David is a trained divorce mediator having completed both his certification training as well as a sixty-hour practicum through the Center for Mediation and Training in New York. Before becoming a full-time neutral functioning as a mediator in divorce and other matters, as well as an arbitrator, David practiced for nearly twenty-five years as a litigator and labor and employment attorney both in private practice with Cahill, Gordon & Reindel and later Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, as well as an in-house counsel for a Fortune 100 healthcare company.David’s litigation experience has provided him with a keen understanding of the value and advantages of mediation in achieving the optimum outcome for the parties, particularly in family and divorce matters. Further, through his involvement in hundreds of negotiations, he is very adept at facilitating the transition from positional bargaining to an interest-based approach, which affords the parties the greatest opportunity for achieving outcomes that best serve their mutual and respective interests.After graduating from Siena College, where he received a B.A., summa cum laude, in political science, David attended the New York University School of Law, where he received his J.D., cum laude, and was a member of the Order of the Coif.David is admitted to the bars of the states of New York and New Jersey and is an active member of the following organizations:Association for Conflict ResolutionFamily & Divorce Mediation Council of Greater New YorkFamily Law and Dispute Resolution Sections of the ABA, NYSBA, NJBA and NYCBANew Jersey Association of Professional MediatorsNew York State Council on Divorce MediationNew York State Dispute Resolution Association