I help entrepreneurs, professionals, and companies who have been stung personally, professionally, and financially by a painful business dispute, often at the hands of a partner, contractor, vendor, associate, or other affiliate.  My practice is dedicated to resolving clients’ business disputes creatively through arbitration, mediation, or court litigation to achieve success and peace of mind.

Some disputes require outright litigation battle to achieve resolution. Others are more susceptible to "creative" business dispute resolution.  This means looking for solutions beyond the obvious.  It also involves attempting to achieve results that are beneficial or at least palatable for both sides rather than mechanically resorting to bashing each others' heads in (a process that principally benefits the lawyers' pockets) simply because the lawyer doesn’t know how to do anything else.  It also can lead to exploring whether there's a possibility for presently warring parties to work together in future.

I place particular emphasis upon effective, responsive communication with clients, helping to inform and guide them through the often unfamiliar and confusing maze of business litigation and alternative dispute resolution (ADR).  Other central services include helping clients avoid business disputes by performing litigation risk management (troubleshooting for potential areas of litigation liability) as well as drafting, reviewing, and/or negotiating confidentiality and non-competition agreements, commercial leases, and other types of contracts.

My firm practices primarily in New York State and Federal trial and appellate courts, and before arbitrators and mediators in the New York metropolitan area.  I provide Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) consultation services to other lawyers, and serve frequently as New York local counsel to out-of-state lawyers or companies involved in litigation in this region, respecting and protecting referring professionals' relationships with their clients.

My practice background includes clerkship with a federal Magistrate-Judge early in my legal training; service with a significant midtown Manhattan law firm; more than a decade as a partner in a medium-sized, high-quality Long Island law firm; and, since 2000, managing my own firm.

In addition to my law practice, I devote significant efforts to my service as a professional neutral commercial arbitrator for several major forums and as a private professional neutral commercial mediator.  As an arbitrator, I hear and adjudicate business dispute cases, rendering binding Orders and Awards that are legally enforceable in court.  As a mediator, I facilitate consensual (non-binding) resolution of business disputes, resulting in the parties' written settlement agreement.

I also have personal experience running a small business: Since 1988, as President of a domestic real estate company owned by an Australian client, I have managed autonomously the commercial real estate holdings of this entity, acting in all respects as a commercial landlord concerning property in Manhattan.

If you are interested in finding out more about how I might help you, please look through the following pages of this website or get in touch with me through the contact page.