The Resolution Group, LLP

Robert E. Margulies, Esq.

Current Employer-Title:  Margulies Wind, P.A. - President

Profession:  Attorney

Work History:  President and Managing Principal, Margulies Wind, P.A.,1975-present.

Experience:  Varied practice encompassing both civil and criminal matters in state and federal courts. Has tried a variety of cases in the areas of criminal, matrimonial, products liability, employment law (pension and discrimination), chancery practice, pension funds, law firm breakups, negligence, labor, legal and medical malpractice, civil rights, guardianship, election disputes, real property disputes, and partnership dissolutions. Has been appointed as a receiver, conservator, and guardian by the courts. Has represented individual clients bank, corporations, and groups. In addition to litigation experience, has dealt with environmental and development issues, usually representing individual and corporate clients. Has also served as special counsel in this regard to local governments. In addition , has handled probate and corporate maters.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience:  Has served as a mediator in 125 civil disputes involving most subject areas. Has also served as an arbitrator and counsel in disputes.

Alternative Dispute Resolution Training:  Straus Institute for Conflict Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, Masters Forum/Mediation Training, Malibu, 10/03; Straus Institute for Conflict Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, ADR Training, Malibu, 8/02; Florida State Dispute Resolution Center, 10^th Annual Conference for Mediators and Arbitrators: Dialogue and Diversity, Orlando 8/01; ABA/DRS, ADR By the Bay, San Francisco, 4/00; New Jersey Supreme Court Basic Mediation Training, 1995

Professional Licenses:  Admitted to the Bar, New Jersey, 1975; Massachusetts, 1977; New York, 1980U.S. District Court: District of New Jersey, 1975; Southern (1989) and Eastern (1989) Districts of New York; U.S. Courts of Appeals: Third (1975), Second (1989), First (1991), and Tenth(1991) Circuits; U.S. Tax Court, 1984; U.S. Supreme Court, 1982.

Professional Associations:  Hudson County Bar Association (Trustee; Past President; Civil Practice Committee, Pas Chair); New Jersey State Bar Association(Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, Past Vice Chair; General Counsel Executive Committee, Past Chair; Dispute Resolution Section, Chair); American Bar Association; Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey; Association of County Bar Presidents (Past President; Past Treasurer); Justice Marie L. Garibaldi Inn of Court for ADR (Executive Director/Treasurer; Past President).

Education:  Duke University ( BA, Chemistry- 1968); Suffolk University (JD- 1974).

Publications and Speaking Engagements:  "Civil Mediation: Part of Lawyers’ Responsibility. “ NEW JERSEY LAWYERS, October 28, 2002; “Arbitration – The Substitute for Parties’ Day in Court,” DRS NEWSLETTER, New Jersey State Bar Association, Fall issue; “ Civil Mediation: Opportunistic Dispute Resolution”; How to Win in Mediation: Be Counter- Intuitive.,” DRS NEWSLETTER, New Jersey State Bar Association.

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