Suzanne M. McSorley

Since 1997, Sue has served as a mediation neutral in assisting parties in hundreds of matters to resolve disputes outside of the litigation process. She has received certificates from the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and the Center for Mediation in Law and currently serves as a mediator on the roster of mediators for court-annexed mediation in New Jersey. She was named 2005 “ADR Practitioner of the Year” by the New Jersey State Bar Association for her contributions to advance the cause of mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution in New Jersey.

Bar Admissions:
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania

Court Admissions:
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Columbia University School of Law, J.D., Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, 1979
Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, A.B., cum laude, 1979

• New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution, 2002-2012
• New Jersey Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Mediator Standards, 2006-2012
• American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry, Member, 1992-Present; Division 12 (Owners and Lenders) Steering Committee, 2009-Present 
• American Bar Association, Member, Litigation and Dispute Resolution sections, 1980-Present
• New Jersey State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, Chair, 2001-2002; Chair-Elect, 2000-2001; Secretary, 1998-2000; Director, 1997-2003; Litigation and Construction Law Sections
• Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternate Dispute Resolution, Past President, 2010-2011
• New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators 
• Mercer County Bar Association, Former Trustee
• Mercer County Bar Foundation, Past Trustee and President 
• Supreme Court of New Jersey, District VII Fee Arbitration Committee, 1999-2003
• Supreme Court of New Jersey, District VII Ethics Committee, 1991-1994 
• Columbia Law School Alumni Association
• Columbia Law School Association of New Jersey, Trustee and Treasurer, 1996-1999; Vice President

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