Upcoming APPEARANCES
PAst Appearances
2022
April 5: The Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act was the subject of an April 5 Arbitrate.com “Arbitration Conversation” audio podcast. Says the description: “In this episode, Amy talks with George Friedman, the publisher and Editor-in-Chief of the Securities Arbitration Alert and the principal of George H. Friedman Consulting, LLC, about the new Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act (EFASASHA) that President Biden signed on March 3rd, 2022. They discuss the scope and limitations of the new legislation, as well as possible conflicts between it and the Federal Arbitration Act.”
2020
September 22: See my video in "The Arbitration Conversation: Amy Schmitz Interviews the Leading Minds in Arbitration"
May 28: Was delighted to be a panelist with FINRA Director of Arbitration Rick Berry and SAC Founder and President Rick Ryder on a Securities Experts Roundtable webinar on ADR in a post-COVID world.
2019
August 2: Was delighted to be a panelist with FINRA Director of Arbitration Rick Berry at the the Securities Experts Roundtable annual meeting in Minneapolis.
February 7: I was delighted to participate in a roundtable discussion with SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson, hosted by the Seton Hall Law School Investor Rights Clinic.
2018
Fall 2018: I was delighted to be a panelist on another Securities Arbitration Commentator Podcast, Employment Issues in Securities Arbitration in the Wake of Epic Systems. Click here for past Podcasts.
July 27, Washington, DC: Delighted to have co-presented with FINRA Dispute Resolution head Rick Berry at the annual meeting of the Securities Experts Roundtable.
May 22, New York, NY: Honored to have been a speaker at the AAA-ICDR Annual Luncheon memorializing ADR giant Robert "Bob" Coulson.
2016
July 22, New York, NY: Delighted to have moderated a panel,The FINRA Dispute Resolution Task Force Report after seven months: Where are we now and where are we going? at the Annual Meeting of the Securities Experts Roundtable.
May, Internet: Moderated a Podcast for the Securities Arbitration Commentator, The FINRA Dispute Resolution Task Force has issued its Final Report: Now What? Article is linked here and recording to be posted soon.
February 2016: Enjoyed giving a guest lecture to the students of the NY Law School securities arbitration clinic.
January 26, New York, NY: Panelist on Enforcing Securities Laws, at Cardozo Law's Public Law Advocacy Week: "Securities Arbitration and Investor Protection."
2015
November 22, Ithaca, NY: Mediator at a mock mediation at the Securities Law Clinic of Cornell Law School. The clinic "provides legal services to small investors in upstate New York who have been the victims of investment fraud."
November 12, New York, NY: Panelist at the NY State Bar Association's Securities Arbitration 2015: "Hot Topics in Securities Arbitration and Mediation"
October 22, New York, NY: Panelist at the Insurance Industry Institute:"Cloud-based ADR"
June 5, New York, NY: Moderator and Panelist at ODR 2015:"ODR for E-Commerce"
May 19, New York, NY: Panelist at the New York City Bar's Securities Arbitration & Mediation 2015: "Hot Topics in Securities ADR"
August 11: Moderated video podcast, Investment Adviser Arbitration - what you need to know
February 26: Moderated video podcast,Whither or Wither FINRA Mediation?
2014
November 3: Moderated video podcast, What if the SEC Bans Predispute Arbitration Agreements?
March 25, New York, NY: Panelist at the New York County Lawyers Association's Investor Protection of Dodd Frank Act and Enhanced Professionalism: "Dodd-Frank and Securities Arbitration"
2013
November 6: Moderated an American Arbitration Association webinar, ADR and Emerging Technologies
June 11, Mohegan Sun, CT: Panelist at the ADR ExecuSummit: "Defining Fairness"