First Name: Initial: Last Name: Suffix: Arbitrator Since: Michael Wolf 1995

Arbitration/Mediation Experience

Public and private sector arbitrations since l995. Chair/Member, General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board (l997-2002). Special Master appointed by US District Court to mediate between parties in ERISA litigation (2000-2005). Mediator, US Congress Office of Compliance (2006-present). Mediations in labor, employment and ERISA disputes.

Panels/Permanent Arbitrator

US Postal Service/APWU; Kaiser Health Foundation/Office and Professional Employees Union; The Washington Post/Newspaper Guild; Social Security Administration/American Federation of Government Employees; US National Archives/American Federation of Government Employees; WMATA/ Amalgamated Transit Union; AAA; FMCS, NASD (securities and employment panels).

Issues/Industries

Federal; state; county and local governments; law enforcement; firefighting; health care; airlines; office/ clerical; transportation; construction; manufacturing; education; postal.

Work History

1973-1975: Clerkship, US District Court. 1975-1980/1982-1983: private practice (labor, employment and ERISA litigation). 1980-1982/1984-1987: US Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations, Criminal Division (Deputy Director/trial attorney overseeing prosecution of Nazi war criminals); 1987-1995: private practice (labor, employment, ERISA and Securities litigation).

Education

NYU School of Law, JD 1972 Cornell University, AB, 1969

Professional Affiliations