Albert Rizzo, Esq. brings nearly four decades of experience handling complex commercial, employment, construction, real estate, insurance, and business disputes. He has represented businesses, executives, entrepreneurs, professionals, and individuals in state and federal courts, administrative proceedings, arbitrations, and mediations. His employment law experience encompasses discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage and hour compliance, retaliation, employee discipline, executive employment, severance, leave, whistleblower, workplace policy, and labor relations matters. He also serves as outside general counsel to closely held businesses, entrepreneurs, and emerging companies, advising them on contracts, corporate governance, employment practices, human resources concerns, and dispute avoidance.

Mr. Rizzo has served as an arbitrator, mediator, special master, and neutral evaluator in more than 200 matters. His neutral experience includes arbitrations and mediations ranging from small claims to multimillion-dollar matters involving complex commercial agreements, employment relationships, construction projects, real estate and title issues, insurance coverage, personal injury, securities, professional fee disputes, and trusts and estates.

Mr. Rizzo has dedicated his career to assisting parties in resolution of disputes through arbitration and mediation. He brings a unique perspective as both a seasoned advocate and a neutral, combining deep legal expertise with practical insight into how and why conflicts arise. Mr. Rizzo is committed to ensuring that parties receive a fair, impartial, and timely adjudication of their disputes. He brings a judicial temperament to each proceeding, making certain that all parties are heard and have a fair opportunity to present their cases. He applies his extensive knowledge of the law, coupled with decades of practical experience, to render well-reasoned and enforceable arbitration awards. His extensive experience ensures a fair, informed, and timely decision-making process.

Mr. Rizzo is committed to maintaining neutrality, applying the law with precision, and ensuring that all parties are heard. His approach is thorough, efficient, and respectful of the parties’ time and resources. With a deep understanding of negotiation theory and conflict management, his business experience, and a keen understanding of conflict dynamics, he creates a respectful and balanced forum in mediation for discussion about underlying interests beyond stated positions, and creative solutions that go beyond litigation remedies.

Mr. Rizzo is also an experienced legal educator. He teaches employment and labor law, dispute resolution and conflict management, mediation, negotiation, and the drafting of employment and labor law transactional documents. His combined experience as a litigator, business counselor, neutral, and professor enables him to analyze complex factual and legal issues objectively while remaining attentive to the practical, financial, and interpersonal considerations affecting each dispute.

Mr. Rizzo is available to arbitrate and mediate cases throughout New York.