Job Title: Arbitrator and Mediator
Areas of Expertise: Adjudication,Arbitration,Mediation,Expert Witness
Roy L. De Barbieri, Esq., M.CIArb.,
De Barbieri & Associates Consultants LLC
Current Employer-Title De Barbieri & Associates - Full time Neutral, Arbitrator, Mediator, Fact-finder,
Commercial, Construction, Franchise and Family and Probate Matters
Profession Full-time Commercial Arbitrator, Mediator; International Trade Consultant;
Business and Real Estate Developer, Attorney at Law
Work History Retired Partner, De Barbieri & Associates, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law LLC;
Of Counsel to Zangari, Cohn,Cuthbertson, Duhl and Grello, PC: Adjunct Professor,
Quinnipiac Law School; Attorney, Private ADR Practice, 1988-presesent. Partner,
Schine, Julianelle & De Barbieri, 1989-94; Partner, CO.GE.PA, S.r.L, Turin, Italy,
1988-94; President, Chevron Ties International, 1983-84.
Experience Forty Eight years of experience primarily engaged in a business law practice in,
Connecticut, New York, and Massachusetts including, but not limited to
bankruptcy, workers' compensation, real estate, foreclosure, consumer, franchise,
probate and estates, creditor's rights, business law, real estate development,
contract default disputes, foreclosures, employment disputes, contract enforcement,
asset recovery, divorce and family law, landlord/tenant matters, leasing, zoning and
land use, salvage and admiralty, and environmental compliance. Represented real
estate developers in matters valued up to $100 million. Represented city
governments and is a legal consultant for European companies. Experience also
includes representation of commercial and consumer clients before State and
Federal Public Utility Control, Transportation, and various administrative agencies.
As investor, experienced in real estate development, housing, and construction law
matters. Former Connecticut worker' compensation commissioner at large. Small
claims hearing judge in over 300 cases between 1977 and 1993. Member of the
Governor's Housing Task Force. Designed and built State Plaza office building in
New Haven Connecticut 1988. Service Award, The Republic of Italy, 2003; Rank
of Commander, Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, House of Savoy, 2004.
Adjunct Professor, Quinnipiac Law School.
Alternative Dispute
Resolution Experience
Experienced as an Advocate, Neutral and Instructor in arbitration and mediation,
sole arbitrator, and panel member, including AAA, private, and international
arbitration and mediation. Since 1988 served as an arbitrator in approximately 475
matters, involving issues of liability and damage allocation of up to $40 million.
Also arbitrated franchise, real estate matters, and construction matters, major
national franchisee disputes, banking regulation and compliance, employment
disputes, partnership buyout disputes, fee disputes, contract disputes, and attorney
fee disputes, major partner/auto dealer dispute and real estate valuation cases.
Mediator experience in the Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission as at
Large Commissioner. Most recently mediated an international Commercial dispute
with claims to $950 million dollars. Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Roy L. De Barbieri, Esq., M.CIArb.,
Neutral ID : 109778
The AAA provides arbitrators to parties on cases administered by the AAA under its various Rules, which delegate authority to the AAA on various issues, including
arbitrator appointment and challenges, general oversight, and billing. Arbitrations that proceed without AAA administration are not considered "AAA arbitrations," even if
the parties were to select an arbitrator who is on the AAA's Roster.
Member of AAA Commercial, Consumer, and Large Complex Case Panels in CT,
NY, and MA, CT ADR Center Panel, Fellow, and Chair of Law Firm CLE
Education Committee, The College of Commercial Arbitrators.
Alternative Dispute
Resolution Training
Arbitrator Performance and Demeanor ~ Meeting Participant Expectations, 2018;
CCA 17th Annual Meeting, 2017; Advanced Training in Healthcare Mediation,
2017; AAA Exploring Critical Issues in Arbitration, 2016; ABA Section of Dispute
Resolution mid-year meeting, Effective Advocacy and Management in Arbitration,
2015; AAA Managing the Arbitration Process for Efficiency & Economy
Following the Preliminary Hearing, 2013; College of Commercial Arbitrators
Annual Meeting, 2016, 2015, 2014,2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009; New York State
Bar Association, Section on Dispute Resolution, Annual Updates, 2013, 2012;
NYSBA, Crisis in the Courts, 2011; AAA Maximizing Efficiency & Economy in
Arbitration: Challenges at the Preliminary Hearing, 2011; What Recent Discoveries
in Neuroscience Can Add to the Art of Negotiation and Practice of Mediation,
2011; AAA, Muscular Arbitration: Trimming the Fat Out of Arbitration, 2011; CT
Bar Institute, Inc. Let's Get the Lead Out! Arbitrators, Outside Counsel, Clients and
Arbitration, 2010; AAA/ICDR Neutrals Conference: Electronic Discovery,
Chairing ICDR Panels, Managing the ICDR Guidelines, Update, 2009; AAA Ask
& Answer: Arbitration, 2008; ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Spring
Conference, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2003; ICDR The Common Law/Civil
Law Gap: The Issues and How International Arbitrators May Resolve Them, 2006;
AAA Dealing with Delay Tactics in Arbitration (ACE004), 2005; AAA Arbitrator
Roundtable on Discovery: Enough is Enough, or is it?, 2004; ICDR/AAA,
International Commercial Arbitration in Latin America, 2004; AAA Arbitrator
Roundtable: The Revised Commercial Arbitrator Code of Ethics, 2004; AAA
Neutrals Conference, 2003; AAA Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding &
Writing Awards (ACE001), 2003; AAA Arbitrator Update, 2003, 2002; AAA
Commercial Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues, 2001;
AAA Basic Commercial Arbitrator Training, 1999; AAA Neutrals Retreat, 1998;
various other ADR and Mediation training.
Professional Licenses Admitted to the Bar: Connecticut, 1973; U.S. District Court, District of
Connecticut, 1973; U.S. Supreme Court, 1977. Licensed Real Estate Agent,
Connecticut, 1982.
Professional
Associations
The College of Commercial Arbitrators (Director and Fellow); Chartered Institute
of Arbitrators; American Bar Association; Connecticut Bar Association (Section on
ADR, Past Chair), Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, National Italian
American Bar Association, AAA national panel of Mediators.
Education Mount St. Mary's University (BS-1969); Cleveland State University, Cleveland
Marshall College of Law (JD-1972).
Publications and
Speaking Engagements
Presenter, ADR Section CBA, "Advocacy in Pre Hearing Conferences, September
27, 2017; "Presenter, Ct Bar Institute, " Managing an Arbitration", June 12, 2017;
Presenter, "Advocacy Skills in Arbitration", CT Bar Institute, June 11th 2016:
Presenter, "Drafting Arbitration Clauses", Baker Hostetler, New York City, June
2013; Presenter, "CCA/Tenn Bar Assoc. CLE "Drafting the Arbitration Process
Country of Residence:
Primary Branch: New York
Secondary Branch:
15 Northwood Road
Madison, Connecticut USA
(also New York City office)
06443