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John Panico

Mediator & Arbitrator

“Discrimination Mediator”

Indianapolis, Indiana

Core Practice Areas

6 Verticals
✓Employment Discrimination
✓Workplace Harassment
✓Wage & Hour Claims
✓Wrongful Termination
✓Retaliation Claims
✓Employee Benefits (ERISA)
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

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John Panico brings over 35 years of litigation, human resources and alternative dispute resolution experience to his professional practice, and exclusively limits his ADR practice to arbitrating and mediating employment and labor disputes. Before becoming an arbitrator and mediator, John enjoyed a calling as an employment and labor trial attorney; in-house counsel; and as a human resources and labor relations executive. His extensive and unique experience includes, but is not limited to: litigating and mediating employment cases in both federal court and before quasi-judicial administrative agencies for corporate and employee-plaintiff clients; litigating unfair labor practice cases; arbitrating and mediating collective bargaining disputes; and directing the human resources function in manufacturing, transportation, health care, utilities, mining, governmental and hospitality organizations. John has successfully implemented alternative dispute resolution programs and has resolved claims of wrongful termination, retaliation and workplace discrimination utilizing ADR programs and procedures.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

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License

Attorney

Education

Irvine University School of Law

Juris Doctor · Law

New York Institute of Technology

M.S. with Distinction · Labor & Industrial Relations

State University of New York at Old Westbury

B.A. · Politics, Economics & Society

Work History

7 Positions

Founder / Mediator

Panico Dispute Resolution

Arbitrating and mediating employment and labor disputes.

Arbitrator

New York Employment Relations Board

Mediator

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana

Mediation Assistance Panel

U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana

Pro Bono Mediator

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Registered Civil Mediator

Indiana Circuit and Superior Courts

Arbitrator

New York Automobile Lemon Law Program

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