Gerald Wald

Gerald Wald is an experienced litigator whose work is now substantially devoted to the arbitration and mediation of a wide variety of business, insurance, securities, health care, real property and professional liability matters in domestic and international cases.

Experience

Mr. Wald practiced as a high profile litigator for forty years. In addition to litigating hundreds of commercial cases, he has been appointed to serve as a federal equity receiver in twenty-five FTC and CFTC enforcement actions. He also has been appointed to serve as a special master, monitor and auditor in numerous federal and state court cases. Mr. Wald has extensive experience as an arbitrator (sole arbitrator, panelist, chairperson) in over 150 cases and has mediated over 500 cases. Mr. Wald has served as an arbitrator in cases administered by the AAA, ICDR, ICC and AHLA and is familiar with the rules of these organizations.

Work History

Judicial Law Clerk, Judge Thomas F. Croake, U. S. District Court Judge, Southern District of N.Y. (1969-1970); Associate Attorney, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York, N.Y. (1970-1975); Associate Attorney and Partner, Paul Landy Beiley & Yacos, Miami, Florida (1975-1978); Partner, Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, PA, Miami, Florida (1979-2016); Of Counsel, Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, PLLC (2017- present).

Training

AAA eDiscovery - Arbitration in a Digital World (ACE012), 2016: AAA -Conducting Research and Investigations - The Arbitrator’s Authority (ACE009), 2014; AAA - Arbitrator Boundaries: What are the Limits of Arbitrator Authority, 2013; AAA- Arbitrator Ethics and Disclosure (ACE003), 2008; AAA - Dealing With Delay Tactics in Arbitration (ACE004), 2006; AAA - Chairing an Arbitration Panel (ACE005),2006; AAA - Arbitration Awards (ACE 001), 2004; Annual Arbitrator Update 2002; AAA - Commercial Arbitrator II Training, Miami 2001; AAA - Commercial Arbitrator Training Workshop, Miami 1999.

License(s)

New York Bar, 1970; Florida Bar, 1976; Supreme Court of Florida Certified Circuit Court Civil Mediator

Education

Colgate University (B.A. 1966); New York University School of Law ( J.D. 1969)

Awards

Mr. Wald has been recognized as a leading commercial litigator in such peer-related publications as Best Lawyers in America (commercial litigation, real estate litigation and Bet-the-Company litigation), Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Florida Super Lawyers and Leading Florida Lawyers in the South Florida Legal Guide. In 2013, Mr. Wald was designated ’Lawyer of the Year’ by Best Lawyers in America in the category of Miami Bet-the-Company litigation. Mr. Wald has been A/V rated by Martindale -Hubbell since 1980.

Panels

Panel of Commercial Arbitrators of American Arbitration Association and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution; Panel of Arbitrators of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA): ICC International Court of Arbitration

Associations

Supreme Court of Florida Certified Circuit Court Mediator; Member, Miami- Dade County, Federal and American Bar Associations; Member, Spellman- Hoeveler American Inns of Court; Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Rules and Procedure for the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida; Member, Judicial Nominating Commission, Third District Court of Appeal (2001 to 2008, Chairman 2006-2007); Chairman, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee ’H’ of the Florida Bar.

Miscellaneous

Faculty, AAA/CCA, Arbitration from A to Z - For both Advocates and Arbitrators, Miami, 2017.