Complex Litigation
Litigation is a strategic process that involves detailed research, investigation and discovery, advice, and advocacy.Laurie Pederson has extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of litigation, including multi-district litigation (MDL), complex securities and commodities litigation, and investor arbitration. In her practice, Laurie serves as counsel to public pension funds, shareholders, companies, and investors in a broad range of consumer, class action, employment, accounting, financial institution, foreign exchange, education, commercial disputes, and business litigation matters.
Mediation
Mediation is a private, efficient, and cost-saving alternative to litigation.Mediation is nonbinding and gives parties an opportunity to talk confidentially and resolve disputes efficiently and inexpensively. A mediator acts as an impartial intermediary between the parties involved in a matter. Generally, a mediator is selected by parties or their counsel, based on the mediator’s prior experience.
Laurie Pederson is an experienced, certified mediator in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Alabama, and she has been a mediator since 1995. Laurie is on the roster of the Alabama State Court Mediators, the Delaware Superior Court Mediators, the Pennsylvania Counsel of Mediators, FINRA certified Arbitrators, and the New York City Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Special Education Hearings Division.
Over the past two decades Laurie has mediated a wide variety of claims and disputes, including:
Civil Litigation
- Fraud and bad faith
- Breach of contract
- Class actions involving investor disputes
- Contract disputes
- Financial institution and consumer claims
- Negligence
- Personal injury
- Product liability
- Regulatory compliance
- Shareholder derivative claims
- Wrongful death
Employment and Special Education Law
- ADA
- IDEA
- Title VII
- Gender discrimination
- Sexual harassment
- Age discrimination
- ADA
- Disabilities
- Family Medical Leave Act
- FLSA (wage and hour)
- Compensation
- Benefits
Domestic Mediation
- Divorce and Separation
- Child custody and support
- Visitation rights
- Business and property settlement
- QDRO Agreements