Office of Melinda G. Gordon, Esq.
Arbitrator & Mediator
CREDENTIALS
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the New York State Bar in 1987; New Jersey Bar 1986. Admitted to United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1990; United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 2007.
Education Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Juris Doctor 1986
Rutgers College, Rutgers University, B.A. 1983
Publications
“Supreme Court Rejects Limitations for Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements by Non-signatories," ABA, June 2021
“Supreme Court Dims the Lights on Plaintiffs’ Rights to Class Action Arbitration in Lamps Plus,” ABA Fall 2019
"U.S. Supreme Court Justices Unanimous on Threshold Arbitrability Issue," ABA, March 12, 2019
"Second Circuit Questions Arbitrator's Authority to Bind Absent Members to Class Arbitration," ABA, November 2017
"Arbitration Agreement Allowing for De Novo Review of an Award Deemed Unenforceable," ABA, June 2018
Contributing Author:
Chapter Editor, FLSA Midwinter Report, 2021-2024
FLSA Midwinter Report, 2013 to 2020
FMLA Midwinter Report, 2016 to present