CLE Webinar: Workplace Woes: Using ADR to Avoid Courtroom Battles

NAM Hearing Officers, Rhonda L. Epstein, Esq. and the Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman (Ret.), will provide an in-depth analysis of the various stages of an employment dispute, focusing on some of the critical factors involved in choosing Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) over litigating in the courts or through administrative agencies.  The program will also explore sexual harassment claims, arbitration clauses in employment contracts, and mass wage and hour filings.

Attendees will gain practical insights, best practices and explore the benefits of resolving employment disputes through ADR.

To register with NYS Academy of Trial Lawyers for this 60-minute CLE webinar, Workplace Woes: Using ADR to Avoid Courtroom Battles, please click below.

Meet NAM's Presenters

Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman (Ret.) is a member of NAM's (National Arbitration and Mediation) Hearing Officer Panel. He is the former Presiding Justice of the Second Judicial Department of The New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, where he heard appeals of a wide variety complex litigation matters that included business disputes, labor and employment partnerships, landlord and tenant, commercial foreclosure cases, business receiverships, business torts, matrimonial and family law, trusts and estates, defamation, land use and construction, health law and wage and hour cases.  As an appellate judge, trial judge and litigator, he has handled all types of employment matters that include breach of contract, trade secrets, confidentiality agreements, covenants not to complete, wrongful termination, discrimination, sexual harassment, and wage and hour disputes. In 2021, Judge Scheinkman was recognized by the legal community as the #1 Arbitrator in the state by the New York Law Journal “Best Of” survey, and he ranked in the Top 10 Individual Arbitrators in 2024. He is available to arbitrate and mediate cases nationwide.

Rhonda L. Epstein, Esq. is a member of NAM's (National Arbitration and Mediation) Hearing Officer Panel and is available to arbitrate and mediate labor and employment cases throughout the New York Metro area. She is a seasoned litigator with more than 35 years of wide-ranging experience in civil litigation and concentrates her legal practice in employment law and housing discrimination. As both a litigator and mediator, Ms. Epstein has successfully counseled, supervised, and mediated employment law cases related to claims of age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, religion, and pregnancy discrimination. Ms. Epstein is well-respected professionally by both sides of the bar and is known for her fair and objective approach to the resolution of cases. In 2024, for the third year in a row, she was voted a Top Ten Arbitrator in the New York Law Journal “Best Of” survey. Ms. Epstein also has been awarded an AV Preeminent Peer Rating by Martindale-Hubbell.

About NAM's Continuing Legal Education Program

NAM provides complimentary continuing legal education (CLE) programs virtually, on-site at your office, or in any of NAM's dedicated conference facilities. Our Continuing Legal Education department will work with your firm or organization to customize a CLE program that is designed to meet your specific CLE issues and topics of interest. Our respected faculty provides participants with an interactive presentation that will engage and educate your audience as they earn relevant CLE credit.

Please contact NAM's CLE department at 800-358-2550, ext. 145 or email Sharon Pedersen at cle@namadr.com for information on how we can customize a CLE program for your organization.