• Brown University, B.A. cum laude, 1964 
• Harvard University Law School, J.D. 1967

David M. Brodsky mediates and arbitrates complex commercial, employment, insurance, and financial instruments disputes. He brings to his practice more than four decades of experience as a prosecutor, private litigator, general counsel, and neutral. He was recognized by his peers as an outstanding trial lawyer when elected as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and as an outstanding neutral when elected as a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and of the New York Academy of Mediators and Arbitrators, and is consistently selected as one of the Top 100 of the Super Lawyers in New York, formerly as a trial lawyer and, since 2012, as an Alternate Dispute Resolution neutral.

As a mediator, David engages in intense pre-mediation preparation, including individual pre-mediation caucus sessions with counsel and parties, building the trust necessary to overcome obstacles to resolution. Thus informed, he then tailors the actual mediation sessions to the specific needs of the matter that he has identified in the pre-mediation process, diplomatically but persistently guiding the parties to mutually acceptable settlements.

David was described by one nationally-prominent trial lawyer as the “one of the most prepared mediators [he had ever] encountered” and “unique” in the lawyer’s long career. Another referred to him as “a highly effective mediator, well versed in the law and capable of grasping complicated fact issues … David’s flexible and creative suggestions for resolving the dispute help to foster productive mediation sessions.”