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Commercial Division Retired Justice Elizabeth Emerson joins FedArb
March 14, 2024 – FedArb is pleased to announce Justice Elizabeth Emerson has joined its panel. Based in New York, she previously served on the Chief Judge’s Task Force on Commercial Litigation in the 21st century. Justice Emerson’s expertise in commercial litigation makes her exceptionally well-qualified to assist parties in resolving disputes through arbitration, mediation and serving as a special referee. She specializes in resolving Banking, Employment, Insurance, M&A, Professional Partnership Disputes, Real Estate, Securities and Trade Secret disputes.
In 2002, she leveraged her extensive corporate law experience as a partner at a major New York law firm to establish the Suffolk County Commercial Division, where she presided for more than 20 years, making her one of the longest serving commercial division justice in New York. Justice Emerson presided over numerous complex commercial cases and was instrumental in helping craft the policies, procedures and rules of the Commercial Division as an appointee to the Commercial Division Advisory Council.
Justice Emerson currently serves as a member-at-large on the Executive Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association and as a co-chair of the Suffolk County Bar Association’s commercial division committee. She was first elected as a New York State Supreme Court Justice in 1996 and served for 28 years, including four years as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term of the Appellate Division of the Second Department for the 9th and 10th Judicial Districts.
“FedArb is very excited to have Justice Emerson join us,” said Kennen D. Hagen, FedArb’s president and CEO. “Her decades on the bench combined with her legal knowledge and exceptional skill in understanding and navigating the nuances of the conflicts that come before her to reach a resolution, make her a tremendous asset and addition to our panel.”
Justice Emerson earned her A.B. from Boston College and her J.D. from Syracuse University School of Law. Justice Emerson also lectures frequently on topics related to complex litigation and has authored the chapter on secured transactions in the multi-volume treatise, Commercial Litigation in the New York State Courts.
About FedArb
For almost two decades, leading law firms have used FedArb’s panel of more than 60 former Article III federal judges and 60 distinguished neutrals to successfully mediate and arbitrate hundreds of high profile complex civil cases, typically achieving results more efficiently and cost effectively than through litigation. FedArb’s panelists also work with law firms on internal investigations, mock trials and on corporate monitoring assignments. FedArb provides around-the-clock administrative services and requires its neutrals to honor the parties’ deadlines, saving clients time and money.