Sam Margulies -
is one of the most experienced mediators in the United States. He has engaged in mediation since 1980 and full time mediation practice since 1986. He has mediated hundreds of civil disputes including commercial, corporate, partnership, construction, employment, personal injury and construction disputes. He has also mediated approximately three thousand divorces including many complex multi-million dollar matters.

He is a mediation panelist for the U.S. District Court of New Jersey, the Superior Court of New Jersey, the Supreme Court of North Carolina, the National Association of Securities Dealers and the American Arbitration Association.

Mediation Training Experience

Since 1983, Dr. Margulies has been engaged in training divorce mediators and has conducted civil mediation training programs since 1992. In 1983, he became president of the New Jersey Council on Divorce Mediation and designed the first hands-on training program in which trainers mediated divorces under direct observation and supervision of faculty. In 1990, Dr. Margulies became director of the Institute for Dispute Resolution of the Seton Hall Law School. He has taught graduate courses in mediation at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has provided specialized training programs in negotiation and mediation to corporations and educational systems.

Professional Memberships

• American Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution
• New Jersey Bar Association Section on Dispute Resolution
• North Carolina Bar Association
• Practitioner member, North Carolina Association of Family Mediators
• Practitioner member and one of three original Founders of the Academy of Family Mediators
• Associate member, New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
• American Arbitration Association
  Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution

Education

1978 - J.D. Rutgers Law School
1971 - Ph.D. Political Science, University of Oregon
1966 - M.A. International Relations, New York University
1964 - B.S. Psychology, New York University

Other ADR Experience

Dr. Margulies has served as arbitrator in numerous cases for the American Arbitration Association as well as in numerous matters contracted directly by the parties. He developed New Jersey’s first divorce arbitration program in 1990 and has served as arbitrator in numerous divorces. He has also provided negotiation coaching for businesses and individuals. From 1978-1986, he was engaged in private practice in law and served as negotiator for innumerable contracts and settlements.