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Albert Rizzo

Founder / Mediator

“Contract Mediator”

New York City, New York

Core Practice Areas

3 Verticals
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Partnership Dissolution
✓Real Estate Transactions
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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Albert Rizzo is a skilled arbitrator and mediator with a 35-year legal career of extensive experience litigating and resolving complex business and employment disputes. He began his alternative dispute resolution practice in 2011. As an arbitrator, he brings a judicial temperament to each proceeding, making certain that all parties are heard and have a fair opportunity to present their cases. As a trained and certified mediator and arbitrator, Al brings an impressive wealth of experience as an arbitrator and mediator, and is an active member of the New York State and New York City Bar Associations, as an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and an Adjunct Professor at New York University’s Graduate School of Professional Studies. He is also the author of several published articles and maintains a Blog, called “The Legal Firewall”, on business and employment law issues. Al enhances his skills and qualifications through his active participation in various Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) committees and subcommittees of the New York State and City Bar Associations, and his involvement with the American Arbitration Association and the New York International Arbitration Center.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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Attorney

Education

Fordham University School of Law

J.D. · Law

Fordham University

B.A.

Work History

2 Positions

Founder

Dispute Resolution and Mediation Services

2012 – Present

Adjunct Professor

New York University, Graduate School of Professional Studies

2011 – Present

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