Stephen Yusem

More than 40 years as an advocate at all levels of state and federal court systems and as an arbitrator and mediator.

Experience

More than 40 years of arbitrating and mediating a wide variety of disputes, many of which have been large and complex, in the areas of expertise specified above as administered by the associations specified below as well as non-administered, disputes.

Work History

High Swartz Roberts and Seidel, 1963-2014 (senior partner) Self-employed, 2015 - present

Cases

Well over 1,000 arbitrations in the areas of expertise specified above, both administered and non-administered.

Training

Domestic (2000-present): AAA, Providing a Respectful ADR Environment, 2019 AAA, Arbitrator Subpoenas, 2015 AAA, Panel Dynamics, 2015 AAA/ICDR Neutrals Conference, 2020, 2012, 2010, 2003, 2000 AAA, Construction Conference, 2010 AAA, How to Prevent Arbitrations from Transforming into Litigation, 2009 AAA, Arbitrator Ethics and Disclosure, 2008 ABA Dispute Resolution Section Conference, 2008 Construction Dispute Resolution Services, Dispute Resolution Boards, 2007 Center for Dispute Settlement, Mediation for the Professional, 2004 AAA, Arbitration Awards: Safeguarding, Deciding and Writing Awards, 2003 ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, Advanced Mediation Training, 2003, 2002 AAA Commercial Disputes Train the Trainer Course, 2000 AAA, Advanced Case Management Issues, 2000 ABA Section Dispute Resolution, Collaborative Problem Solving, 2000 International (2000 – present): AAA/CDR/ICC/ICSID Joint Colloquium, 2012 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Best Practices Guidelines for International Arbitration and Mediation, 2010 International Arbitration and Mediation, Oxford University, UK, 2010 International Conference of Commercial Arbitrators, 2010 Association for International Arbitrators, the UNCITRAL Model Law, 2010 International Centre for Dispute Resolution, 8th Annual International Arbitration Conference Resolving International Construction Disputes, 2010 Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, International Commercial Arbitration, 2008 International Chamber of Commerce, International Advanced Arbitration Practice Workshop, 2007 International Chamber of Commerce, Current Issues in ICC Arbitration, 2006 International Chamber of Commerce, International Commercial Dispute, 2005 International Chamber of Commerce, Global Dispute Resolution, 2004 ABA Dispute Resolution Section, International Dispute Resolution, 2003 TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS Domestic “The Preliminary Conference,” ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, 2019 “Dispute Resolution in Real Estate,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2013 “The Arbitration Award,” New Jersey Bar Association, 2013 “Arbitration Problems, Solutions and Developments,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2013 “Protocols for Commercial Arbitrators,” Business Law Institute, 2012 “Fiduciary Arbitration,” College of Commercial Arbitrators, 2011 “New Protocols for Arbitration,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2011 “Fiduciary ADR,” Pennsylvania Bar Association, 2011 “Probate ADR,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2010, 2011 “Planning Resolution Strategies,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2010 “Probate Mediation,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2009 “Innovative Construction ADR Techniques,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2009 “Dispute Resolution Training,” Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 2008 “Probate Mediation,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Estate Law Institute, 2005-2008 “ADR Institute,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2004-2007 ‘Commercial Arbitrators Guide to Avoiding Vacatur,” ABA Dispute Resolution, 2007 “Construction Dispute Review Boards,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2007 “Arbitration Disclosure Issues,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2007 “AAA Commercial Arbitration II Training,” 2006-2010 “Avoiding Vacatur,” Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference, 2006 “Commercial Arbitration Ethics,” Pennsylvania Bar Association ADR Committee, 2006 “Managing Multi-party Complex Construction Mediation,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2006 “Arbitration Training Institute,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2006-2004 “Mediation,” Pennsylvania Bar Association Estate Law Institute, 2006 “The Commercial Arbitration Hearing,” ABA Dispute Resolution, 2005 “Practicing Commercial Arbitration Today,” Bar of the City of New York, 2004 “Mediation for the Professional,” Center for Dispute Settlement, 2004 “Arbitration Training Institute,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2004 “Maximize Your Mediations,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2003 “Advanced Mediation,” ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2003 “Resolving Land Use Disputes,” Association for Conflict Resolution, 2003 “Commercial Arbitration, Train the Trainers,” AAA, 2001 “Commercial Arbitration I,” AAA, 2000 - 2002 “Transnational Arbitration,” Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2000 International Royal University for Women, Rifa, Bahrain. Fulbright Specialist teaching International Commercial Arbitration, 2019 Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 2010 Saint Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia, 2008 National University of Mongolia Law School, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, 2007

License(s)

Admitted to: Supreme Court of United States; Pennsylvania Supreme Court; Maine Supreme Judicial Court (inactive); Third Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania

Education

B.A. Cornell University (Economics); J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School

Publications

’Maintaining Arbitrator Neutrality,’ S.G. Yusem, Pennsylvania Bar Association News, June 2021 “Major Changes to the Pennsylvania Arbitration Law Effective July 1, 2019,” R.P. Pepe and S.G. Yusem, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, April 2019 “PA Adopts Revised Uniform Arbitration Act,” The Legal Intelligencer, July 9, 2018 “Uniform Arbitration Act Report to the Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee,” R.P. Pepe and S.G. Yusem, 2012 “Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes,” Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July 2004

Awards

Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award with respect to the Pennsylvania Revised Uniform Arbitration Act, 2019 Pennsylvania Bar Association Sir Francis Bacon Award presented ’to an individual who excels and has had a significant professional impact in the area of alternative dispute resolution,’ 2015

Panels

American Arbitration Association; Commercial and Large Complex Construction panel, Consumer panel

Associations

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators; Certified Mediator, Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR); National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals; Mediator, US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Neutral, JAMS 2004-2006; American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section; Pennsylvania Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; Montgomery Bar Association; US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Arbitrator and Mediator

Miscellaneous

Adjunct Professor of Law (Dispute Resolution), Cornell Law School (2007 - present); Solicitor, Abington Township, Montgomery County; Solicitor, Lower Gwynedd Township, Montgomery County; Solicitor, Plymouth Township, Montgomery County Zoning Hearing Board; President, Montgomery Bar Association (1986); Founding President, Montgomery Bar Foundation (1986-1989)