First Name: Initial: Last Name: Suffix: Arbitrator Since: Ruth Moscovitch 2005

Arbitration/Mediation Experience

Member of the National Academy of Arbitrators. As a neutral, I have worked in the public and private sectors in a variety of industries including: federal and local governments, public and private hospitals, education, mining, energy, trucking, food manufacturing, and retail. I have covered a range of issues, including, but not limited to: discipline and discharge, contract interpretation, successorship, union organizing, retaliation and discrimination. Prior to becoming neutral, I had extensive labor relations experience representing both labor and management in the public and private sectors

Panels/Permanent Arbitrator

American Arbitration Association; Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service; New Jersey Board of Mediation; New Jersey Public Employment Relations Commission; United Mine Workers of America and the Bituminous Coal Operators' Association Districts 12, 13; New York State Employment Relations Board, public and private sector; Office of Collective Bargaining (New York City), Rochester Teachers Association/ Rochester, NY City School District; Realty Advisory Board and Local 32 BJ, SEIU; Port Authority Employment Relations Panel Hearing Officer; Professional Aviation Safety Specialists and FAA Great Lakes Regional Arbitration Panel, Flight Stds Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Issues/Industries

Industry experience includes: federal, state and local governments, public and private hospitals, public colleges, K-12 public schools, energy, trucking, and food and retail. I have experience with a range of issues, including, but not limited to: discipline and discharge, contract interpretation, successorship, union organizing, retaliation and discrimination.

Work History

2005 - present: arbitrator, hearing officer; researcher for Institute for Education Law & Policy, Rutgers Univ.; adjunct instructor on education law, Baruch College. Prior to 2005: General Counsel for Chicago Public Schools and City Colleges of Chicago; attorney for City of Chicago; Labor Relations Vice President for Commonwealth Edison Co., Exelon Energy; private law practice representing Carpenters' Local, varied individual clients and groups.

Education

Harvard University, Radcliffe College (BA, cum laude-1969); Northwestern University, School of Law (JD, cum laude-1974).

Professional Affiliations

Member, retired status, of the New York and Illinois state bar; NY State Bar Association: Labor & Employment Section; ABA: Labor & Employment Section; Labor and Employment Relations Association (NJ and NY chapters)