Abigail Pessen

ADR Training
More than 150 hours of training from various ADR providers including NYS Commercial Division; EDNY; American Arbitration Association; Center for Mediation in Law.

Professional Training
Barnard College; University of Chicago Law School

Professional Experience
Law clerk to U.S.D.J. Whitman Knapp; assistant professor, NY Law School; associate and partner at Scoppetta & Seiff.

ADR Experience
Full-time mediator and arbitrator since 2000; member of American Arbitration Association Master Mediator Roster and Commercial and Employment Arbitration panels; mediate privately and for the Commercial Division, NY County.

Other Information
Chosen 2015 Lawyer of the Year for Mediation by NYC Best Lawyers. Chair-Elect of NYS Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section for 2016-17 term.