Trusted Authority in Arbitration
Loretta M. Gastwirth is a highly respected, internationally recognized Arbitrator and Mediator based in New York, serving parties throughout the Northeast, Florida, and across the United States. Known for her deep expertise in complex commercial disputes, Loretta brings more than three decades of experience as a litigator, trial lawyer, and leader in alternative dispute resolution (ADR). Her reputation as a world‑renowned New York arbitrator is built on her extensive work in commercial, contract, insurance, intellectual property, trade secrets, securities, employment, business ownership, and construction matters, as well as domestic and international arbitration.
A former Partner at Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP and Chair of its ADR Practice Group, Loretta has been recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers in America for Arbitration and honored multiple times by Long Island Business News and the Long Island Press for her leadership and professional excellence. She has served as an arbitrator or mediator in over 300 cases, including large and complex commercial disputes, emergency arbitrations, and multi‑panel proceedings.
Loretta serves on the Commercial, Construction, Employment, and Consumer panels of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the ICDR, and is a Mediator for the New York State Supreme Court’s Commercial Divisions in New York, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties. Her election as a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators further reflects her standing among the nation’s most accomplished ADR professionals.
Insight. Integrity. Resolution.
Arbitrator
Mediator
Loretta M. Gastwirth
Areas of Expertise
Commercial & Business Disputes
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Construction & Real Property
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Employment Law
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Commercial Litigation
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Representative Industries
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Employment Law
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MEDIATION STYLE AND PROCESS
Expertise in Complex ADR
Most cases settle and the question is whether a case will settle before enormous cost and time-consuming efforts are expended during litigation, arbitration or at trial. “Businesspeople make business decisions” and a mediator best serves the parties in helping them reach that most efficient, cost effective and successful resolution that businesspeople seek. A good mediator is familiar with litigation costs and the time and expense of litigation, and that does not just include counsel’s time and expense, but often more importantly, the parties’ time and attention diverted from their businesses. The parties in mediation have flexibility to negotiate and design their settlement to meet their business needs – payouts, future conduct — that might not otherwise be available in arbitration or litigation, etc. To be effective, mediators must understand the industry and business in which the parties are engaged and have a keen understanding of the applicable law, counsel’s arguments and the parties’ likelihood of success on the issues presented in litigation. A good mediator must have the ability to listen, be empathetic, be challenging and be tenacious to reach a resolution. Mediation will more likely end in a successful resolution when the parties themselves believe they have had an opportunity to be heard and understood and can evaluate the merits of their claims and risks and rewards of litigation or arbitration.
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