Jay H. Sandak, Experienced commercial and personal injury mediator. He is a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators, a member of the Association of Attorney Mediators and a member of the American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals. He has and continues to serve as a Special Master for the U.S. Federal District Court of Connecticut and the Connecticut Superior Court negotiating settlements where he has served for almost twenty years. A partner of the Stamford, Waterbury and New Haven CT law firm, Carmody Torrance Sandak & Hennessey, LLP, he has practiced in Connecticut for more than forty years. He has extensive trial experience in both state and federal courts in personal injury and commercial litigation including professional liability, land use, complex condemnation, business torts and intellectual property cases. His trial skills form a solid foundation for him when he serves as a private Mediator and Arbitrator. He enjoys an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and has been consistently listed in the Best Lawyers in America and in New England SuperLawyers in the area of Alternative Dispute Resolution, including being listed in Connecticut Magazine Superlawyers 2010 as being one of the Top 50 Attorneys in Connecticut.
Has extensive mediation experience in professional liability (medical and legal), complex commercial and land use cases. Over the last several years has averaged approximately fifty Mediations a year and participated in and presented at numerous CLE programs on the subject of mediation. Facilitator at ABA Advanced Mediation Institute, Boston, MA 2012
Each matter is unique. At different stages of the mediation process all techniques of facilitative, evaluative and transformative mediation skills can and are utilized to achieve a satisfactory result
Colby College, Waterville, Maine, AB 1968; Syracuse Universi9ty College of Law, JD 1971
Parties equally share the costs of the mediation which are charged on an hourly basis.