Richard P. Byrne, Esq.

Richard P. Byrne, Esq. became a mediator in the formative days of ADR and has honed and broadened his mediation skills since then. He is well-respected professionally and has a reputation for bringing the most contentious disputes to full and final resolution. A strong proponent of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and a Certified Mediator with the United States District Court, Richard P. Byrne brings more than 25 years of ADR experience to NAM’s New York Metro panel of neutrals.

He has successfully mediated issues in a wide variety of specialty areas, including commercial disputes, employment discrimination claims, employment contract disputes, wage and hour/FLSA claims, construction matters, complex personal injury and property damage claims, insurance and reinsurance matters, risk transfer disputes and life, health and disability claims. His legal career of over 35 years brings an added dimension of expertise to the matters over which he presides.

In 2013, Mr. Byrne was selected by Kenneth R. Feinberg, the former Administrator of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, to assist in the mediation and resolution of Hurricane Sandy claims. He was also asked to join a sub-panel for the United States District Court to help resolve a backload of over 1,400 Hurricane Sandy lawsuits. Mr. Byrne is a member of the Mediation panels for both the United States District Court and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York. In 2016, Mr. Byrne was appointed to serve on the Advisory Council to the ADR Department of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

n 2019, for the fifth year in a row, Mr. Byrne was named one of the Top Three Mediators in the United States by The National Law Journal Best Of Survey and in 2018 he was voted a Top Three Mediator by the Corporate Counsel Best Of Survey. Also, in 2019, he was ranked a Top Ten Mediator for the sixth consecutive year by the New York Law Journal Best Of Survey. Further, he was named a National Law Journal 2018 Alternative Dispute Resolution Champion, as part of a select group of only 46 nationwide.

Mr. Byrne writes regularly on ADR topics and recently authored Construction Claims: A Mediator’s Perspective which was published by the American Bar Association in 2018 as a chapter in the book Resolving Insurance Claim Disputes Before Trial.

Since 2002, Mr. Byrne has served as Co-Managing Partner of L’Abbate, Balkan, Colavita & Contini, LLP. He has been awarded an A-V rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating available, based on its peer review process. He also has been recognized by his peers as a New York Metro Super Lawyer on numerous occasions.

Richard Byrne is available to mediate cases throughout the United States.