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#excellence #arbitrator #mediator #discoverymaster #receiver #aaa… | Sheryl Axelrod | 25 comments Some things are wonderful slow: getting the chance to enjoy a savory meal with delightful company, to read an intricately crafted book, or take a leisurely walk on a lovely spring day. Some things are awful slow: litigation in which you and your opposing counsel are mired in depositions, document ex...

After 30-years as a litigator including at an Am Law 100 law firm, conducting jury and non-jury trials in state and federal courts and before administrative bodies, Sheryl Axelrod 🎗️now serves full-time as a Arbitrator, Mediator, Discovery Master, and Receiver, and is available to provide expert witness services. She speaks Spanish so she can also do so in cases involving Spanish speakers.

Sheryl had the pleasure of attending the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Inc. (the CPR Institute) 2024 Annual Meeting on "Freedom and Independence in ADR" in Philadelphia where the speakers and attendees were top notch. It was informative and she met fabulous contacts.

Here's to camaraderie! Sheryl Axelrod 🎗️ had a wonderful time at the DDLC in New Orleans this month. From the wonderful Board dinner to the amazing live band, from enjoying tennis to the engaging Trials PAC Voir Dire, the conference was filled with fun and laughter. Watching the inspiring fireside chat Valerie Theng Matherne moderated with Paul Matthews, attending the Trials PAC dinner Christine I. Gannon organized, and enjoying a special Senegalese dinner with Chad Lang, his wife Beth, and Valerie, were also highlights.

Debora O'Neill had a great time, too -- special thanks to the NAMWOLF team!

Warm thanks also to Sheryl's friend, Lara N. DiCristina, who met her for a special dinner at SABA!





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📚 A little bit about what your neutral is doing in the classroom.

🎗️ Sheryl Axelrod has spent countless hours giving back to the community, including to children in particular.

🏫 This year, she is teaching 7th graders at the DePaul Catholic School once a month. For the October 25, 2023 session, we were joined by Judge Stella Tsai and Dañiela Wright through a program organized by Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts.

📖 After Debbie Gross and Dañiela prepared us and gave us written materials, we had our first class on Oct. 25, 2023, and the students were incredible.

❓📋 They were so full of curiosity; so many raised their hands and asked great questions. Really what we had was a *conversation* with the students, which made it richer and more fun for everyone.

🏛 Judge Tsai led us off by asking the students which branch of government they might want to work in, the legislative, executive, or judicial branch. That set the stage for getting the conversation started and led to the students peppering us with questions, and to us asking them a bunch, too.

⚖ Judge Tsai, Dañiela, and I each spoke about our experiences, with the Judge and me covering cases we handled during our years in private practice, and those we have since presided over (her since then as a judge, myself still in private practice, as a neutral), and Dañiela offering insights from her experience and journey to law school.

🎀 I look forward to the next session, to which I’m bringing my (5-year old) daughter, Chloe! I only wish I had also brought her to the first one.

*We got permission to take and post this picture with two of the students in it.

🎉 We love when attorneys post recommendations about our Alternative Dispute Resolution work!

🕒 This recommendation concerns a Settlement Conference in which counsel told Sheryl Axelrod they didn’t want to waste her time.

❌ There was no point in having a Settlement Conference. “This case will never settle,” they said.

⭐ Less than 4 hours later, Ms. Axelrod had successfully assisted the parties in fully resolving all of their disputes! ⭐

🥳 Thank you, Amy Blumenthal! We appreciate your recommendation and the work you did with Ms. Axelrod to fully resolve this matter!

🎉We love when attorneys post recommendations about our Alternative Dispute Resolution work!

✌️This is the second of TWO posts about a Commercial Litigation matter in which Sheryl Axelrod served as the parties’ Receiver, and managed to resolve ALL of their disputes. 🤝

⭐BOTH SIDES in the action posted recommendations about her work on her LinkedIn profile, and BOTH for her work as a Receiver AND as a Mediator in the case!⭐

Here’s how Brett Berman, Co-Chair of Fox Rothschild LLP’s national Litigation Department, described her work:

“I represented multiple Defendants in a protracted litigation in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, that had multiple appeals over the course of 6 years of litigation ….

