MEDIATORS AND TRAINERS

Carolyn Laredo is the owner of Law & Mediation, PLLC. Ms. Laredo obtained her Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School and was admitted to practice law in New York 1995. She is an Administrative Law Judge, arbitrator, collaborative lawyer, and mediator as well as a trainer. Ms. Laredo engages in the practice of collaborative, civil and matrimonial law. By those who have worked with her it has been said that her ability to engage all parties and maintain their collaborative commitment to the process is among the best in the country.

Since 1994 she has mediated all types of disputes including divorce, family, business disputes and personal injury claims. She is well versed in utilizing various conflict resolution methods including transformative, evaluative and facilitative. She was a contract mediator for the Equal Opportunity Commission and mediated New York Storm Sandy claims in the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Disaster Recovery Claims Resolution Program. She continues to work for the New York State Public Employees Relations Board (PERB) mediating disputes between collective bargaining employees and municipalities in the State of New York including issues involving Taylor Laws, employment discrimination claims for the United States Postal Service Resolve Employee Disputes Reach Equitable Solutions Swiftly [REDRESS] program and for Key Bridge Foundation mediating Americans with Disabilities Act complaints for the United States Department of Justice and for Beacon Group, LLC equal employment opportunity complaints for the United States Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration.

Separate from her private practice she serves as an Administrative Law Judge for New York State Liquor Authority conducting hearings and rendering decisions in accordance with Alcoholic Beverage Control Law and the Rules of the State Administrative Procedure Act and related statutes. Ms. Laredo also serves as Administrative Law Judge for the Office of Children and Family Services. She was nominated and continues to serve as an Arbitrator for the New York State Workers’ Compensation Board and for the American Arbitration Association rendering awards on workers compensation laws and health insurer match (HIMP) statutes.

Ms. Laredo has taught graduate classes at Brooklyn Law School, Baruch College and Manhattanville College on topics including employment laws for human resource professionals, mediation, negotiation and conflict management, She has conducted a wide range of professional services from continuing legal education courses, presentations, and trainings to mini-conferences for the Rockland County Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, New York State Department of Labor, Archdiocese of the State of New York among others. Ms. Laredo has authored numerous articles on topics including divorce, workplace disputes, family and aging-parent conflicts, and has co-hosted a radio talk show, The Conflict Negotiators.