Roger M. Deitz

Professional Experience

  • Mr. Deitz has mediated over 1,750 disputes

  • Over 25 years mediating high value, complex, multi-party disputes

  • Selected by counsel for plaintiffs and defendants throughout the United States and internationally

  • Senior Trial Counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

  • Visiting Associate Professor of Law, State University of New York - Buffalo Law School (Securities Regulation and Aviation Law)

  • Fellow, American College of Civil Trial Mediators

  • Distinguished Neutral, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution

  • CPR National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals

    • Banking and Financial Services Panel

    • Employment Disputes Panel

    • Insurance Panel

  • Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Practice Areas

Complex multi-party business and employment disputes, securities, commodities, discrimination and retaliation, real estate, construction, education, non-compete, contracts, partnerships and joint ventures, regulatory, professional liability, accounting, intellectual property, trade secrets, licensing, insurance, copyright, travel, music and entertainment, sales of business, post-closing adjustments, derivative, mass and class actions throughout the United States and internationally

Dispute Resolution Panels

  • United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York

  • Supreme Court of the State of New York - Commercial Division

  • Supreme Court of the State of New York – Appellate Division, Special Master

  • FINRA

Selected Honors and Professional Recognitions

  • Frontline Mediation Award, State of New York Office of Court Administration - American Arbitration Association - FINRA

  • Council, American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution

  • Chair, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

  • Co-chair, Commercial Disputes Subcommittee of the State of New York Unified Court System
    Alternative Dispute Resolution Advisory Committee

  • Chair, Mediation Subcommittee FINRA National Arbitration and Mediation Committee

  • Board of Editors Securities Arbitration Commentator

  • Chair, New York City Bar Association Securities Arbitration and Mediation Hot Topics annual program

  • Mediator and Judge, International Chamber of Commerce Mediation Competition, Paris 2016, 2017

  • CPR International Institute of Dispute Prevention and Resolution. Brussels (2006), Paris (2007), Vienna (2008)

  • Author, American Bar Association, American Arbitration Association

  • Speaker, Securities and Exchange Commission International Institute for Securities Market Development

  • Speaker, Practicing Law Institute

  • Faculty, American Bar Association Advanced Mediation Institute.

  • Faculty, American Bar Association International Dispute Resolution Summit, The Hague (2010).

Community and Not-for-Profit

  • Board of Governors, Ethical Culture Fieldston Schools

  • Director, Seeds of Peace

  • Director, Senator George J. Mitchell Institute

Appearances

  • National Public Radio

  • Court TV

  • Practicing Law Institute

Quoted on the resolution of business and employment disputes:

  • United States

  • United Kingdom

  • Israel

  • Japan

Education

  • Fieldston School

  • Brown University

  • Cornell Law School

  • Harvard Law School Program of Instruction for Lawyers

  • CEDR London

  • CPR International Institute of Dispute Prevention and Resolution

    • Brussels

    • Paris

    • Vienna

  • American Bar Association International Dispute Resolution Summit, The Hague