, and Workplace Investigation Taskforce
• Distinguished Neutral, Commercial, Franchise, Employment Panels and National Panel, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution; Florence (Italy) International Mediation Center
• Mediator and Arbitrator, American Health Lawyers Association
• Panelist, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals; ADROption
• Arbitrator & Mediator, USDC, Eastern District PA
• Arbitrator & Mediator, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority [FINRA]
• Mediator, US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
• Judge Pro Tem, Commerce Court, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
• Mediator, United States Federal Circuit Court of Appeals & US International Trade Commission
  
• Mediator, Singapore Mediation Centre & US-China Business Conciliation Ctr, CCPIT Beijing
  
• Mediator, Business & Technology Case Management Program, State Courts of Maryland
• Mediator, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• Mediator, Philadelphia Human Relations Commission
• Panelist, Mediation and Arbitration Center, Montgomery County, PA
• Mediator, Superior Courts of New Jersey; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
• Special Discovery Master & Referee, Reliance Insurance Liquidation, Commonwealth Court of PA
• Neutral, JAMS [co-founded Philadelphia office of JAMS, 2004-2006]
• Mediator, Philadelphia Bar Committee Lawyer Fee Dispute Panel
• Mediator & Arbitrator, Class Action Appeals Committee, Prudential Policyholders ADR Remediation Plan
• Arbitrator, 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund; Arbitrator & Mediator, 2012 Hurricane Sandy Claims
• Arbitrator, USA Track and Field Olympic Trials, Doping Grievances Panel, 1998
• Mediator, New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, 1992

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS, APPOINTMENTS, MEMBERSHIPS & AWARDS

• 2018 Philadelphia Business Journal Best Women-Owned Businesses
• Sir Francis Bacon Award bestowed by Pennsylvania Bar Association in May 2016 for Excellence in Mediation
• Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
• Chair, Philadelphia Bar ADR Committee, 2011
• Certified Mediator, International Mediation Institute & Chair, IMI Independent Standards Commission
• Member, Academy of Advanced Practitioners, Association of Conflict Resolvers
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators [FCIarb]
• Member, Arias-U.S. Reinsurance & Insurance Arbitration Society - a nonprofit corporation dedicated to improving the insurance and reinsurance arbitration process for the international and domestic markets.
• Member, Academy of Court Appointed Masters
• Distinguished Fellow and Former Board Member, International Academy of Mediators Member [2000-2010], American College of Civil Trial Mediators
• Member, College of Commercial Arbitrators
• Fellow, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
• Hearing Examiner, Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners
• Member, American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution; Arbitration & Mediation Committees
• Best Lawyers in America, ADR, 2006 - 2018; PA SuperLawyer in ADR 2005 - 2019
• Member, PA Bar (active), Idaho Bar (active), California Bar (inactive)

EDUCATION

BARNARD COLLEGE, B.A.; CORNELL LAW SCHOOL, J.D.E.D.P. CAREY WRITING AWARD; MOOT COURT BOARD