Erin Gleason Alvarez

Erin Gleason Alvarez is a full time arbitrator and mediator.  She acts as tribunal chair, sole arbitrator, emergency arbitrator, and mediator in cases relating to complex commercial matters, construction defect, and insurance. Please click here for more detail.

Ms. Gleason is held in the highest regard by parties for her ability to diffuse volatile situations and reconstruct broken business relationships. She is known for her fair and tenacious approach to her work as a neutral.

Ms. Gleason’s experience in mediation and arbitration spans her twenty-year career, from her early work as a litigator to her leadership in the ADR field as in-house counsel. She has represented hundreds of parties in direct negotiation, arbitration, and mediation of commercial and employment disputes. She also served as counsel in litigated class actions relating to securities, corporate governance, and employment matters. As in-house counsel to a Fortune 100 company, she developed negotiation, settlement, and valuation strategies for complex commercial disputes, securities matters, and insurance coverage claims; provided guidance on drafting agreements relating to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and commercial contracts; and developed and delivered global training programs on negotiation, mediation and arbitration best practices.

A thought leader in the arbitration and ADR fields, Ms. Gleason regularly speaks on mediation and arbitration best practices, how to drive efficiency in dispute resolution, and the importance of increasing diversity in the field. She has written numerous articles on arbitration and mediation topics, available here.

Ms. Gleason is experienced in online mediation and arbitration, and her practice is currently limited to appointments overseeing proceedings online.

Erin Gleason Alvarez has an intimate understanding of the mediation process from the perspective of claimant, respondent, and as advocate on both sides of the issue. This informs her approach and sensitivity to the negotiation process for the benefit of all participants who mediate with her.

• Master of Laws, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
• Pepperdine University School of Law
• Juris Doctorate, City University of New York School of Law
• Bachelor of Arts, State University of New York at Albany

• Member, Resolute Systems Commercial Panel
• Member, American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel
• Member, CPR Institute Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
• Accredited Mediator, CPR Institute Mediator Training
• Member, Commercial Division Roster of Neutrals, New York County Supreme Court
• Member, Roster of Neutrals, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts MedaiteArt Program
• Fellow, American Arbitration Association Higginbotham Fellowship Program
• LLM (International Arbitration), Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
• Co-Chair, Model Clause Task Force, CPR Institute (2019 - present)
• Co-Chair, President’s Committee on Enhancing Efficiency in Dispute Resolution, New York City Bar Association (2017 – present)
• Member, Executive Advisory Committee, CPR Institute (2014 – present)
• Member, In-house Counsel Committee, New York City Bar Association (2016 – 2019)
• Member, Arbitration Committee, New York City Bar Association (2007 – 2010; 2017 – present)
• Member, Arbitration Committee, CPR Institute (2007 – present)
• Co-Chair, Mediation Committee, CPR Institute (2014 – 2018); Member (2007 – 2014)
• Member, International Commercial Disputes Committee, New York City Bar Association (2016 – 2017)
• Faculty, Commercial Arbitration Training, New York State Bar Association (2015 – 2016, 2018)

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