Member Profile: Susan Grody Ruben

	Susan Grody Ruben Mediator & Arbitrator 30799 Pinetree Road, #226 Cleveland, OH 44124 Tel: (216) 382-3024 Fax: (216) 382-7610 Susan Grody Ruben regularly travels out of state to Florida, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania	View Printable Resume GoogleMaps for this Location View Available Dates Calendar

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Early Neutral Evaluation; Med-Arb; Fact Finding; Discovery Referee; ADR Training/CME

ADA Disability Arts (Fine, Performing) Automotive Banking & Finance Civil Rights Class Actions Commercial/Business Contract Disputes

EEOC Education Employment Energy Sector (Oil, Gas) Health Care Industrial Insurance Labor/Unions

Libel & Slander Local Government Non-profit Organizations Nursing Homes Police Postal Religious Institutions Torts

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Susan has had an extensive national employment arbitration and mediation private practice since 1999.  As well, she has heard and settled multiple cases for Cornell University ILR School Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution National Roster of Workplace Neutrals – Nuclear Regulatory Commission, U.S. Department of Labor Panel, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Panel; Ohio Department of Education Panel, American Arbitration Association Employment Arbitration and Mediation Panels, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio Mediation Panel, Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Common Pleas Court Mediation Panel.

Susan is greatly respected for her skills as a labor arbitrator, inducted to the National Academy of Arbitrators in 2008. She is listed with, and handled multiple cases for, the American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service and the Ohio State Employment Relations Board. She is also a permanent panelist for Service Employees International Union District 1199/State of Ohio, Ohio Civil Service Employees Association/State of Ohio, Ohio State Troopers Association/State of Ohio, Fraternal Order of Police/State of Ohio, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers/Northeast Ohio Contractors Association, CWA/AT&T and SEIU 1199/Forum Health.

EDUCATION:

• J.D.1982, University of California, Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco
  (Associate Executive Editor, Hastings Law Journal; 1066 Founation Fellow)
• B.F.A. Music 1977, SUNY Purchase College of Music

ADR TRAINING

• Harvard Law School Project on Negotiation - Mediation and Interest Negotiation Seminars;
• Alliance for Education in Dispute Resolution Employment Mediation course;
• EEOC Employment Mediation training;
• American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law Committee on ADR workshops.

Memberships & Affiliations

• Program Chair, National Academy of Arbitrators Fall Education Conference, 2011
• Neutral Co-Chair, ADR Track, American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law 5th Annual CLE Institute, 2011.
• Fellow, College of Labor & Employment Law
• Neutral Co-Chair, American Bar Association Section of Labor & Employment Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee, 2009-2012
  

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