After a long and distinguished career litigating and negotiating settlements for the City of New York, Kenneth Grundstein joined NAM as a full time Hearing Officer. Mr. Grundstein mediates a wide range of cases, including personal injury matters relating to automobile accidents, labor law, negligence, premises liability, and torts. He also mediates cases involving claims of medical malpractice, maritime law, product liability, as well as insurance disputes.

Prior to joining NAM, Mr. Grundstein served as Senior Counsel and Chief Settlement Negotiator for the New York City Health and Hospital Corporation, the largest municipal hospital and health care system in the country, where he handled all high exposure cases against the City of New York, including significant medical malpractice lawsuits. Mr. Grundstein supervised all litigation, trials and negotiations in connection with high exposure professional liability claims against the HHC. Prior to that role, Mr. Grundstein was a Senior Litigator for the New York City Law Department and also worked for the Office of the Comptroller in NYC, as Chief of the Personal Injury Division. While at the Office of the Comptroller, Mr. Grundstein supervised a staff of over fifty employees involved in investigating and settling a variety of tort claims. During his tenure, Mr. Grundstein developed, implemented and supervised an Early Settlement Program, a joint initiative between the Comptroller’s Office and the New York City Law Department.

Mr. Grundstein successfully negotiated and settled over 10,000 cases, more than 1000 of which were well into the seven-figure range. In his capacity as Chief Settlement Negotiator, he reduced the backlog of pending cases by 50%. He handled not only high exposure but also high profile cases, including medical malpractice, motor vehicle, police assaults, premises liability, labor law, board of education, etc.; cases where damages included brain damage, quadriplegia, loss of vision, loss of limb; wrongful death, zone of danger, property damage; the Staten Island Ferry crash cases; in addition to a major medical malpractice case involving a local hospital’s psychiatric program. As a result, Kenneth Grundstein has established himself as an authority on negotiation and settlement. Mr. Grundstein’s expertise in complex negotiation coupled with his ability to digest some of the most challenging case law and issues has proven to be extremely effective in almost any jurisdiction.

Mr. Grundstein is available to mediate cases throughout the United States.