FN-27825 MN-27825 LN-27825, Esq.
Attorney, Professor, Judge
White Plains, New York
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The Pappalardo Law Group PLLC - Partner
Attorney, Professor, Judge
Partner, The Pappalardo Law Group PLLC f/k/a Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari, 1995-present; Part-Time Judge, Town of Lewisboro, NY, 2020-present; Adjunct Law Professor (teaching a course involving alternative dispute resolution methods), Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University, 2020-present; Visiting Law Professor (teaching a course involving alternative dispute resolution methods), Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University, 2015-present; Attorney, Sole Practitioner, 1988-1995; Associate, Katz, Kleinbaum, Farber & Karson, 1987-1988; Associate, Grossbach & Boykoff, 1986-1987.
Law practice is involved in commercial litigation and construction law matters, involving both public and private projects ranging in value from $50,000 to $10 million. Has litigated cases involving telecommunication parties, accounting partnership dissolutions, and legal services disputes. Has represented general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, homeowners, architects, and mid- to large-sized businesses in construction and commercial transactions and litigation. Has also been heavily involved in medical practice dissolutions. Has a significant civil litigation practice, which includes the representation of clients against contractors and contractors against clients in litigation and before the Westchester County Department of Consumer Affairs. Additionally, has represented clients against home inspectors and against major corporations in various products liability cases (i.e., defective design and manufacturing of automobile airbags and brake systems and of infant training devises). Has represented a significant number of homeowners and homebuilders in litigation associated with the construction of new homes and the renovations and expansion of existing homes. Also involved as an advocate in real estate valuations, insurance, business, general real estate with partnership litigation and transactions as well as negotiation, arbitration and mediation since 1986. Has litigated, arbitrated, mediated and engaged in the collaborative process in the field of domestic relations in both international and domestic matrimonial matters for essentially his entire legal career.
Served as Mediator in over 750 matters involving construction, franchise, commercial, real estate valuation, insurance, matrimonial, homeowner and contractor disputes, and civil claims handling issues between contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, homeowners, architects, municipalities, and mid- to large-sized businesses relating to construction and commercial issues as well as tax, legal, and insurance disputes. Served as Mediator in over 200 domestic relations, divorce, and family matters.
To facilitate dialogue between the parties in a proactive manner in an effort to reach a fair and equitable settlement in keeping with the facts and applicable law. My expectations of the parties are that they be well prepared with appropriate documentation and have the authority to settle the case.
Ithaca College (BA, Politics/Psychology-1982); New England School of Law (JD- 1986).
Admitted to the Bar: Massachusetts, 1986; New York, 1987; New Jersey, 1988; U.S. District Court: Southern, 1988 and Eastern, 1988 Districts of New York; District of New Jersey, 1988; U.S. Supreme Court, 2004.
Westchester County Bar Association (Alternative Dispute Section) Board Director; American Bar Association (Alternative Dispute Resolution Section); New York State Bar Association; Association for Conflict Resolution; International Academy of Collaborative Professionals; Westchester/Rockland Collaborative Professionals; Berkeley College Paralegal (Advisory Board, Past Director); New York State Dispute Resolution Association; Former Member of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; International Association of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Speaking Engagements: "Ethics," National Business Institute, 2012; AAA, Ethics and Arbitration; AAA, The Anatomy of an Arbitration; AAA, Procedure and Arbitration.
Publications: Co-author, Advocacy in the Pre-Trial Stages, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s The Advocate’s Advantage Blog (Jan. 2023); Author, Revisiting Arbitration Within Domestic Relations, Westchester Bar Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 12, P.8 (2017); Co-author, Revisiting ADR Within Domestic Relations Law, Westchester County Bar Association Newsletter (2011).
Publications: Co-author, Advocacy in the Pre-Trial Stages, Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University’s The Advocate’s Advantage Blog (Jan. 2023); Author, Revisiting Arbitration Within Domestic Relations, Westchester Bar Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 12, P.8 (2017); Co-author, Revisiting ADR Within Domestic Relations Law, Westchester County Bar Association Newsletter (2011).
$500 Per Hour
English
United States of America
White Plains, NY
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