New York University (BA-1971; JD-1975); The George Washington University (LLM, International Law - 1978).

Ms. Barak is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.

Joanne Barak is an active arbitrator on the American Arbitration Association's Large Complex Case, Joint Venture, Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial, and Consumer Panels, as well as the International Centre for Dispute Resolution Panel, and FINRA Panel.  She also served on the AAA Special Programs Mediation Panel. She has served as sole arbitrator, and has chaired and served as wing on 3 arbitrator panels. She has been appointed to approximately 400 cases over the last 30 years.  Ms. Barak has been inducted as a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, and is a member of the College's International Committee.

Ms. Barak has over 30 years' of commercial and international law experience, including extensive experience in areas of financing, licensing, consulting, employment agreements, partnerships, joint ventures, non-disclosure and non-circumvent agreements, as well as sales and distributorship agreements, and maritime matters. She has advised and represented domestic and international corporate clients and foreign governments in the aforementioned areas. She has worked as an attorney in New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C. and Jerusalem, Israel.

Present pro-bono work includes:  arbitrator/mediator for NYS Supreme Court, Part 137 Attorney Client Fee Dispute Program; certified mediator, NYS Office of Court Administration; panel member, Surrogate Decision Making Committee, NYS Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs.

Military Service:  to ran of LCDR, U.S. Coast Guard Reserve

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