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Jed D. Melnick, Esq. is the
Managing Mediator for the Weinstein Group and works closely with
Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.) one of the nation’s preeminent
mediators of complex civil disputes. As part of Judge
Weinstein’s team Jed has been involved in the mediation and
resolution of hundreds of disputes with an aggregate value in
the billions of dollars. Jed has mediated over 500 disputes,
published articles related to mediation, founded a nationally
ranked dispute resolution journal, taught young mediators, and
has had the primary responsibility for successfully mediating
numerous high stakes cases.
ADR Experience and
Qualifications
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Part of the Weinstein Group that mediates cases
with aggregate values of billions of dollars annually, while
helping to design innovative processes tailored to unique,
complex, and highly sensitive cases.
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Primary Responsibility on numerous cases:
o Lead role in successful mediation of coverage
litigation surrounding the former Directors and Officers at
Adelphia Communication Corp., as well as lead role in settling
the class action and six opt-out cases against the D&O’s.
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Lead role in successful mediation of coverage
dispute in American Business Financial Services, Inc., pending
in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
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Primary responsibility for post-mediation
follow-up that led to settlement in Fiduciary Counselors, Inc.
v. Magnuson, leading the presiding Judge to comment on the
record, “Judge expresses his thanks and appreciation to Judge
Daniel Weinstein and Jed Melnick for all their intensive efforts
to mediate settlement of this case.”
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Primary responsibility for follow up leading to
settlement in Sunoco, Inc. v. Epsilon previously pending in
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
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Part of team that settled Adelphia Communications
Corp. v. Deloitte & Touche LLP, pending in the Philadelphia
Court of Common Pleas
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Lead role In Re Bradley Pharmaceutical Securities,
Inc. Securities Litigation Civ. No. 05-1219
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Representative from the Weinstein Team leading
settlement efforts and working closely with Alabama District
Court Judge Scott Coogler in a three day mediation in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama in MBUSI v. Cobasys.
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Pro-bono panel mediator for the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission – successfully mediated numerous
employment related matters from Philadelphia, New Jersey and
Delaware.
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While in law school part of the team from the
Center for Court Innovation that founded and built the Crown
Heights Community Mediation Center in Crown Heights Brooklyn in
part to address the conflicts between the Orthodox Jewish
community and the Caribbean and African American communities
after the Crown Heights riots.
Securities Class Actions
involving Adelphia, Enron, and other major NYSE and NASDAQ
corporations including:
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In Re Telik, Inc. Securities Litigation
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In Re: Lumenis Ltd. Securities Litigation
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In Re: Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Securities
Litigation
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In Re: SCOR Holding AG Securities Litigation
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In Re: Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Securities
Litigation
Coverage Litigation, involving, In Re: UnumProvident
Corp., Aon, SCOR, American Business Financial Systems, Inc.
Contract Disputes
including Exelon Generation Company, LLC v. General Atomic
Technologies Corp., Sunoco, Inc. v. Epsilon., and matters
involving GM and Mercedes Benz.
Anti-trust Matters
including Nurse Wage Litigation, In Re: Air Cargo Antitrust
Litigation (E.D.N.Y.), Muni Derivatives Market Litigation.
Erisa Litigation
including Fiduciary Counselors, Inc. v. Magnuson,
In Re:
Ferro
Corporation
ERISA Litigation.
Employment Litigation
including the lead role mediating numerous matters as a
federal mediator and panel member for the EEOC including matters
for Sunoco, Pitney Bowes, as well as numerous city and state
agencies and authorities.
Honors and Publications
· Invited speaker for the 10th
Anniversary Symposium of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict
Resolution.
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Author, Substantive Introduction to “The Mediation
of Securities Class Action Suits, A Panel Discussion Hosted by
the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.” Cardozo J. Conflict
Resol., Vol. 9, Number 2, Spring 2008.
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Introduced Panel Discussion “The Mediation of
Securities Class Action Suits” hosted at Cardozo Law School that
included panelists, Judge Weinstein, Max Berger, Sam Rudman,
Alan Salpeter, Greg Markel, Michael Goodstein, Michael Young and
Mary Jo Berry.
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Co-Author with Judge Weinstein and Michael Young,
“The Role of Damages Issues – Post-Dura- In The Mediation
Of Securities Class Actions,” Mealey’s Emerging Securities
Litigation, Vol. 6, #3 September 2007.
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Invited Guest Faculty, Representation in Mediation
Seminar, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2009.
Education and Background
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Founder and first Editor-in-Chief, Cardozo
Journal of Conflict Resolution.
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J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1999;
B.A., Grinnell College, 1994.
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Adjunct Faculty, University of Pennsylvania School
of Law Mediation Clinic.
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Extensive bench and jury trial experience in the
Major Trials Unit at the Defenders Association of Philadelphia,
as well as civil litigation experience in state and federal
Court.
Contact Information
Direct (215) 636-9691
Mobile (215) 307-8787
Email
jmelnick@jamsadr.com
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