Lee Berman

Lee Jay Berman began as a full-time mediator 30 years ago and has successfully mediated over 2,700 matters as a private, independent commercial mediator. Chambers USA ranks him among the top 13 commercial mediators in the U.S. in their “Band 1.” He has been voted by his colleagues into Who’s Who Legal, who has also named him one of the 10 Global Thought Leaders in Commercial Mediation in North America. The Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel honored him with their 2024 Counsel of the Year Award for Excellence in ADR. The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) named him their inaugural “Distinguished Neutral of the Year” in 2017. He is a AAA Master Mediator for employment matters, a national panelist on their commercial, construction, and entertainment panels, and a select mediator on their ICDR mediation panel for international disputes. He is a Distinguished Fellow with the International Academy of Mediators, and a Charter Diplomat with the NADN. Also, a popular trainer, Lee Jay founded the American Institute of Mediation after seven years as Director of Pepperdine Law School's “Mediating the Litigated Case” program (ranked #1 nationally). He has trained mediators, judges, attorneys, and business leaders across North America and internationally, been interviewed on dozens of podcasts, and published numerous articles on mediation and negotiation. The ABA will be publishing two of his books in 2024.