Bonnie Blume Goldsamt, MA, JD, APM, SM

Essex County Office:

25 Pompton Avenue
Verona, NJ 07044
(973) 857-6220
Fax: (973) 857-6162

Bergen County Office:

One University Plaza, Suite 14

Hackensack, NJ 07601

(201) 487-1622

• Named as one of "New Jersey's Top" ten mediators (NJBIZ, May 2008).
• Recognized as a "Legend of ADR," NJSBA, 2007.

Description of Practice

Accredited Professional Mediator & Arbitrator; Mediation Trainer. Advanced Practitioner, Assn. for Conflict Resolution; former Chair NJSBA Dispute Resolution Section. Practice Areas: Family (divorce, pre/postnuptial, support, custody, time sharing, parent/child, adoption); Business (dissolution, shareholder disputes, collection, contracts, formation); Construction; Estates & Probate; Employment.

Professional Experience

Litigator since 1979. Conflict resolution practitioner since 1989. State Bar Trustee; Former law professor; Faculty member, ICLE Divorce/Civil Mediation Trainings. Advanced Practitioner, ACR, Accredited Professional Mediator; former Officer/Director, NJ Association of Professional Mediators; former Chair, State Bar Dispute Resolution Section, Master, Garibaldi Inn for ADR; Federal District Court, Bankruptcy Court and Superior Court Mediator; Arbitrator, AAA.

Mediation Experience

Extensive mediation experience, including as court approved Federal and State Court mediator; experienced in divorce and family matters as well as business, commercial, contract disputes; wills, probate, trusts and estates and guardianships; partnership/shareholder disputes; real estate & construction matters and employment. Founding member of the faculty, ICLE Divorce & Civil Mediation Trainings, writer and lecturer on dispute resolution.

Approach to Mediation

Mediation is a sane and rationale approach to problem solving. The Mediator, working as an impartial facilitator, assists the parties to define issues, gather facts and develop options to create a settlement that is satisfactory and works for them. While mainly facilitative, the Mediator’s approach is flexible and may use other mediation processes to help the parties to reach a solution.

Fees

Initial calls with the parties and/or attorneys to clarify the mediation process are at no charge. Hourly rates and retainer to be discussed and agreed upon.

Other Information

Co-mediation with Accountant and/or therapeutic Mediator available. Offices conveniently located In Hackensack (Bergen County) and Verona (Essex County) serving Bergen, Essex, Passaic, Morris, Sussex, Union, Hudson and Middlesex Counties.

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Bonnie Blume Goldsamt provides professional mediation services to Essex, Bergen and Passaic Counties,New Jersey including the towns of Verona,Montclair,Livingston,Caldwell,Milburn and Short Hills and Hackensack, Ridgewood,Tenafly, Englewood, Teaneck, Fort Lee and Westwood. Goldsamt's law practice includes family law, divorce, and civil litigation, arbitration and collaborative law.