User details
ID 347766472 Email address hdermanlaw@gmail.com
Status Active
First name Harriet Last name Derman
Full name Hon. Harriet E. Derman (Ret.)
Gender Female
Pdf https://www.nadn.org/resolute/PDF/347766472.PDF
Photo photos/Harriet-Derman.jpg
Web folder harriet-derman
Contact information
Corporation Harriet Derman, Esq., LLC
Address 1 34 Rayle Court
City Metuchen
ZIP Code 08840
State New Jersey
Big City Bridgewater
Phone (732) 261-0501
Cell public? Yes
Video conferencing? Yes Promote video conferencing? Online and In-Person
CC name   CC email  
Formal Qualifications & Memberships
Judge? Yes
ADR services 7,6,10,4,8,9,1,2
Education
  • New York University, B.A. 1964
  • Seton Hall Law Center, J.D., cum laude, 1978
  • New York University, LL.M.  Tax, 1981
Memberships
  • Admission to New Jersey Bar, 1978
  • Admission to New York Bar, 1987
  • Presiding Chancery Judge, Somerset, Warren, Hunterdon Counties, 2006-2009
  • Probate Judge, Somerset County, 2006-2009
  • Presiding Judge Civil Division, Somerset, Warren, Hunterdon Counties, 2003-2006
  • Superior Court Family Division Judge, Middlesex County, 2000-2003
  • Superior Court Civil Division Judge, Middlesex County, 1998-2000
  • Chief of Staff, Governor Christine Todd Whitman, 1996-1998
  • Chief Counsel to Governor Christine Todd Whitman, April, 1996-July, 1996
  • Commissioner of Department of Community Affairs, 1994-1996
  • Member of New Jersey General Assembly, 1992-1994
  • Shareholder, Weiner, Hendler, Derman, P.A., boutique corporate, tax, securities firm
  • President, Middlesex County Bar Association, 1991-1992
Biography

Judge Harriet Derman retired as Chancery Judge and Probate Judge in 2009. Prior to that time, she served as Presiding Judge of the Civil Division. She is presently Chair of DiFrancesco Bateman’s Alterative Dispute Resolution Department. Judge Derman is a member of the United States District Court for New Jersey panel of mediators. She is a member of the Supreme Court Committee on Complementary Dispute Resolution. She has been appointed by both federal and state court judges to serve as a Special Master in complex litigation. Judge Derman has a L.L.M. in taxation from New York University and is a member of the prestigious American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.  She has successfully mediated and /or arbitrated complex commercial, employment discrimination, insurance coverage and premium, probate, ERISA, partnership, condominium, shareholder, partnership, limited liability, personal injury, real property and malpractice disputes.  Judge Derman served as Chief Counsel to Governor Christine Todd Whitman and as her Chief of Staff.  She is presently a member of the Editorial Board of the New Jersey Law Journal. 

ADR Practice & Case Experience
Additional languages 1
Practice started 2009
Rates

$600/hour including prep time.

Dispute areas 9,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,22,95,28,29,33,34,37,38,42,43,45,46,47,50,51,54,59,60,61,62,63,65,66,68,70,71,72,75,77,96,78,81,82,84,88,89,92,93,94
Calendar Settings
Private calendar purchased No
Calendar preference Disabled Calendar display type 5 day
Calendar last update time Never
Booking
Whole days Disabled Multiple mediations Disabled Ask Client to Select ADR Service? Disabled
Time zone Eastern
Requested Date Automatically Held/Booked? Disabled Auto hold type On Hold Ask if all attending counsel agreed on date? Disabled
Notes mandatory? Yes
Additional attendees No
GoogleMaps
Map enabled Yes Streetview enabled Yes
Latitude 40.6315994
Longitude -74.5081024
Rating
GoogleMaps accuracy Custom coordinates
Time zone America/New_York