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George H. Friedman , Esq.
Adjunct Professor of Law

FINRA Dispute Resolution, Inc.
One Liberty Plaza
27th Floor
New York,  NY  10006 		Email: george.friedman@finra.org
Telephone: 212.858.4488
Fax: 301.527.4762

George H. Friedman is Executive Vice President and Director of Dispute Resolution of FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). He held the same title at NASD, which consolidated with NYSE Member Regulation to form FINRA in mid-2007. In this capacity, he is in overall charge of FINRA's Dispute Resolution Program, carried out by the company’s four regional offices. He also chairs FINRA's MATRICS computer project, which will migrate FINRA's case management and dispute resolution services to a web-based, interactive environment. In a dispute resolution career that began over thirty years ago, he previously held a variety of positions of responsibility at the American Arbitration Association, most recently Senior Vice President from 1994 to 1998. In 1998, he joined NASD Dispute Resolution as Senior Vice President. He was named Executive Vice President in 2002. He has taught a course on commercial arbitration at Fordham Law since 1996.

Publications

Mr. Friedman has lectured extensively on the subject of alternative dispute resolution, and has the distinction of being one of the architects of the Due Process Protocols for both employment arbitration, and health care dispute resolution. He has published often, with articles appearing in such publications as the New York Law Journal, the Rutgers Law Review, the Hastings Communication and Entertainment Law Journal, the Securities Arbitration Commentator, and the National Law Journal, among others.

Professional Affiliations

He is admitted to the New York and New Jersey Bars, and is a member of several bar associations. He also a Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional. He is past chair of the Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution of the New York County Lawyers Association, and is on the Board of Editors of the Securities Arbitration Commentator.

Education

BA in Political Science from Queens College (1976); Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School - Newark (1981), where he was an editor of the Law Review; CRCP from the Wharton - NASD Institute (2005).

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