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Steven Skulnik

Address: 

3 Times Square
17.C.300
New York, NY 10036
United States

Phone Number: 
+1 (646) 223-9776
Email: 
sskulnik@stevenskulnik.com
Website: www.stevenskulnik.com
Born: 
1959, New York
Languages: 
English
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
Brandeis University (BA, Economics-1980)
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law (JD-1983)
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to the New York Bar 1984
Present Position: 
Senior Legal Editor, Arbitration, Practical Law - Thomson Reuters
Professional Experience: 

Of Counsel, Ganfer & Shore, LLP, 2013-2014; Partner, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, 2011-2013; Of Counsel, Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, 2007 2011; Partner/Associate, Pavia & Harcourt LLP, 1984-2007.

Professional Associations: 

Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb); Member, New York City Bar; Association (Chair, Arbitration Committee); New York State Bar Association; (Member, Dispute Resolution Section, Past Co-chair, Arbitration Committee); Member, International Arbitration Club of New York; Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals; Member, New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC); Member, Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC).

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA; CPR; and FedArb.

Arbitration Experience: 

Over 50 arbitrations as co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator, or chair, principally in AAA and ICDR matters. Matters in the past five years have included: a dispute over the loss of a mining concession in Central America; a claim by a local exchange carrier against a telecommunications billing aggregator; a dispute between parties who owned the same trademark in different regions of the world over the reasonableness of termination of a license agreement; a dispute over a patent license agreement for DVR functionality; a warranty claim concerning a large cabin business jet; a dispute between members of real estate concern regarding removal of a manager and derivative claims against the removed manager; a claim brought derivatively by one LLC member against the LLC's trademark licensor where respondent asserted demand futility.

Areas of Specialization: 
Civil & Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
Contracts
Distribution & Licensing
International Antitrust
International Contracts
Publications from JURIS: 
Do Arbitrators Know the Law (and Should They Find It Themselves)? - Chapter 3 - ICDR Awards and Commentaries - Volume 2
Do Arbitrators Know the Law (and Should They Find it Themselves)? - Dispute Resolution Journal - Vol. 73, No. 1
Publications: 

Do Arbitrators Know the Law (and Should They Find it Themselves)?; Dispute Resolution Journal, Vol 73 No 1 (2018); Author, Interim, Provisional and Conservatory Measures in U.S. Arbitration, Inside (A publication of the Corporate Counsel Section of the New York State Bar Association), Winter 2015 and numerous articles published under the name Practical Law Arbitration.