Westerkamp ADR Services, LLC

PATRICK R. WESTERKAMP, ESQ.

Westerkamp ADR Services, LLC

199 Main Street

Matawan, NJ 07747

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(732) 672 3222

mediatorpat@verizon.net

         Since 2005 practice is restricted to serving as a neutral in all areas of employment and labor dispute resolution

    Career Experience

         Tribunal Clerk, New York Office, American Arbitration Association            (1967--68)

Prepared lists of proposed commercial arbitrators, assisted with scheduling hearings, prepared confirming correspondence, and attended hearings as a clerk assisting with ministerial tasks         

         Tribunal Supervisor, New York Office, American Arbitration            Association (1968)

               Supervised the administration of arbitrations for the General Arbitration Council of the Textile Industry

         Assistant Regional Manager, Chicago Office, American Arbitration  Association (1968--1971)

   Ran two operating departments of the AAA’s Chicago Office, which served six Midwestern states. Duties included planning and implementation of education and training programs pertaining to grievance resolution, and insurance claims. Also, planned and administered union officer elections, and public sector unit certification elections.

         New Jersey Regional Manager/Director, American Arbitration        Association (1971--78)

                Opened and managed AAA’s New Jersey Regional Office. Responsible    for a staff of 15 persons who administered labor, insurance claims, and  commercial arbitrations, as well as overseeing elections for labor organizations. Chaired AAA’s Long Range Planning Committee. Conducted dispute settlement training programs.  

 Arbitrator/Mediator (1978--1982)

Labor Arbitration & Mediation

              Arbitrated contract interpretation, discipline, and discharge grievances in the private sector including pharmaceutical, health care, chemical, transportation, and machine tool industries.

            Commercial Arbitration

Arbitrated a range of commercial disputes including disputes involving: purchase agreements; franchises; construction; home owners’ warranties;

           real estate; employment contracts; equipment leasing; and brokerage.

           Associate, Epstein, Becker & Green (1983--1988)

              Assigned to the firm's New York City and New Jersey offices representing corporation with respect to fair employment practices, employment torts, wage & hour issues, and NLRB charges. Although precluded as a managment representiatve from arbitrating labor cases, I served as an arbitrator of business disputes.  

           Associate Labor/Employment Attorney, PSE&G (1988-2005)

            Represented utility in employment and labor relations litigation including    presenting contract interpretation, discharge, and discipline cases to labor        arbitrators. Presented more than 100 grievance arbitrations, and counseled       corporate representatives on the LMRA’s application to collective bargaining.

      Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall School of Law (1988 - 1984)

               Taught dispute resolution including negotiations, mediation, and arbitration. In prior years, taught collective bargaining on the adjunct faculties of Rutgers University, Fairleigh DickinsonUniversity, and Seton Hall University.

Education

B. A. Hofstra University

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology

    M. S. Loyola University

       Master’s degree in Industrial Relations

       J. D. Seton Hall Law School

 ADR Panel Memberships

            American Arbitration Association—Labor Panel

            Equal Employment Opportunity Commission—Newark & Philadelphia

            Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service

            National Mediation Board

            National Association of Security Dealers

            New Jersey State Board of Mediation

            New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission

            New Jersey Member - the NY/NJ Port Authority Employee Relations Panel

            R. 1:40 Mediator for New Jersey Superior Court

            R. 1:40 Civil Arbitrator, Monmouth County

Publications

           “The Acceptability of Inexperienced Arbitrators: An Experiment,” with Allen K. Miller, Labor Law Journal (December 1971)

           “Obscure Lines: The New Jersey Courts’ Response to Public Sector         Bargaining,” The Arbitration Journal (June 1980)

            “Employment-at-Will: The New Legal Definition of Just Cause,”

            Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth Annual Meeting of the Industrial Relations Research Association (December 1982)

            Respirator Fit Standards, with Ronald M. Mack, M. D., Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (1999)

            “Mediation Advocacy for the Employment Law Practitioner,” NJ Labor &      Employment Law Reporter (2006)

            “Dilemmas Facing Labor Arbitrators Who Mediate,” Annual Proceedings of the Association for Conflict Resolution (2006)

            “Why Are We Chasing Horses?” ADR Workplace News (Fall 2006)

 Professional Associations

Member, New Jersey State Bar Association, Labor & Employment, and Dispute Resolution Sections

              Member, Association for Conflict Resolution

            Member, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators

Past President, NYC Chapter, Industrial Relations Research Association

                     Member, New Jersey Chapter, Labor and Employment Relations Association