Deborah Masucci

Biography

Deborah Masucci is currently a full time mediator and arbitrator as well as Chair and Board Member of the International Mediation Institute (IMI) and was former Chair of the ABA Section for Dispute Resolution where she was a founding member of Women in Dispute Resolution.  
She is a global expert in alternative dispute resolution and dispute management with over thirty years’ experience in promoting the effective use of ADR in many capacities.
Deborah was recruited to American International Group (AIG) in 2003 to establish its Office of Dispute Resolution in the Litigation Management Division where she was responsible for the strategic use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and delivered ADR training.  In 2013 she led the rollout of the Company’s employee dispute resolution program.
Prior to joining AIG, Deborah was Vice President of the East Central Region and head of Professional Development for JAMS The Resolution Experts. She made her mark in ADR at FINRA, (previously NASD) where she led the dispute resolution program for 15 years.
She also is an adjunct professor of law at several law schools. She is Co Dean of the School of Claims Mediation for the Claims Litigation Management Alliance (2015/2016). She is a member of the faculty for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrator’s Diploma Course in Mediation Advocacy (Jan. 2016/17). She is a member of the American College of Civil Trial Mediator.
Deborah has been appointed as an arbitrator in over 150 matters covering employment, commercial, insurance coverage, breach of contract and professional fee disputes. She also serves as a mediator and has been appointed to matters involving employment, insurance coverage, and contract. She is on the American Arbitration Association’s Commercial and Employment panels, and the American Health Lawyers Association panels.
For more information go to www.debmasucciadr.com

Education

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Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: NY