Judge Stephen M. Orlofsky (Fmr) - Arbitrator and Mediator

Judge Orlofsky is a former United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey who served in that capacity from 1996 to 2003. He also served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey from 1976 to 1980. He concentrates his practice in the areas of complex litigation and alternative dispute resolution. He counsels clients throughout the United States in federal and state civil and criminal courts, both at the appellate and trial level. He has extensive experience in litigating, arbitrating, mediating, and serving as special master in a broad spectrum of complex commercial disputes.

Prior to leaving the Federal Bench in 2003, Judge Orlofsky served as one of three federal judges on a thirteen-member Judicial Assessment Team which traveled to Iraq to evaluate the Iraqi judicial system to assist the Coalition Provisional Authority in reconstructing the Iraqi court system. He is a Uniform Law Commissioner for the State of New Jersey and a member of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. He was also elected as a member of the American Law Institute. He currently serves as a Delegate of the New Jersey State Bar Association to the American Bar Association's House of Delegates and was elected Treasurer of the recently formed Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit.

Judge Orlofsky served as a Captain in the United States Army, Field Artillery, from 1966 to 1970. He was inducted into the United States Army Artillery OCS Hall of Fame (Durham Hall) on May 21, 1999. He is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Legal Services of New Jersey, Inc., a non-profit corporation which provides legal services to indigents throughout New Jersey.

He is a graduate of the City College of New York and Rutgers University Law School, Camden, from which he graduated in 1974 with Honors. He served as a law clerk to Chief Judge Mitchell H. Cohen of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Selected cases:

United States v. Anderson, 108 F.3d 478 (3d Cir. 1997) (by designation) (criminal intent - federal carjacking statute);

Association for Fairness in Business v. State of New Jersey, 82 F.Supp.2d 353 (D.N.J. 2000) (constitutional law - minority "set aside" provisions of New Jersey Casino Control Act);

Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Rosenberg, 85 F.Supp.2d 424 (D.N.J. 2000) (Commodities Exchange Act - trading of commodity futures and options);

Beilowitz v. General Motors Corporation, 233 F.Supp.2d 631 (D.N.J. 2002) (trade regulation, injunctive relief);

Thomas v. Ford Motor Company, 137 F.Supp.2d 575 (D.N.J. 2001) (libel - litigation privilege);

Stewart Title Guaranty Co. v. Greenlands Realty, LLC, 58 F.Supp.2d 360 (D.N.J. 1999) (title insurance - marketability of title);

Jerry Enterprises of Gloucester County, Inc. v. Allied Beverage Group, L.L.C., 178 F.R.D. 437 (D.N.J. 1998) (class certification, antitrust);

Assisted Living Associates of Moorestown, L.L.C. v. Moorestown Township, 996 F.Supp. 409 (D.N.J. 1998) (Fair Housing Act, age discrimination, injunctive relief);

Hulmes v. Honda Motor Company, Ltd., 960 F.Supp. 844 (D.N.J. 1997) (products liability);

Inter Medical Supplies Limited v. EBI Medical Systems, Inc., 975 F.Supp. 681 (D.N.J. 1997) (tortious interference, compensatory and punitive damages);

Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc. v. Mirage Resorts Inc., 963 F.Supp. 395 (D.N.J. 1997) (securities law, standing, environmental law, injunctive relief);

Morris v. Paul Revere Insurance Group, 986 F.Supp. 872 (D.N.J. 1997) (ERISA).