Over the past 30 years Rosemary Townley, the Principal of Townley ADR, has been a self-employed, full-time independent arbitrator-mediator based in the New York Metropolitan region. She is a member of various arbitration panels of the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") including Class Actions, Commercial, Employment, Individually Negotiated Employment Contracts, Large, Complex Cases and Commercial Disputes. She has also accepted cases, both as a solo arbitrator and as a panel member, from the AAA International Centre on Dispute Resolution. Her cases as arbitrator involved claims ranging in value from less than $1 million to over $250 million.
Rosemary A. Townley
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2019 Awarded Practice Areas
Arbitration
Biography
Locations
Languages
- English
Education
- Brooklyn Law School, Doctor of Law, J.D., graduated 1991
- University at Buffalo, Master of Education, M.Ed., graduated 1976
- D'Youville College, Bachelor of Science, B.S., graduated 1973
- Syracuse University, Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D., graduated 1978
Bar Admissions
Court Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- State of New York
- United States District Court - Southern District
- United States District Court - Eastern District
Affiliations
- College of Labor & Employment Attorneys - Fellow
- American Bar Association - • Sections: Dispute Resolution; International; Labor and Employment Law.
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York - Section on Employment and Labor Law
- CPR Panel of Distinguished Arbitrators, Sports Law - Member
- National Academy of Arbitrators - • Governor, Board of Governors, 2007-2010 • Legal Coordinator, 2005-2007 • Member, Presidential Nominating Committee, 2004-2005 • Member, National Meeting Program Committee, 2003-2009 • Chair, Employment Arbitration Advocates Workshop 2007
- New York International Arbitration Center - Inaugural Member - - Independent Arbitrator and Mediator, February 2017 NYIAC Participant: UNCITRAL Meeting at the UN (Working Group II, Enforcement of Mediated Settlements)
- New York State Bar Association - • Section on Labor and Employment Law Section Chair (1999-2000); Member, Executive Committee (1987- present); Committee Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee (1996-1999), Section on Dispute Resolution , Member, ADR Committee
- Sports Lawyers Association - Member
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Arbitration
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Mediation
Special Focus:
- Arbitration
- Mediation
Awards:
- Super Lawyers (Alternate Dispute Resolution), 2014 to present
- New York Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
- Top Women Attorneys in Metro New York, 2014-present
- International Institute of Conflict Prevention and Resolution, Distinguished Neutral in Sports Law, 2016-present
- ABA Foundation Fellow, 2017
News & Media
Additional Information
Case History
Cases
- EXPERIENCE: Permanent or Designated Contract Arbitrator
- National Football League & NFL Players Association (Non-Injury Panel)
- American Airlines & Association of Professional Flight Attendants
- Air Traffic Controllers (National-Eastern Region) & FAA
- Anheuser-Busch & Loc. 827 (Newark Brewing Facility)
- New York City Department of Education & United Federation of Teachers
- City University of New York & Professional Staff Congress
- Rutgers University & American United University Professors
- Brooks Brooks & United Needle Industry and Textile Employees
- NMDU, IBT & New York Post; NY Daily News; NY Times; New Jersey Star Ledger
- Hudson News & Newspaper Guild
- Verizon-New Jersey & IBEW Loc. 827
- Infineum (Exxon/Shell Oil) & IBT, Loc. 877
- City Center of New York & Loc. 1, IATSE
- State of New York and Civil Service Employees Association, Inc.
- Various Public Sector Governmental Agencies & Public Sector Unions
- Tribunal Arbitrator & Mediator
American Arbitration Association
- Class Actions
- Commercial
- Employment
- Individually Negotiated Employment Agreements
- Large, Complex Cases
- ICDR matters (accepts cases assigned on ad hoc basis as member of AAA Commercial Panel)
- Mediation
- Distinguished Neutral in Sports Law
- Arbitration Panel
- Mediation Panel
- Interest Arbitration Panel
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