Bill’s Qualifications
Education
Juris Doctorate, Cornell University Law School
Bachelors of Business Administration, Baruch College
Memberships
Bill’s memberships in the ADR arena include the New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, and the New Jersey State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section.
Licenses
Bill is admitted to the Bars of the State of New York and the District of Columbia. He is also a member of the Bar of the US Supreme Court and is admitted to practice in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Bill attained a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in the State of New York, which is currently inactive.
ADR Training
Bill’s formal training in ADR includes the 2-Day Training - Arbitration Fundamentals and Best Practices (American Arbitration Association), FINRA’s arbitrator training programs, 3-Day Commercial Mediation Training Course and the 2-Day Advanced Commercial Mediation Training Course offered by the New York State Bar Association as well as the Advance Civil Mediation Training course offered by the New Jersey State Bar Association. He has completed numerous other CLE-qualified training programs addressing current issues relating to conducting and participating in ADR proceedings.
Testimonials
“I recently represented a plaintiff in an accounting malpractice action . . . and William A. Barrett, Esq. (Bill) was assigned as our mediator. . . I would highly recommend Bill as a mediator. He did an excellent job of working with both sides during the mediation and, at least from my end, he did an excellent job of respecting my client’s position while also pointing out some of the issues they might face moving forward with the litigation. Bill was thoroughly prepared for the mediation and communicated well prior to the mediation as well as throughout the mediation. He asked insightful questions and had a very good rapport with both attorneys and my client. Although our case did settle, and I believe that Bill was a large part of that, I would still recommend Bill even if the case did not settle.”
— Erin C. Kormann, Esq. | Franzio & Scher, LLC, November 2023
“Bill served as a mediator in a consumer fraud litigation. We represented the Defendant. It was a case which we could not settle and it did not settle at our two prior trial dates. The mediators we were provided just could not grasp the issues well enough to bring the parties together. In our third trial date, enter Bill, he reviewed the documents, spoke to the parties, and settled the case. He used logic, knowledge, and wisdom to bring about a settlement when others couldn’t.”
— Thomas G. Russomano, Esq. | Schiller, Pittenger & Galvin, P.C., February 2024