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George H. Friedman is Executive Vice President, Dispute Resolution of NASD. In this capacity, he is in overall charge of NASD's dispute resolution program, carried out by the company's four regional offices. In his dispute resolution career that began some thirty years ago, he previously held a variety of positions of responsibility at the American Arbitration Association, most recently as Senior Vice President from 1994 to 1998. In late 1998, he joined NASD's Dispute Resolution Division as Senior Vice President. He was named Executive Vice President in January 2002.
Mr. Friedman received a BA in Political Science from Queens College in 1976, and a Juris Doctor from Rutgers Law School Newark in 1981, where he was an editor of the Law Review. He is admitted to the New York and New Jersey Bars, and is a Certified Regulatory and Compliance Professional. Mr. Friedman is a member of several bar associations, and is past chair of the Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution of the New York County Lawyers Association.
Mr. Friedman has lectured extensively on the subject of alternative dispute resolution, and has the distinction of being one of the architects of the Due Process Protocols for both employment arbitration and health care dispute resolution. He has published often, with articles appearing in the New York Law Journal, the Rutgers Law Review, and the National Law Journal, among others. He is Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham Law School where he has taught a course on alternative dispute resolution since 1996. | 