International and domestic arbitrator and mediator with more than 30 years of experience as an ADR professional.
Experience
Usher Winslett has been an ADR professional since 1996, handling more than 150 international and domestic disputes as an arbitrator or mediator. He has experience as tribunal chair, wing arbitrator, sole arbitrator, and mediator on all sorts of commercial, intellectual property, employment, insurance, and entertainment disputes. He also has handled applications for emergency and injunctive relief. He is currently based in New York City and South Carolina, but he works throughout the US, internationally, and remotely (i.e., via Zoom, etc.). Usher is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and currently in his second term as Co-Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section International Committee. He was Chair or Co-Chair of the ABA Arbitration Institute in 2023, 2024, and 2025; Co-Chair of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS) Annual Conference in 2024; a two-term Co-Chair of the ABA Dispute Resolution Section Arbitration Committee in 2023 and 2024; and an ABA Dispute Resolution Section Fellow in 2021 and 2022. He serves on the arbitration and mediation panels of the AAA, ICDR, ICC, CPR, FINRA, and the United States District Courts for the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and the District of South Carolina. He is a member of the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC), AtlAS, the New York City Bar International Commercial Disputes Committee, and other professional groups and organizations focused on international and domestic dispute resolution. He formerly served on Eastern District of New York’s ADR Advisory Council, which is responsible for overseeing the court’s ADR program, including recruiting and training arbitrators and mediators. In his thirty-plus-year legal career, Usher has handled dispute resolution from virtually every angle. He has worked in both big and small law firms and as a corporate general counsel. He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants ranging from huge multinational corporations to individuals. In addition, he has held non-legal, senior-management positions in a number of businesses, so he has seen dispute resolution from the client’s perspective. In addition to the above, Usher’s diverse career has also included starting a company that imported and distributed shoes from Argentina, serving a deputy campaign manager for a United States Congressperson, and serving as executive producer on multiple critically acclaimed albums, music videos, and a film. Usher graduated with honors from Washington & Lee University in 1982 and from NYU Law School in 1986. Currently, in addition to his ADR work, Usher is managing partner at Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP.
Work History
ADR Office of Usher Winslett, 1996-Present; Founder/Managing Partner, Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser LLP, 2007-Present; Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Odin Media LLC, 2003-2008; Chief Operating Officer, Digital Club Network Inc., 2000-2003; Principal/General Counsel/Head of Business and Legal Affairs, Razor & Tie Entertainment LLC, 1996-2000; Litigation Attorney, Thacher Proffitt & Wood, 1986-1996; Founder/Owner, Del Mundo Imports, 1982-1983; Deputy Campaign Manager, Spence For Congress Committee (U.S. Congressional campaign), 1982.
License(s)
Admitted to the Bar: New York (1987); US District Court: Northern (2018), Southern (1988), and Eastern (1988) Districts of New York; US Court of Appeals: 3rd Circuit (1988); US Supreme Court (2000).
Education
New York University School of Law (JD-1986); Washington and Lee University (BA, cum laude-1982).
Associations
Chair 2025 ABA Arbitration Institute; Co-Chair ABA Dispute Resolution Section, International Committee; Vice President and Executive Committee member of the Atlanta International Arbitration Society (AtlAS); Fellow, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb); New York City Bar Association International Commercial Disputes Committee; International Institute for Conflict Resolution & Prevention (CPR) Arbitration and Mediation Panels; New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC); United States Council for International Business/International Chamber of Commerce (USCIB/ICC); Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitration and Mediation Panels; US District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Arbitration and Mediation Panels; US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Mediation Panel; US District Court for the District of South Carolina, Mediation Panel; The Copyright Society; former Co-Chair ABA Dispute Resolution Section, Arbitration Committee; Co-Chair of 2023 and 2024 ABA Arbitration Institute; Co-Chair of 2024 AtlAS Annual Conference.
