Atty. Simeon H. Baum
Simeon H. Baum, President of Resolve Mediation Services, Inc.
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Simeon H. Baum is a adr attorney based in New York, New York, practicing at Resolve Mediation Services, Inc.. Educated at Fordham University (J.D., 1983). Recognitions include Lawyer of the Year — Mediation (New York City) (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Arbitration (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Mediation (2026). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Simeon H. Baum, President of Resolve Mediation Services, Inc. (www.mediators.com), has successfully mediated over 2,000 disputes
- He has been active since 1992 as a neutral in dispute resolution, assuming the roles of mediator, neutral evaluator and arbitrator in a variety of cases, including the highly publicized mediation of the Studio Daniel Libeskind-Silverstein Properties dispute over architectural fees relating to the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site, Trump’s $ 1 billion suit over the West Side Hudson River development, and Archie Comics’ shareholder/CEO dispute
- He was selected for New York Magazine’s 2005 - 2026 “Best Lawyers” and “New York Super Lawyers” listings for ADR, and Best Lawyers’ “Lawyer of the Year” for ADR in New York for 2011, 2014, 2018, 2020, and 2021
- and in the International Who’s Who of Commercial Mediation Lawyers 2012-2021
- An attorney, with 40 years’ experience as a litigator, Mr. Baum has served as a mediator or ADR neutral in a wide variety of matters involving claims concerning business disputes, financial services, securities industry disputes, reinsurance and insurance coverage, property damage and personal injury, malpractice, employment, ERISA benefits, accounting, civil rights, partnership, family business, real property, construction, surety bond defaults, unfair competition, fraud, bank fraud, bankruptcy, intellectual property, and commercial claims
- Mr. Baum has a longstanding involvement in Alternative Dispute Resolution ("ADR")
- He has served as a neutral for the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York Mediation Panels
- New Jersey Superior Court, Civil Part, Statewide
- Commercial Division, New York State Supreme Court, New York & Westchester Counties
- U.S
- Bankruptcy Court, Southern & Eastern Districts of New York
- the New York Stock Exchange
- National Association of Securities Dealers
- the U.S
- Postal Service, the U.S
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and CPR, and National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN), among others
- Mr. Baum’s peers have appointed him to many key posts: e.g., Member, ADR Advisory Group, Commercial Division, Supreme Court, New York County
- ADR Advisory Group and Mediation Ethics Advisory Committee, N.Y
- State Unified Court System
- Founding Chair of the N.Y
- State Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section, he was also subcommittee chair of the N.Y
- State Bar Association’s ADR Committee
- Legislative Tracking Subcommittee Chair of the ADR Committee of the Litigation Section of the American Bar Association
- Charter Member, ABA Dispute Resolution Section Corporate Liaison Committee
- Board Member, Federal Bar Association, President, Federal Bar Association’s SDNY Chapter, and Chair of the FBA’s national ADR Section
- He is past Chair of the New York County Lawyers Association (NYCLA) Committee on Arbitration and ADR
- Besides serving on the NYCLA’s Committee on Committees, he is past Chair of the Joint Committee on Fee Dispute and Conciliation (of NYCLA, ABC NY, and Bronx County Bar Associations), and is on the Board of Governors, NYS Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Resolution Program
- He is also a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
- He is a Director for the New York NADN panel
- Mr. Baum has shared his enthusiasm for ADR through teaching, training, extensive writing and public speaking
- He has taught ADR at NYU's School of Continuing and Professional Development, and he teaches Negotiation, and Processes of Dispute Resolution (focusing on Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration) at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
- He developed and conducts 3-day programs training mediators for the Commercial Division, Supreme Court, New York, Queens, and Westchester Counties
- He has been a panelist, presenter and facilitator for numerous programs on mediation, arbitration, and ADR for Judges, attorneys, and other professionals
- Mr. Baum is a graduate of Colgate University and the Fordham University School of Law
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Mediators and arbitrators for civil, commercial, family, and employment dispute resolution.
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