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John S. Siffert

Senior Mediator

“Partner at Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP; Active ADR practice; Fellow CIArb”

New York, New YorkRemote available
150Cases Resolved

Core Practice Areas

13 Verticals
✓Commercial Contracts
✓Partnership Dissolution
✓Securities Litigation
✓Franchise Disputes
✓Employment Discrimination
✓Legal Malpractice
✓Real Estate Transactions
✓Construction Disputes
✓Environmental Claims
✓Patent Infringement
✓Trademark Disputes
✓Copyright Infringement
✓Provider-Payer Disputes
✓Certified Neutral
✓Court-Approved ADR

About & Mediation Philosophy

Neutral Profile

John S. Siffert is a partner at Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP, where he has an active ADR practice, in addition to his work in civil commercial litigation and white collar criminal & government regulatory defense. He is an Adjunct Professor at NYU School of Law and co-author of Sand Modern Federal Jury Instructions (Civil and Criminal). Chief Justice Roberts has appointed Mr. Siffert to the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules as of October 1, 2023 and previously had appointed him to the Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules for two successive terms, from 2012-2018. Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston reappointed Mr. Siffert to the Committee on Admissions and Grievances, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, for a term to expire on March 1, 2026. Mr. Siffert is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a CIArb accredited mediator. He is on the Roster of Neutrals for the AAA and CPR as well as the Pro Bono Mediation Panels for the Second Circuit and Southern District of New York. He is the court-appointed Special Master and Mediator in Gulino v. Board of Education. Mr. Siffert is a Fellow and past Regent of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is Chair of the ACTL Mentoring Committee and previously served as Trustee of the ACTL Foundation. He serves on the Emeritus Board of the Practising Law Institute and New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.

Credentials & Institutional Standing

Primary Verifications

License

Lawyer

Education

Columbia Law School

JD · Law

Class of 1972

Amherst College

BA

Class of 1969

Work History

4 Positions

Assistant U.S. Attorney

Southern District of New York

1974 – 1979

Law Clerk

Hon. Murray I. Gurfein, U.S.D.J.

1972 – 1974

Partner

Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP

Active ADR practice, civil commercial litigation, and white collar criminal & government regulatory defense.

Adjunct Professor

NYU School of Law

Honors & Recognition

6 Honors

Norman Ostrow Award

New York Council of Defense Lawyers

2024

Leon Silverman Award

American College of Trial Lawyers (Downstate New York Committee)

2024

George A. Katz Torch of Learning Award

American Friends of the Hebrew University

2018

Albert Nelson Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award

Marquis Who’s Who

2017

Healing & Hope Award

Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth

2014

Professionalism Award

Second Circuit American Inns of Court

2009

Fees & Availability

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IN_PERSONHOURLY$700Commercial Contracts

$700/hr

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