ADR
While litigation may be an appropriate means of resolving our clients’ disputes under the right circumstances, at Vandenberg & Feliu we do not view it as necessarily the only approach to dispute resolution. While reviewing your dispute and advising you on the best course of action, we will discuss with you alternative dispute resolution (“ADR”) options to help find the best dispute resolution vehicle for the dispute at hand.
Our attorneys are well versed in alternatives to litigation, including mediation and arbitration, and have represented our clients in a variety of alternate dispute resolution settings. For example, we’ve mediated disputes extensively on behalf of our clients before organizations including the American Arbitration Association, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the New York City Commission on Human Rights. We have also represented clients in arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association, various financial industry panels, as well as on an ad hoc basis.
We Offer Unparalleled Experience for Your ADR Needs
Senior Partner Al Feliu, who heads our ADR practice, is a highly regarded arbitrator and mediator on the American Arbitration Association’s Complex Commercial Case and Employment Disputes Panels and CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution’s Employment Disputes Panel. He also serves as a trainer for the AAA and is a member of the committee that developed the AAA’s training program for employment arbitrators nationwide. Mr. Feliu has been an arbitrator for the federal court in Brooklyn
(EDNY) since 1991 and has been a volunteer mediator with the Southern District of New York since 1993. Mr. Feliu has served as the EEO Officer for the Port of New York/New Jersey since 2006. He was appointed by then Governor Cuomo to serve on the New York State Human Rights Law Arbitration Advisory Committee from 1990 through 1998. Mr. Feliu is the co-editor of Resolving Employment Disputes Without Litigation (BNA 1988) and has published several leading articles on ADR topics.
Mr. Feliu’s arbitration awards address claims relating to such issues as:
• Discrimination and harassment
• Executive compensation
• Severance obligations
• Breach of contract and fiduciary duties
• Enforcement of noncompetition and related agreements
• Commercial disputes
• Statutory wage and hour actions
• Breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing
• Breach of shareholder and partnership agreements
• Fraud and common law torts
• Wrongful discharge
• ERISA rights and obligations
He has also mediated individual as well as multi-party claims. Cases resolved include claims on a wide variety of commercial and employment issues, including discrimination and harassment claims based on race, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, and disability; wage and hour claims; breach of contract; ERISA benefits; severance benefits; and executive compensation.
Our attorneys are also called upon frequently to conduct independent investigations of such claims on discrimination and harassment and alleged Sarbanes-Oxley violations.