Mediation/Arbitration/Settlement Counsel

Arbitration Experience

During her career as a mediator and arbitrator over the past two decades, Judith Meyer has resolved more than 800 disputes involving virtually all areas of law. As a co-founder of the Philadelphia JAMS Dispute Resolution Center, Judith P. Meyer, Esq. has been conducting arbitrations and mediations at JAMS since 1994. Ms. Meyer has served as an arbitrator or mediator on a number of ADR panels including September 11 Victims’ Compensation Fund of 2001; EEOC Mediation Services Panel; National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.; USA Track and Field Olympic Trials Doping Grievances Panel; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Certified Mediator; and Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and Philadelphia Commerce Court as a Judge Pro Tem. Ms. Meyer’s knowledge of the law, ADR expertise, and listening skills have contributed to her success in this area.

Representative Arbitrations

Actuarial Malpractice: Claim by former client against actuary for failure to provide participant/beneficiaries of company defined benefit plan requisite notice of lump sum distribution or annuity option upon plan termination, and for errors committed in calculating present value of accrued benefits Breach of Contract and/or Fiduciary Duty: Claim by trustee of family trust against bank for damages for losses in sale of land Claim by homeowner against interior design firm for undisclosed kickbacks in purchase of antiquities Construction Cases: Construction of major store, resulting in concrete contractor claim for increased supervision costs, increased general condition costs, subcontractor costs, change orders and consulting and expert fees, and owner claim for lost rent and paid real estate taxes $70 million, multi-prime contract for construction of eleven school buildings with 478,000 sq. ft. of enclosed space, on 120 acres with playing fields, parking areas, and roadways led to claim by electrical contractor for additional costs due to delay in project schedule, extended field conditions, productivity losses for overtime and mismanagement, unpaid change orders, unpaid contract sum and penalties Roof replacement of country club building at cost of $170,000 resulting in claim against design professional and installation contractor Claim by contractor against homebuilder for out-of-scope work Claim by contractor against owner on change orders in big-box store and for corrective work and removal of over-sprayed fire proofing and patching Employment Law: Claims by law firm against former employee attorney for sums earned on cases retained by employee attorney Claim by former employee of mortgage lender for net losses associated with new offices Claim by female skilled industrial worker, under Title VII for sexual harassment and under ERISA for failure to provide COBRA notice Claim by employee after denial of benefits under company Enhanced Severance Plan Claim by restaurant food chain hostess for sexual harassment Claim for reinstatement of employee of national hotel chain after termination for alleged use of marijuana Environmental Law: Claim of breach of asbestos containing material abatement work plan to remove entombed, asbestos contaminated material in sub-basement of major commercial building Claim of breach of stock purchase agreement regarding obligations to remediate soil and water table contamination on former industrial property and obtain a “no further action letter” from the governing environmental protection agency Franchise Law: Arbitration of mutual allegations of breach of settlement agreement of class action between international franchisor with franchisee operators association Healthcare: Contractual termination of doctor from preferred provider network for inappropriate relationship with a patient Breach of agreement of sale of dental practice due to failure to disclose drug dependence/mental illness of dentist, affecting good will of business Doctor’s claim against partnership practice for deferred compensation and share re-purchase under employment and shareholder’s agreements Insurance Bad Faith: Claim of bad faith against insurer for failure to undertake good faith evaluation of insured’s claim and failure to make good faith offer to settle prior to award in arbitration Medical Malpractice: Claim against individual doctor and medical ob/gyn practice for failure to provide patient option of taking estrogen prophylactically after hysterectomy resulting in development of osteopenia Personal Injury: Rear-end motor vehicle collision resulting in L4-5 and L5-S1 herniations T-bone motor vehicle collision resulting in brachial plexopathy and triangular fibrocartilaginous tear Motor vehicle accident resulting in right shoulder rotator cuff tendon tear