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Richard Lutringer, Mediator, New York, New York.

Richard Lutringer

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Offices of Richard Lutringer
45 Rockefeller Plaza
Suite 200
New York, NY 10111
Tel: (917) 830-7966
Website: www.LutringerADRconsulting.com
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Recognized to New York Chapter for Mediation

Regularly travels out of state to: California, Connecticut, New Jersey

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  • Practice Commenced2006
  • # of MEDS (as of 21/11/24)200
  • # of ARBS (as of 21/11/24) 
Current Practice

Biographical

Originally a major law firm commercial and corporate lawyer,  for several years Richard Lutringer  has primarily acted as as a mediator of complex corporate, commercial and family business disputes. He has had over 250 hours of advanced training as a mediator, and is certified as a Family Business Advisor by the Family Firm Institute. Disputes mediated by Mr. Lutringer range from those between members of small and family owned businesses (including among the second generation), to domestic and international industrial, investment and financial companies.

Mr Lutringer participates annually as a judge/mediator at the ICC Mediation Advocacy Competition. He has also mentored mediators and law students for the ABA, NYCBA, NYSBA and NY area law schools.

Among other articles, Mr. Lutringer authored "Mediating Business Divorce Disputes"(NY Dispute Resolution Lawyer, Fall 2009) and was the principal author of "Resolving Disputes Among Small Business Owners" (NYSBA, DR Section, White Paper 1/11). In April 2012, he co-presented a workshop entitled "Resolving Disputes among Owners of Closely-Held and Family Businesses" at St. John's University Law School (September 2012) the 2012 and 2013 ACR Annual Conferences, as well as the  2013 NYSDRA Annual Conference. He was also a panelist at the ABA Business Law Section Semiannual Conference in Los Angeles in February 2014 on "Deal Mediation". In February 2014 he chaired a program at NY County Surrogate's Court on using mediation to resolve family disputes in probate proceedings.

Case Experience

  • ADA Disability
  • Agricultural
  • Anti-Trust
  • Appellate
  • Arts (Fine/Performing)
  • Automotive
  • Banking & Finance
  • Bankruptcy/Creditors
  • Business Dissolution
  • Commercial/Business
  • Community Associations
  • Condominiums
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Contract Disputes
  • Cross Cultural
  • Debt Collections
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • EEOC
  • Elder Abuse
  • Eminent Domain
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Entertainment Sector
  • Environmental
  • Family Businesses
  • Franchise
  • Industrial
  • Insurance
  • International
  • Landlord/Tenant
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Libel & Slander
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Natural Disasters
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • Partnerships
  • Pensions
  • Personal Injury
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Postal
  • Probate
  • Product Liability
  • Professional Fees
  • Professional Liability
  • Professional Malpractice
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property Damage
  • Real Estate
  • Religious Institutions
  • Securities
  • Shareholder Disputes
  • Telecommunications
  • Title Disputes
  • Torts
  • Trademarks/Patents
  • Trusts / Estates
  • Unfair Competition
  • Venture Capital

Education

  • College of William and Mary (A.B., 1964)
  • Cornell University (J.D.,1967)
  • University of Chicago (M.C.L., 1969) (including post graduate German civil law studies at University of Munich (LMU)

Memberships & Affiliations

Certifications :

Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), the American Arbitration Asssociation (AAA), the International Mediation Institute (IMI), National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN).

Mediation Panels :   CPR Banking, Accounting and Financial Services, Franchise and Cross-Border ; AAA NYC Metropolitan Area Commercial ; IMI ; New York State Supreme Court, Commercial Division (Manhattan and Queens);  New Jersey Superior Court ; U.S. Federal District Courts for the Southern District and the Eastern District of New York; and the US Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York; CMS; NY Surrogate's Court Pilot Mediation Program (Chair).

Organizational Affiliations :

     American Bar Association

                Dispute Resolution Section

                Business Law Section

  • American Foreign Law Association, President (1994-1998)
  • Association for Conflict Resolution, Commercial Section, Workplace Section, Spirituality Section
  • Association for Conflict Resolution-Greater New York Chapter
  • Board of Directors, Greater New York Chapter (2007-2011)
  • Chair,  ACRGNY Annual Conference (2008, 2010)
  • Family Firm Institute, NYC Study Group
  • New York City Bar Association
    • Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee (Chair, Subcommittee on Surrogate's Court Mediation)
    • Foreign and Comparative Law Committee, Chair (1996-1999)
    • European Union Study Center -Bd. of Directors
    • Mediators Beyond Borders, Founding Member
    • New York State Bar Association
      • Section on Business Law
      • Section on Dispute Resolution, Mediation Committee 
      • New York State Dispute Resolution Association (NYSDRA)
        • Board of Directors (2008 - )
        • Chair, Ethics and Standards Committee (2008-)

        • Southern California Mediation Association (2012-)

        • Collaborative Divorce Professionals of the Inland Empire,California (2013- )

Rates Information

$450/hour; $3000/day

Language Skills

German

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