Frank Maas
Mediator / Arbitrator / Special Master at JAMS
Work History
JAMS Neutral -- 2016 to Present; Magistrate Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York -- 1999-2016; Chief Magistrate Judge -- 2014-2015; Deputy Commissioner and First Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Investigation -- 1995-1999; Deputy Commissioner and Special Counsel, New York City Department of Business Services, 1995-1999 (Joint Appointment); Partner, Phillips, Lyle, Hitchcock, Blaine and Huber -- 1988-1995 (Associate -- 1986-1988); Assistant United States Attorney Criminal Division, Office of the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York -- 1980-1986 (assigned to the Securities and Commodity Fraud Unit -- 1983-1986); Associate, Curtis Mallet-Prevost Colt and Mosle, 1978-1980; Law Clerk, Hon. Henry F. Werker, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York -- 1976-1978
Cases
I have issued more than 700 opinions as a federal judge, have mediated thousands of cases as a judge or JAMS neutral, and have issued numerous arbitral awards either as a sole arbitrator or as a panel chair.
Training
JAMS Arbitration/Mediation Training; Federal Judicial Center Mediation Training.
License(s)
Admitted in New York State in 1977; currently also a member of the bars of the Second Circuit and the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Districts of New York.
Education
New York University School of Law, Juris Doctor -- 1976; Harpur College, State University of New York at Binghamton, Bachelor of Arts -- 1972.
Publications
A Magistrate Judge\"s Plunge into the World of Private Mediation, 44 Litigation No. 4 at 39-42 (Fall 2017); Alternatives to Indirect Control of International Narcotics Traffic, 8 N.Y.U. Journal of International Law & Politics 241-81 (Fall 1975).
Panels
JAMS Panel
Associations
Charter Member of the Executive Committee of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association; Member, Executive Committee of the Southern District of New York Chapter of the Federal Bar Association; Member, Federal Bar Council; Member, Federal Magistrate Judge\"s Association; Member, American Bar Association.