Marvin L. Schuldiner, MBA, BSEng, APM

  • Mediation Experience
    • 12 Years of experience as full-time ADR professional in many types of commercial mediation and arbitration
    • Accredited Professional Mediator (APM) by the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators (NJAPM)Marvin Schuldiner
    • Member of three rosters of mediators for the Superior Court of New Jersey
      • Civil, General Equity and Probate Cases
      • Foreclosure Mediation Program
      • Economic Aspects of Family Law Cases
    • Mediator for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
    • Former mediator for:
      • New York Unified Court System
      • Better Business Bureau
      • Community Associations Institute (CAI), New Jersey Chapter
  • Arbitration Experience
    • Member of roster of arbitrators for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
      • Chairman qualified
    • Former arbitrator for the New York Unified Court System Part 137 program
  • Education and Training
    • Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance from Michigan State University
    • Bachelor of Science (BS) in Engineering from Rutgers University
    • Mediation training:
      • Certificate in Conflict and Dispute Resolution from New York University
      • Divorce mediation training from the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
      • Divorce and transformative mediation training from co-founder Robert Baruch Bush at the Institute for the Study Conflict Transformation (Hofstra Law School)
      • Elder mediation training from Montgomery County (PA) Mediation Center
    • Arbitration training from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now FINRA) and New York Unified Court System
    • Additional trainings:
      • Employment Law from Rutgers University
      • Nuts and Bolts of Elder Law from NJICLE
      • Mediating General Equity Cases from NJAPM
      • Conflict Styles Assessment from Eckerd College
  • Teaching and Presenting
    • NJAPM Civil Mediation Training Director
    • Civil Mediation Apprenticeship teacher and coordinator for NJAPM
    • Case Management Training for Superior Court Civil Roster Mediators, presenter and coordinator, 2010
    • NJICLE’s ADR Day XIII (2010, 2014)
    • NJAPM’s Advanced Civil Mediation Training, 2010
    • NJAPM’s Annual Conference (Mediation ethics, 2015)
    • New York State Dispute Resolution Association (NYSDRA) Annual Conference, 2009
  • Prior Professional Experience
    • Toyota Logistics Services, Inc. — 7 years
      • Logistics Planning Manager (for finished vehicle network)
      • Kaizen and Planning Administrator (for manufacturing parts)
      • Finance Administrator (for manufacturing parts)
      • Transport Analyst (for in-house trucking company)
    • Tibbett & Britten Group Americas — 5 years
      • Business Development Manager (for a global “third party” supply chain company)
      • Included consulting projects for the largest consumer goods company in Mexico and a regional snack food manufacturer in the U.S.
  • Afilliations and Professional Memberships
    • New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
      • Past President
      • Chair of Mediator Quality Committee
    • American Bar Association
      • Dispute Resolution Section
      • Business Law Section
    • Beta Gamma Sigma business honors society
  • Personal
    • Vice President and Trustee for Homeowner’s Association
    • Volunteer reader and session director for the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
    • Former manager of partnerships for harness horse racing and breeding

Personal Statement:

As you can see from my qualifications above, I bring a unique combination of real-world experience and top-notch education and training to the mediation environment.  My background includes years of problem solving which my clients find helpful in the mediation setting.

I decided to become a mediator because I genuinely want to help people move on with their lives.  Too many people get so caught up in their disputes and conflicts that it ends up consuming them.  Think back to a dispute or crisis you had 5 or 10 years ago and how all-consuming it was at the time, yet fairly inconsequential now.  I also never liked the impersonal service that large firms give clients, which is why I structured my practice to be personalized and convenient to my clients.

I am a strong believer in the parties controlling their own destinies and to that end use a primarily facilitative mediation style.  The parties control the outcome while the mediator controls the process.  I also tend to keep the mediation process informal which keeps the parties relaxed, resulting in a more successful outcome.