Name: Rhonda Epstein, Esq.

Title: Hearing Officer

Company Name: NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation)

Real estate associations or organizations that you are currently a member of: New York City Bar Association, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee Affiliate Member, New York City Bar Association, Cooperative and Condominium Law Committee Member

What led you to your current profession?
With over three decades of litigation experience, I have always listened to my clients and observed, first hand, the toll litigation took - the interruption to their business, the financial expense, and even the emotional costs. And I knew that the impact had to be as great if not greater on the other side, and felt there had to be a better way to resolve these very personal disputes. The more I participated in Alternative Dispute Resolution, it became clear that ADR was the solution and that’s how I found my calling.