Elayne E. Greenberg

 

 

Elayne E. Greenberg, Dean of Dispute Resolution Programs-Professor of Legal Skills -Director, Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution.Elayne E. Greenberg offers an unmatched breadth and depth of experience in dispute resolution. She is a mediator and conflict management consultant who has developed programs, educated, trained, written and lectured internationally on the subject of negotiations, mediation, hybrid dispute resolution processes, dispute resolution ethics and advocacy in dispute resolution.Professor Greenberg's deep involvement in the field is evidenced by the innovative dispute resolution programs and trainings that she has developed and implemented in the family law area including: court-connected custody and visitation mediation programs in Queens and Nassau Counties; a divorce mediation program for Catholic Charities; a mediation program in Surrogate’s Court; a parent-education program in NYS; a client-focused system for a network of shelters for the homeless designed to help transition those individuals living in shelters to independent living; and the first parenting coordination program in New York State..Professor Greenberg has also influenced public policy, shaping the development of Alternative Dispute Resolution in the family law area in a variety of positions, including:

  • Chair, New York State Bar Association Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution;
  • Chair, Ethics Committee of the New York State Bar Section of Dispute Resolution;
  • Board Member, Advisory Board, Manhattan Surrogate's Court Pilot Mediation
  • Board Member, Association of Conflict Resolution of Greater New York, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Advisory Council;
  • Editorial Board, Family Court Review;
  • Board and Founding Member, New York Chapter of AFCC;
  • Barrister, New York Family Law American Inn of Court;
  • Founding Member and Co-chair, Parenting Coordinator’s Association of New York.
  • Board Member, Association for Conflict Resolution of New York (ACRGNY)

Professor Greenberg was selected by Best Lawyers in America as among the top New York lawyers in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution for 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.