Loretta has served as an Arbitrator and Mediator in a myriad of disputes:

COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS DISPUTES

Breach of contract, family and generational business including trust and estates, corporate, partnership, limited liability and joint venture entities, shareholder, corporate dissolution and derivative actions, business valuations, mergers and acquisitions (Delaware and New York law), intellectual property including trademark, trade dress, unfair competition, copyright, trade secrets and ideas, art law, entertainment matters, securities and investment litigation, hedge funds, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and business torts, insurance, licensing, franchise, supplier, manufacturer/distributor agreements, software licensing and development, energy including oil and gas, False Claims Act, qui tam litigation, housing, disability, source of income and other discrimination matters, banking, UCC, sales, secured transactions, equipment financing and leasing, product liability, mass arbitration, professional malpractice, manufacturing defect claims, RICO, professional fee disputes and Indian gaming law.

CONSTRUCTION AND REAL PROPERTY

Commercial, industrial and residential construction, delays, defects, remediation, surety bonds, real estate financing, acquisition, sale, development and leasing, co-op and condominium, zoning, easements, mechanics liens, trust funds, environmental, wetlands, energy storage facilities, HUD and Section 8 housing, and professional malpractice and design defect disputes involving architects, engineers, surveyors and other professionals.

EMPLOYMENT LAW

Employment contracts, severance, wage and hour, FLSA, whistleblower, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, trade secrets, executive compensation, stock options, commissions and bonuses, covenants not to compete or solicit, misappropriation, independent contractor issues, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of duty of loyalty, False Claims Act and qui tam litigation.

REPRESENTATIVE INDUSTRIES

Energy, oil and gas, energy storage, commercial, industrial and residential construction, real estate, telecommunications, publishing, entertainment, manufacturing, technology, computer software and software and website development, securities, financial advisors, financial services, banking, e-commerce (and Amazon), insurance, education, health care, medical, home health care and related practices, proprietary schools and Indian gaming law.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES AS AN ARBITRATOR

Disputes involving: breach of contract concerning use of proprietary databases; breach of website and marketing agreement; breach of brokerage firm software license agreement; breach of insurance contract involving employee welfare benefit plans; distributorship agreement involving the beverage industry; breaches of fiduciary duties and operating agreements in connection with multiple oil, gas and energy companies, investments and a public offering; software development, installation and implementation agreement disputes; breach of investment agreements; breach of franchise agreements; closely held business and shareholder rights; partnership and limited liability company agreements; mergers and acquisitions; business dissolutions; medical billing contracts; joint venture agreements; royalties; car wash acquisition; golf course acquisitions and engineering reports; e-commerce and Amazon seller agreements; multiple construction matters; breaches of TV series rights and distribution agreements; celebrity license agreement; breach of auto parts distribution agreement; joint venture franchise acquisition agreement; auction agreement; professional fees and malpractice claims; joint venture manufacturing and distribution agreement; credit card equipment leasing and processing agreement; financial advisory consulting; breach of hedge fund agreement; merchant cash advance agreements; breach of independent contractor software development dispute; condominium board dispute with owner; condominium ownership claims and related agreements; market research asset purchase transaction; employment agreements; executive compensation, stock and severance claims; supply contracts; discrimination and harassment claims; wage and hour and FLSA claims; UCC claims; trade secrets and restrictive covenant claims; tenant-in-common agreements and partition claims; factory acquisition agreements; professional fee disputes; professional malpractice claims; health care provider claims against insurer; breach of trust and partnership agreements; real property ownership claims; marketing agreements; financing agreements; energy storage facility disputes; and light rail manufacturing disputes.

REPRESENTATIVE CASES AS A MEDIATOR

Indian Gaming dispute under a State Compact; Manhattan townhouse dispute among co-op owners; air rights agreement ($5 million); multiple commercial leasehold disputes; multiple construction disputes including issues relating to bridge painting, public contracts, roof repairs and warranties, high end residential construction and renovation, commercial space construction and renovation, solar panel installations across military housing, industrial construction, energy storage facilities, hotel, office and cultural center construction; professional practice dissolutions; long term lease and restoration of commercial property with environmental issues; employment disputes involving employment agreement, executive compensation, trade secrets, restrictive covenants and fiduciary duties; employment discrimination and wage and hour claims; breach of property management agreement; website ownership and software licensing, development and implementation disputes; resort ownership and management dispute; generational family and partnership ownership claims dispute over NYC residential apartment buildings; generational family ownership dispute involving contracting business; and hazardous waste matters.

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION EXPERIENCE

Actions involving breach of contract, trade secrets, construction matters, insurance, zoning law, equipment leasing, securities, licensing disputes, partnership, member and shareholder disputes, derivative and dissolution actions and proceedings, petroleum pollution, wetlands issues, employment matters. intellectual property, qui tam and False Claims Act litigation. Her engagements often involved high technology and intellectual property cases, including a large international telecommunications arbitration representing the government of Taiwan, software infringement, development and implementation cases for private as well as publicly traded companies and copyright and trademark infringement and unfair competition cases for Ross Perot, book publishers, the manufacturer of Red Stripe Beer, an airplane motor parts manufacturer and national distributor of commercial washers and dryers. She has also developed an expertise in Indian Gaming law representing a developer and manager of an Indian casino in actions involving a Native American tribe and a major gaming company and a number of important Indian gaming law decisions were issued in her cases.

EXPERIENCE WITH EXPERTS

Worked with experts in construction, engineering, architecture, securities, computer hardware, software and programming, accounting, economics, appraisal/valuation, statistics, insurance claim auditing, questioned documents, environmental, mechanical and electrical engineering and Indian gaming law.