About Deborah A. Reperowitz

Mediator, Arbitrator, ADR Advisor

Deborah A. Reperowitz combines 30 years of law firm practice with C-level experience at publicly traded companies to serve as an independent arbitrator, mediator and consultant. She possesses strong business acumen and interpersonal skills and is known for her ability to neutralize situations and find creative, pragmatic solutions to commercial disputes.

As a law firm litigator and transactional attorney for twenty years, Ms. Reperowitz has had extensive experience negotiating and resolving complex and diverse disputes across a broad range of industries. She further honed her problem solving skills serving as Chief Litigation Counsel at a publicly-traded, international financial services company and as the general counsel to a financial management company with more than $20 billion under management. Ms. Reperowitz also served as a member of the board at a for-profit and multiple non-profit entities.

Ms. Reperowitz has served as a client advocate or as a party in more than 50 mediation and arbitration proceedings. For the past ten years, Ms. Reperowitz increasingly has dedicated her practice to serving as a neutral in ADR proceedings and now focuses entirely on ADR. She has served as the mediator or arbitrator in more than 150 commercial disputes, most of which involve complex factual and legal issues, as well as high stakes. Ms. Reperowitz is listed as an arbitrator and mediator on several panels, including those maintained by the American Arbitation Association (Complex Commercial and Bankruptcy) and CPR (Financial Services.) She also is included on the list of mediatiors maintained by the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. For the past three years, she has been ranked nationally by Chambers USA as a leading mediator.

Credentials

Bar Admissions:

• New Jersey | 1985
• New York | 1987

Court Admissions:

• U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey | 1985
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York | 1985
• U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York | 1985
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York | 2017
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York | 2019

Education:

• J.D., Seton Hall University School of Law
• B.S., New York University

Mediation Training & Experience:

• Comprehencive Course on International Arbitration, presented by Columbia Law School in conjunction with Chartered Institute of Aribtrators New York Branch | 9/2024
• International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) Annual Meeting | 3/2024
• Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 1/2024
• Advanced Commercial Mediation, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 11/2021
• Dispute Resolution Fall 2021 Meeting, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 9/2021
• FINRA Arbitration: Advice from the Experts, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 4/2021
• Arbitration and Mediation: Best Practices Working Through and Beyond Covid, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 3/2021
• Dispute Resolution Section Annual Meeting, sponsored by New York State Bar Association | 1/2021
• Embracing Change: Dispute Resolution in Unprecedented Times, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 10/2020
• Cyber Security: A Shared Responsibility, sponsored by the American Arbitration Association | 7/2020
• Learn to Mediate Online Training Program, taught by Susan Guthrie | 3/2020
• ADR in the Boardroom and the Headlines: Not Fake News, sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 1/2019
• Arbitration Fundamentals & Best Practices for New AAA Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 2-day intensive training, sponsored by the American Arbitration Association | 10/2018
• Effective Mediation Advocacy: The Roles of Client and Counsel, sponsored by CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution | 4/2018
• Advanced Negotiation and Mediator Skills Training, sponsored by the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York | 9/2005
• Advanced Mediation Skills and Creative Workshop, sponsored by the United States Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York | 9/2005

Affiliations & Membership

• Co-Chair, Banking and Financial Services Alliance, CPR
• AAA-ICDR Financial Advisory Committee
• Dispute Resolution Section, New York State Bar Association
• Association of Commercial and Transactional ADR Professionals (ACT-ADR)
• Mediation Registers, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
• Panel of Commercial Mediators and Panel of Commercial Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association
• Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, CPR
• American Bankruptcy Institute
• Turnaround Management Association

Speaking Engagements

• Empowering the Future: A Dialogue Between Women Arbitrators and Law Students, sponsored by American Arbitration Association | 3/2025
• The Uses and Abuses of Chatbots: Live Demo and Review of Ethics Rules, New York State Bar Association Technology Committee | 5/2024
• Arbitrators and Mediators: How Much Freedom Do You Give or Take From Your Participants & A Mediator’s Freedom to Lie, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Annual Meeting | 3/2024
• Drafting and Enforcing Assignments of Rent: Collateral vs Absolute Assignments, sponsored by Strafford Publications, Inc. | 2/2024
• Critical Issues: Dispute Prevention, Cyber Security, Bias, sponsored by New York State Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section | 2/2023
• Currrent Issues and Trends in Arbitration in the Financial Services Sector, sponsored by CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Banking and Financial Services Committee and Arbitration Committee | 5/2023
• NYSBA’s Five Part “AI Series”, Part Two: Introduction to AI: “Tech” Session | 5/2023
• Mediation: Nothing To Lose and So Much To Gain, Celesq® Attorneys Ed Center Webcast | 1/2021
• The New Normal: Maintaining Your Network While Navigating the Future of Work, sponsored by the NextGen Committee of the New York City Chapter of Turnaround Management Association | 8/2021
• Managing the Onslaught of COVID-Triggered Financial Services Disputes – Is Arbitration the Solution? sponsored by the New York State Bar Association | 11/2020
• Guest speaker at CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution, Banking and Financial Services Committee regarding use of mediation in mega bankruptcy cases and applicability of such use in non-bankruptcy context | 10/2020
• Areas of Growth in the Law, Seton Hall Law School | 10/2020
• We’re All in this Together – Let’s Mediate, Turnaround Management Association, New York City Chapter, webinar | 6/2020
• Innovative Financing and DIP Substitutes, Turnaround Management Association Distressed Investing Conference | 2/2020
• Supreme Court Casts Wide Net for Actual Fraud Under Section 523: Husky and its Potential Impact, Winter Leadership Conference sponsored by American Bankruptcy Institute | 12/2016
• Lender vs Lender: Let’s Get Ready to Rumble, Winter Leadership Conference sponsored by American Bankruptcy Institute | 2013

Publications

• What Del. Justices' Insolvency Ruling Means For Corps., Law360 | 9/2022
• Mortgagees Holding Liens Against Chapter 13 Debtor’s Primary Residence Could Be Subject To Punitive Damages For Notice Violations, Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law | 5/2022
• Lowering Litigation Risk & Redefining Wins Via Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bloomberg Law | 8/2021
• Mediation: Nothing to Lose and So Much to Gain, New York Law Journal | 6/2021
• Reshape Your Board for Company Restructuring, Corporate Board Magazine | 11-12/2020
• Government Agencies Propose and Consider Relaxed Banking Rules Amid Coronavirus Epidemic | 3/2020
• Agreement to Arbitrate Arbitrability Cannot Be Overridden by Courts, ADR Advisor | 2/2019
• Second Circuit Rules Arbitration Clause Not Enforceable in Bankruptcy Case, ADR Advisor | 12/2018

Honors

• As representative of CPR, attended UNCITRAL Colloquium on Navigating the New Era of Digital Finance - the UNCITRAL Model Law on Secured Transactions on the Use of New Types of Assets for Secured Financing | 2/2025
• With CEO of CIT Group, Inc., attended leadership program at U.S. Army War College, Center for Strategic Leadership | 2008