Steven Certilman

Domestic and international arbitrator since 1988.  More than 35 years of legal practice as commercial generalist, corporate and commercial counsel and commercial litigator. More than 400 arbitration cases as chair, co-arbitrator and sole arbitrator under the rules of various domestic and international arbitral bodies and the laws of various nations in a wide range of legal areas including software, ecommerce and website development, business process outsourcing, general corporate and commercial law, asset and stock purchase agreements and earnout disputes, M&A, technology, construction, employment, real estate, insurance, trademark and copyright licensing, art, telecommunications, publishing, marketing and manufacturing, investor and investment disputes, securities, and trusts and estates.

Full time ADR practitioner. Chair, sole arbitrator and emergency arbitrator since 1988; member of the AAA and ICDR Large and Complex Case, M&A, Employment, Technology, Mediation and Construction panels, and other panels worldwide. Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England; Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators. Served as arbitrator in more than 350 domestic and international arbitration cases. Commercial proceedings have involved a broad range of contracts including under the CISG, shareholder disputes and business breakups, business brokerage, breach of fiduciary duty and fraud claims, insurance disputes including coverage and valuation disputes in commercial general liability, E&O, directors and officer's liability, completion/performance/surety bond and property insurance contexts, executive compensation, real estate disputes involving sale, joint venture and development, and breach of contract and related claims arising under agreements such as marketing, distribution, franchise, IP and technology development, art, copyright and trademark and technology licensing, insurance (coverage and claim valuation), publishing, health care, telecommunications, IT including platform development, SEO, software development, business process outsourcing, advertising and employment/consulting agreements (including non-competition and non-solicitation issues). Served as trial referee in more than thirty court trials for the Superior Court of the State of Connecticut.

Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR). Elected, Board of Trustees, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England (20042011).  Elected Chairman, Board of Trustees, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England (2009-2011). Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney. Super Lawyers (ADR) 2011-date, (corporate) 2011 to 2020. Top Attorneys of New England, Connecticut, New York Metro. The 200 Outstanding Lawyers of Fairfield County (Connecticut). Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Life Fellow, New York State Bar Foundation.

Collector and gallerist of contemporary art with museum exhibitions. Former coowner and GC, major brand automobile franchise. Real estate investor.

Hofstra University School of Law, Hempstead, NY (J.D. 1981); Connecticut College, New London, CT (BA degrees in Psychology, Government and Sociology-Based Human Relations, 1978).

For ADR training programs, please see my website at www.certilman.com

Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators; Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.  Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), London, England (2017).  Certificate, Columbia Law School - Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Joint Program on International Commercial Arbitration (May, 2015).  Certificate, American College of e-Neutrals (October, 2016).  Certificate, Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, Negotiation and Leadership (April, 2018). Former Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law (International Arbitration 2011-2017). Member, International Arbitration Club of New York; Appointed, Roster of Neutrals, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and American Arbitration Association, Large, Complex Case, Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Financial Services, International Franchise, Technology, Employment, Construction and Mediation Panels; Member, "Tech List", Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center; Mediator and Member, Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Technology and Franchise Panels; Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Court of Arbitration for Art (CAfA); Member, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Panel of Arbitrators; Member, Panel of Arbitrators, Asian International Arbitration Centre; Member, Panel of Neutrals, FINRA; Member, Commercial and Technology Panels and Tutor, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Mediator, United States District Court, Southern District of New York; Mediator, United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York; Arbitrator, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York; Special Master, United States DIstrict Court, District of Connecticut; Trial Referee, Superior Court of the State of Connecticut; Member, American Bar Association; Connecticut Bar Association, (Former Chair, Technology Law Section), Fairfield County Bar Association, (Former Chair, ADR Section); New York State Bar Association; New York City Bar.

$850 per hour however will consider reductions in appropriate cases. No charge for travel time. Available at any location.