Marvin L. Schuldiner, MBA, APM

  • Marvin SchuldinerMediation Experience
    • Commercial mediator since 2004, divorce mediator since 2005
    • Accredited Professional Mediator (APM) by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
    • Member of roster of mediators for the Superior Court of New Jersey
      • Civil, General Equity and Probate Cases
      • Economic Aspects of Family Law Cases
    • Member of non-court mediation rosters:
      • U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
      • Public Employee Grievance Mediation program
      • Executive Mediator Services
      • Spectrum Resolution Group (co-founder)
    • Former mediator for or at:
      • New York Unified Court System
      • New Jersey Foreclosure Mediation Program
      • New Jersey Early Intervention System
      • Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Metropolitan New York
      • American Arbitration Association/NJ Department of Banking and Insurance Storm Sandy mediation roster
      • Community Associations Institute (CAI), New Jersey Chapter
  • Arbitration Experience
    • Commercial arbitrator since 2006
    • Member of roster of arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
      • Chairman eligible
    • Former arbitrator for the New York Unified Court System Part 137 program
  • Education and Training
    • Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Michigan State University
    • Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering from Rutgers University
    • Mediation Training:
      • Certificate in Conflict and Dispute Resolution from New York University
      • Divorce mediation training from the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
      • Divorce and transformative mediation training from co-founder Robert Baruch Bush at the Institute for the Study Conflict Transformation (Hofstra Law School)
      • Elder mediation training from Montgomery County (PA) Mediation Center
    • Arbitration Training:
      • National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now FINRA)
      • New York Unified Court System
      • Construction Dispute Resolution Services
    • Additional training:
      • General Business Law from Michigan State University
      • Employment Law from Rutgers University
      • Nuts and Bolts of Elder Law from NJICLE
      • Mediating General Equity Cases from NJAPM
  • Prior Professional Experience
    • Toyota Logistics Services, Inc. — 7 years
      • Logistics Planning Manager (for finished vehicle network)
      • Kaizen and Planning Administrator (for manufacturing parts)
      • Finance Administrator (for manufacturing parts)
      • Transport Analyst (for in-house trucking company)
    • Tibbett & Britten Group Americas — 5 years
      • Business Development Manager (for a global “third party” supply chain company)
        • Clients were largely global Fortune 500 type companies
        • Included consulting projects for the largest consumer goods company in Mexico and a regional snack food manufacturer in the U.S.
  • Affiliations and Professional Memberships
    • New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (largest mediators group in the state)
      • Past President (2012-2014)
      • Civil Mediation Training Director (since 2011)
    • Beta Gamma Sigma business honors society
    • Law School Mediation Competition Judge
      • International Chamber of Commerce (Paris, France)
      • ABA Representation in Mediation Competition (Seton Hall Law School)
  • Training, Lectures, Presentations and Publications
    • Basic Civil Mediation Training
    • Civil Mediation Apprenticeship
    • Case Management Training and Advanced Mediation Training for Presumptive Roster Mediators
    • Co-editor and co-moderator of the NJ Superior Court published Mediator’s Tool Box: An FAQ Case Management Guide for Presumptive Roster Mediators
    • Guest ADR lecturer for several courses at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations
    • Mentor mediation students for the NJ Superior Court and Rutgers Newark Law School students
    • Marketing Your Mediation Practice (at NJ ADR Day and NYSDRA Annual Conference)
  • Personal
    • Former Deputy Mayor and Township Committeeperson (and Planning Board member) in Montgomery Township, NJ
    • Former President of the Board of Trustees, Franklin Township Public Library Board
    • Former Trustee, Vice President and Treasurer for Homeowner’s Association
    • Former Volunteer reader and session director for the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (now Learning Ally)
    • Former manager of partnerships for harness horse racing and breeding

Statement:

I generally take a different approach to mediation than most mediators.  My crystal ball is no better or worse than other mediators (the reality is, no one has a good crystal ball).  My undergraduate education is in engineering.  Engineering is applied problem-solving.  My graduate degree is in business and finance.  Finance is about risk assessment and management.  When clients typically enter mediation, they seek clarity and possibly a different way to view their conflict.  My problem-solving and risk management skills are useful in mediations to help clients find their own solutions, not ones imposed on them or someone’s best guess at a very variable outcome (trials are empirically roughly a 50-50 crapshoot and studies show most litigants are wrong in their assessments of their own cases).

As an arbitrator, I look toward fairness and equity.  Certainly the law has a place in an arbitrator’s decision-making process, but the law cannot address everything in life.  All sides get the opportunity to fully present their case.