Despite the extremely contentious nature of the case, Ms. Axelrod was a true professional in both her role as a receiver and an informal mediator .… Ms. Axelrod was able to successfully work with the parties to resolve a case that seemed completely unresolvable.

I highly recommend Ms. Axelrod both as a Receiver, and also as a Mediator.”

Thank you, Mr. Berman -- we appreciate your recommendation and the work you did with Ms. Axelrod to fully resolve this matter!

🎉Nothing beats satisfied attorneys posting recommendations about our Alternative Dispute Resolution work!

✌️This is the first of TWO posts about a Commercial Litigation matter in which Sheryl Axelrod served as the parties’ Receiver, and managed to resolve ALL of their disputes. 🤝

🤷‍♀️Why the first of TWO?

⭐Because BOTH SIDES posted recommendations about her work on her LinkedIn profile, and BOTH for her work as a Receiver AND as a Mediator in the case!

Here’s how Phillip Berger, Managing Partner Commercial Litigation at
Berger Law Group, P.C., described her work, in relevant part:

“I represented Plaintiff minority partners in protracted litigation against a Defendant real estate partnership entity. The litigation involved claims of distributions alleged to be due to the Plaintiffs. The words ‘protracted litigation’ are fitting, as the matter had been appealed to the United States Supreme Court, and twice to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Over the course of 6 years of litigation, 3 Commerce Program judges presided over the case, with 2 actually retiring during the litigation. Ms. Axelrod was subsequently appointed by the Court as the Receiver to review the potential dissolution of the partnership with the potential liquidation of the real estate.

Despite the complex nature of the case, the partnership issues and laws involved, and the involvement of the non-party property owners, Ms. Axelrod was an absolute professional. Ms. Axelrod was always respectful to all of the parties, and put together a team of professionals to help determine valuations and options for the resolution of this very litigious matter.

Through Ms. Axelrod's direct involvement and constant attention to the parties' concerns and issues, she helped broker the settlement of this case.
I highly recommend Ms. Axelrod both as a Receiver, and also as a Mediator.”

Thank you, Mr. Berger -- we appreciate your recommendation and professionalism in working with Ms. Axelrod to fully resolve this matter!

In case you or your friends or colleagues have a need, Sheryl Axelrod now focuses her practice on serving as a Mediator, Arbitrator, Discovery Master, Receiver, Expert Witness, and Client Representative in Commercial Litigation matters.

She brings to the role over 30 years of litigation experience, including at Blank Rome LLP, an Am Law 100 law firm, and including in state and federal courts and before administrative bodies, conducting jury and non-jury trials.

In fact, she has been recognized for years as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Pennsylvania, for her work in Commercial Litigation.

She also been named a Senior Fellow in Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), a by-invitation-only organization of top trial lawyers that accepts less than one-half of one percent of the country’s lawyers.

She is rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell®, the highest rating awarded by this nationally recognized leader in lawyer ratings.

“Pennsylvania Jury Verdict Review & Analysis,” which catalogs significant state verdicts, published about one of her trials, a David versus Goliath commercial litigation victory for her client-defendant, and three of her major commercial litigation victories were covered in Law360.

In recognition of her skills in the courtroom and at the negotiation table, she was appointed a Judge Pro Tempore (JPT) / Settlement Master, an honor bestowed by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Commerce Court on less than 130 attorneys. In the role, she assists parties in settling their Commercial Litigation disputes.

On top of that, she serves on the elite roster of American Arbitration Association (AAA) Panelists for commercial arbitrations, and regularly serves as a AAA Arbitrator.

She is also specially rated to serve as a AAA Arbitrator in Large, Complex Commercial Disputes.

So just let us know if you would like to use her services. She would be happy to assist the parties in your matters.