Jed D. Melnick
Jed D. Melnick, Esq. is the Managing Mediator for the Weinstein Group, led by the Hon. Daniel Weinstein (Ret.) one of the nation’s preeminent mediators of complex civil disputes. Mr. Melnick has been involved in the mediation and successful resolution of hundreds of complex disputes with an aggregate value in the billions of dollars. He has mediated over 750 disputes, published articles on mediation, founded a nationally ranked dispute resolution journal and taught young mediators.
This year Mr. Melnick was selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers “Rising Star,” the only “Rising Star” in the Alternative Dispute Resolution category in Pennsylvania. Jed was also selected to the 2010 list of Pennsylvania “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” awarded by the Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly to 30 Pennsylvania lawyers under the age of 40.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
- Managing Mediator for The Weinstein Group that mediates cases with aggregate values of billions of dollars annually, while helping to design innovative processes tailored to unique, complex, and highly sensitive cases.
- Lead and Primary Responsibility on numerous cases:
- Lead role in settlement of Miller v. Dyadic International, Inc. et al.
- Lead role in settlement of In Re: SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc.
- Lead role in settlement of In Re: Ionatron, Inc.
- Lead role in settlement of In Re: StarTek Inc.
- Lead role in settlement of In Re: Atlas Mining Company as well as related coverage litigation and employment claims.
- Lead role in settlement of In Re: Lone Star Steakhouse and Saloon, Inc.
- Lead role in successful mediation of coverage litigation surrounding the former Directors and Officers at Adelphia Communication Corp., as well as lead role in settling the class action and six opt-out cases against the former Adelphia Directors and Officers.
- Primary responsibility for post-mediation follow up that led to 100 million dollar settlement of litigation brought by the trustee for the failed subprime lender American Business Financial Services, Inc., previously pending in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas and brought against 4 Wall Street investment banks.
- Primary responsibility for post-mediation follow-up that led to settlement in Fiduciary Counselors, Inc. v. Magnuson, leading the presiding Judge to comment on the record, “Judge expresses his thanks and appreciation to Judge Daniel Weinstein and Jed Melnick for all their intensive efforts to mediate settlement of this case.”
- Primary responsibility for follow up leading to settlement in Sunoco, Inc. v. Epsilon previously pending in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
- Primary responsibility for post-mediation follow-up that led to settlement of In Re: TeleTech, Inc., brought by the Coughlin Stoia office against TeleTech, Ernst & Young, and various underwriter defendants.
- Part of team that settled Adelphia Communications Corp. v. Deloitte & Touche LLP, pending in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
- Lead role In Re Bradley Pharmaceutical Securities, Inc. Securities Litigation Civ. No. 05-1219
- Representative from the Weinstein Team leading settlement efforts and working closely with Alabama District Court Judge Scott Coogler in a three-day mediation in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in MBUSI v. Cobasys.
Securities Class Actions involving Adelphia, Enron, and other major NYSE and NASDAQ corporations including:
- In Re Telik, Inc. Securities Litigation
- In Re: TeleTech Securities Litigation
- In Re: Lumenis Ltd. Securities Litigation
- In Re: Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc. Securities Litigation
- In Re: SCOR Holding AG Securities Litigation
- In Re: Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Securities Litigation
Coverage Litigation, involving, In Re: UnumProvident Corp., Aon, SCOR, American Business Financial Systems, Inc.
Contract Disputes including Exelon Generation Company, LLC v. General Atomic Technologies Corp., Sunoco, Inc. v. Epsilon., and matters involving GM and Mercedes Benz.
Anti-trust Matters including Nurse Wage Litigation, In Re: Air Cargo Antitrust Litigation (E.D.N.Y.), Muni Derivatives Market Litigation.
Erisa Litigation including Fiduciary Counselors, Inc. v. Magnuson, In Re: Ferro Corporation ERISA Litigation.
Employment Litigation including the lead role mediating numerous matters as a federal mediator and panel member for the EEOC including matters for Sunoco, Pitney Bowes, as well as numerous city and state agencies and authorities.
Honors and Publications
- Selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers "Rising Star" for 2010 by Law & Politics magazine and Philadelphia Magazine.
- Co-Author with John Wilkinson, Vivien Shelanski, and Robin Gise, "Mediation Starts from the First Phone Call: Practice Points and Helpful Hints for Lawyers Going to Mediation." Forthcoming Cardozo J. Conflict Resol, Vol 11, Number 2, 2010.
- Author, Substantive Introduction to "The Mediation of Securities Class Action Suits, A Panel Discussion Hosted by the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law." Cardozo J. Conflict Resol., Vol. 9, Number 2, Spring 2008.
- Introduced Panel Discussion "The Mediation of Securities Class Action Suits" hosted at Cardozo Law School that included panelists, Judge Weinstein, Max Berger, Sam Rudman, Alan Salpeter, Greg Markel, Michael Goodstein, Michael Young and Mary Jo Berry.
- Co-Author with Judge Weinstein and Michael Young, "The Role of Damages Issues – Post-Dura- In The Mediation Of Securities Class Actions," Mealey’s Emerging Securities Litigation, Vol. 6, #3 September 2007.
- Contributed to "A Time to Cut Costs" by Gregory A. Markel, Chairman of the Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft Litigation Department, article found on Lawdragon.com.
- Panelist, "Advanced Mediation for Lawyers: Practice Pointers and Timely Tips." Conflict Resolution at Work Symposium, November 2009. Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2009.
- Invited Guest Faculty, Representation in Mediation Seminar, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2009.
- Invited speaker for the 10th Anniversary Symposium of the Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution. Fall 2008.
Education and Background
- Founder and first Editor-in-Chief, Cardozo Journal of Conflict Resolution.
- J.D., Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1999; B.A., Grinnell College, 1994.
- Adjunct Faculty, University of Pennsylvania School of Law Mediation Clinic.
- While in law school part of the team from the Center for Court Innovation that founded and built the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center in Crown Heights Brooklyn in part to address the conflicts between the orthodox Jewish community and the Caribbean and African American communities after the Crown Heights riots.
- Extensive bench and jury trial experience in the Major Trials Unit at the Defenders Association of Philadelphia, as well as civil litigation experience in state and federal Court.
- Member Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and American Bar Association.
- Member, Union League of Philadelphia.
Pro Bono
- Pro-bono panel mediator for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – successfully mediated numerous employment related matters from Philadelphia, New Jersey and Delaware.
- Special Master/Judge Pro-Tem Philadelphia Common Pleas Appellate Mediation Program.
Contact Information
Mobile (215) 307-8787
Email jmelnick@jamsadr.com
