The Internet and Dispute Resolution: Untangling the Web

Mr. Solovay is currently Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution practice at McLaughlin & Stern, LLP. After a long career as a litigator of cases ranging from business and personal divorces through security fraud class actions and antitrust cases he now heads a practice dedicated to avoiding or ending litigation wherever possible. His Department, when the standbys of mediation and arbitration are not a good fit, also utilizes increasingly popular settlement techniques such as collaborative law, med-arb, and settlement counsel. It serves as either neutral, counsel to one side in a dispute and/or as drafters of the most suitable dispute resolution contract clauses. Mr. Solovay obtained his B.A. at Cornell University and, following service as a Lieutenant in the Korean War, graduated from Columbia University where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and Law Review Editor. Commencing out of law school as an associate at what was then Rosenman, Goldmark, Colin & Kaye, he went on to serve as Law Secretary to then Justice Charles D. Breitel, following which for many years he headed the Litigation Department of Holtzmann, Wise & Shepard, whose clients included Allen & Company and the Onassis interests and whose managing partner was Chair of the American Arbitration Association.

Cynthia Reed is a 1990 graduate of the University of Minnesota Law School. A solo practitioner as well as a trained mediator, she previously served as a trial attorney for the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Ms. Reed is a member of the New York and New Jersey bars.