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Giordano, Hon. Emil
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Bethlehem, PA
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12/13/2023 11:13:47 AM
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Fee For Services :
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2000.00
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Cancellation Policy :
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Time billed preparing
Per diem is $400 per hour.
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PA Recent Cases :
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I have tried numerous cases as a Court of Common Pleas Judge in Northampton County for the past fifteen years including but not limited to employee discipline and whistle blower cases.
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Other Recent Cases:
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Mediation and Fact Finding Experience :
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A thirty year career with fifteen as a practicing attorney, primarily in litigation; fifteen years as a trial judge in the court of common pleas; now a successful Arbitrator/Mediator. As Judge, conducted countless jury and non-jury trials, hearings and motions, in broad range of disputes under Pennsylvania and Federal Law, including construction, commercial litigation, professional malpractice, CERCLA, Civil Rights, condemnations, labor and land use appeals, criminal and domestic relations. As an attorney, litigated major civil construction and commercial cases in Federal and state courts, with well over 20 jury trials; represented both organized labor and management in various disputes over the years.
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Total Arbitration Cases :
106
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Teacher Arbitration Cases :
2
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Private Sector :
100
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Other Public Sector Arbitration :
4
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Other Experience :
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Disputes arising out of employment termination; disputes arising out of employment of executives in private university; claims by minority shareholders; partnership and real estate disputes involving valuation issues; complex shareholder actions involving closely held corporations; commercial litigation involving lease agreements between municipal defendants and private land owners; sexual harassment claims; nursing home claims; major medical malpractice and personal injury cases involving local doctors and/or hospitals.
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Professional Affiliations :
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American College of Civil Trial Mediators – Fellow; Pennsylvania Counsel of Mediators; American Bar Association, 1990 – Present; Pennsylvania State Trial Judges, 2003 – 2015; Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1987 – Present; Northampton County Bar Association, 1987 – Present; Civil & Equal Rights Committee, 2013 – Present; Civil Litigation Section, 2004 – Present; International & Comparative Law Section, 2014 – Present; Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, 2014; Elder Law Section, 2014; Intellectual Property Law Section, 2014 - Present; Federal Bar Association, 2014
Admitted to Bar: New York, 1985; Pennsylvania, 1986
Admitted to Practice, United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1987
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Education :
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Harvard Law School Negotiation Institute, 2018 Completed Advanced Mediation Course;
Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, PA, 1985
Juris Doctorate; Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
1982 Bachelors – Political Science
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Date Education Completed :
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1985
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Advocate :
No
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