Loretta M. Gastwirth

Panel Affiliations

• AAA Arbitrator and Mediator: Commercial, Construction, Employment and Consumer Panels
• AAA – ICDR (International Centre for Dispute Resolution): Arbitrator and Mediator

• Mediator for the New York Supreme Court: Nassau, Suffolk, Queens, New York and Westchester County Commercial Divisions

Professional Associations

• College of Commercial Arbitrators, Fellow

• New York State Bar Association: Chair-Elect of the Dispute Resolution Section; Executive Committee Member; Former Co-Chair of Domestic Arbitration Committee; Commercial and Federal Litigation Section Member

• The New York Bar Foundation, Fellow

• Nassau County Bar Ass’n: Former Co-Chair of the ADR Committee and member of the ADR Advisory Council for the Arbitration and Mediation Panels
• Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law: Former Chair and Executive Board Member of the Alumni Ass’n

Honors

• 2026: Best Lawyers in America in Arbitration

• 2021: LIBN’s Who’s Who in Women in Professional Services

• 2018: LI Power Women in Business, Long Island Press

• 2013: Long Island’s Top 50 Women, Long Island Business News

• 2010: LIBN’s Who’s Who in Women in Professional Services

• 2005: Long Island’s Top 50 Women, Long Island Business News

Work Experience

• LORETTA GASTWIRTH, ESQ. January 2026 to Present, Independent Arbitrator and Mediator
• MELTZER, LIPPE, GOLDSTEIN & BREITSTONE, LLP 1993 to January 2026, Partner, ADR Chair; commercial, construction and employment litigation
• WINICK & RICH, P.C. 1991-93 Associate, commercial and equipment leasing litigation
• PHILLIPS, NIZER, BENJAMIN, KRIM & BALLON, LLP 1987-91 Associate, commercial litigation
• PARCHER ARISOHN & HAYES, P.C. 1986-87 Associate, entertainment litigation
• SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 1983-86 Associate, commercial and securities litigation
• MUDGE ROSE GUTHRIE & ALEXANDER 5-9/81 Summer Associate

Clerkship and Education

• U.S. DISTRICT COURT, N.D. TEXAS 1982-83; Law Clerk to Hon. Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

• University at Albany B.S. (B.S., magna cum laude, 1978)

• Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 1982)

• Notes and Comments Editor, Cardozo Law Review

Bar Admissions

• New York State Bar

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

• U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York

• U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit