Biography
Linda R. Singer, Esq., a nationally-known employment neutral, has over 30 years of dispute resolution experience as an arbitrator, mediator, civil litigator, and a neutral evaluator. Ms. Singer is known for the resolution of highly sensitive, confidential disputes.
She served as a special master to the U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y., and has been appointed as a mediator by numerous federal and state courts. Ms. Singer pioneered the development of mediation as a practice, training fellow mediators and lawyers throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
She has resolved hundreds of employment disputes, numerous #MeToo, joint employer and age discrimination claims ranging from individual complaints to multiple plaintiff complaints, class and collective actions, employment contracts and partnership agreements, all types of discrimination and harassment, wage and hour violations, pension plans, equal pay and benefits.
Ms. Singer has conducted seminars nationwide on the settlement of employment disputes, and designed and operated systems to facilitate settlement of streams of disputes involving a single employer.
Representative Mediations
- Settled eight year-old race discrimination class action against Merrill Lynch and held hearings to distribute the settlement fund amongst class members
- Numerous claims of retaliation by whistleblowers against their employers
- Class actions involving wage and hour violations, discrimination, and ERISA
- Breach of contract and discrimination claims between a national non-profit association and its executive director
- Claims alleging discrimination against working matters by financial services and law firms
- Claims of named plaintiffs and large producers arising out of class actions in the financial services and telecommunications industries
- Claims of sexual assault by employees against executives of international Fortune 500 companies
- Class or collective actions involving claims of discrimination against numerous private companies or federal agencies and their employees
- Disability discrimination claim against a health insurer
- Disputes between a financial services firm and its general counsel and associate general counsel
- Race and sex discrimination claims between on-air radio and television personalities, local stations, and networks
- Sexual harassment claim between a factory worker and a major aircraft company
- Sexual harassment complaints by restaurant workers against franchisees and chains
- Tenure disputes between professors and their universities
Representative Arbitrations
- Arbitrated claims of disability discrimination against defense contractor
- Arbitrated claims of interference with first amendment rights and breach of settlement agreement against legacy airline
- Arbitrated claims of wrongful termination against numerous employers
- Arbitrated claims of disability discrimination against a defense contractor
- Arbitrated job relief claims against a public utility
- Arbitrated partnership dispute between a major international law firm and a terminated partner
- Arbitrated racial and religious discrimination claims against a major oil refinery
Supplementary Matters
- Assisted the parties in designing and implementing procedures to resolve hundreds of individual claims when federal courts declined to certify classes or as part of the settlement of class actions
- Supervised the design and implementation of the pilot mediation programs now operated by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Government Accountability Office, the Office of Congressional Compliance, and the District of Columbia Office of Human Rights
- Completed Virtual ADR training conducted by the JAMS Institute, the training arm of JAMS
- Recognized in the 2018 National Law Journal Alternative Dispute Resolution Champions
- Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, in the practice area of Arbitration and Mediation, 2009-2022
- Recognized internationally by Who's Who Legal: Mediation, 2017-Present
- Women in Law 2017 Award, Lawyer Monthly
- "Lawyer Limelight: Linda Singer," Lawdragon, ADR Profile, March 30, 2014
- Recognized by Washington DC Super Lawyers, 2014-Present
- Former Chair, JAMS Board of Directors, 2013-2016
- Recognized as a Top Rated Lawyer in Alternative Dispute Resolution, The National Law Journal, 2013-Present
- Recipient of the D’Alemberte/Raven Award from the Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA, 2012
- Selected by Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s leading Commercial Mediators, 2012-Present
- Selected to the Martindale-Hubbell® Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2012-Present
- National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
- Elected as a Neutral Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- Recognized as a Best Lawyer, Alternative Dispute Resolution Category, Best Lawyers in America, 2009-Present
- Member, CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
- Co-author, “Mediating Class Actions,” published by the Federal Judicial Center and the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution in ADR Handbook for Judges
- Outstanding Achievement for ADR Education and Training, American College of Civil Trial Mediators
- Practical Achievement Award, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution
- CPR Book Award, Settling Disputes: Conflict Resolution in Business, Families, and the Legal System
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Former board member of Abramson Foundation
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Former board member of Consensus Building Institute
- Former board member: JAMS Foundation
- Former member or Board Chair: HASNA Foundation; Board of Governors, District of Columbia Bar; D.C. Judicial Nomination Commission
- Visiting or adjunct faculty member of Law Schools of Georgetown, Harvard, Stanford, George Washington, University of California at Los Angeles, University of New Mexico, and American Universities; trainer for CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
- Principal, ADR Associates, LLC
- President, non-profit Center for Dispute Settlement
- Partner, Lichtman, Trister, Singer & Ross, Washington, D.C.
- Partner, Goldfarb and Singer
- Faculty, Harvard's Program of Instruction for Lawyers at the Program on Negotiation
- J.D., with highest honors, George Washington University Law School
- B.A., magna cum laude, Harvard University
Counsel Comments
- “I wish to take this opportunity to recognize and express deepest appreciation for your work in assisting the successful settlement efforts of the parties. You helped hundreds of litigants perform a nearly impossible task and you have served the public interest well.”
- Federal District Court Judge - “The personal dynamic was particularly challenging, and your tireless efforts were critical in finally resolving this.”
- Partner, Top 30 National Law Firm - “You kept everyone at the table and the ball in the air in circumstances that were highly volatile. Few mediators would have been up to the task.”
- Senior Official, Federal Agency - “Please let me once again thank you for all of your hard and successful work in bringing about a resolution. You were savvy at all times and tough when you needed to be. It is my sincere belief that very few other mediators, if any, could have settled this difficult environmental dispute.”
- New York-based Partner, Top 100 National Law Firm - “Everyone on our side of the case was greatly impressed with your work, and realizes that we could not have gotten this case settled without your help.”
- Partner, Connecticut Law Firm - “Linda Singer was the best arbitrator that I have appeared before. She had an excellent grasp of all relevant legal issues and quickly assimilated a myriad of documents and facts. Throughout the process she treated counsel and the witnesses with her friendly demeanor that put everyone at ease.”
- Partner, DC Law Firm - “I wanted to thank you, on behalf of my client and myself, for your superb assistance in reaching settlement. I have no doubt at all that, but for your involvement, it wouldn’t have happened. You’ve saved everyone considerable grief and expense.”
- Name Partner, DC Law Firm - “Thank you for your assistance in facilitating the parties’ agreement. Frankly, I don’t know how you did it.”
- Partner, New Jersey Law Firm - “We were able to reach a mutually agreeable settlement based upon your tremendous and tireless efforts during our day long mediation session in Chicago.”
- Partner, Top 100 National Law Firm - “We would like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation for the excellent efforts of Linda Singer, whose expertise greatly facilitated the conclusion of extremely complex negotiations between the parties.”
- Partners, Top Maryland Law Firm - "Many, many thanks for your mediation of this settlement. We truly could not have done it without you and your deft hand in pushing the parties where we needed to go, and your persistence in keeping things moving forward over these months. I hope we are able to work together again soon!" - Civil Rights Attorney
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