BUFFALO, NY – Carol E. Heckman, a partner at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, is serving as a panelist at the American Arbitration Association– International Centre for Dispute Resolution Board & Council, New York Law School and Cornell Scheinman Institute Conference on May 23 in New York, NY. This year’s conference theme is “Arbitration, Justice, and the Individual in the Workplace: Keeping the Human Element in View.”

Ms. Heckman’s panel “Innovations in ADR: The Role of the Special Master in Employment Dispute Large-Group Case Filings” will examine how the special master’s role is a significant part of the efficiencies and effectiveness of the process in large-group employment case filings.  The role of the special master can include ruling on threshold issues, settlement evaluations, discovery, or other important matters,

With 40 years of experience as a trial and appellate attorney, Judge Heckman (Ret.) concentrates her legal practice at Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman on government investigations and enforcement actions, arbitrations and mediations, commercial litigation, and Native American law. She serves as the firm’s American Indian Law Practice team leader.