Hon. Lewis J. Lubell (Ret.) Joins NAM's Esteemed Panel of Neutrals

NAM (National Arbitration and Mediation) is proud to announce that the Honorable Lewis J. Lubell (Ret.), former Justice of the New York State Supreme Court, Westchester County, has joined NAM's award-winning panel of neutrals. He is available to arbitrate and mediate cases throughout New York.

Judge Lubell brings over two decades of distinguished judicial experience to NAM, having presided over complex civil, matrimonial, medical malpractice, commercial, construction, insurance, mass tort, toxic tort, product liability, and personal injury matters throughout New York's 9th Judicial District. Elected to the Supreme Court in 2005 and seated in January 2006, he served in assignments spanning Orange, Putnam, Duchess, Rockland, and Westchester Counties, presiding over trials, mediations, arbitrations, and settlement conferences.

In 2011, Judge Lubell was appointed Reserve Civil Trial Judge for the Supreme Court in the 9th Judicial District, presiding over complex civil trials in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties. He was later appointed Supervising Judge for Matrimonial Matters for the 9th Judicial District in 2017, and in 2021 was named Districtwide Coordinator for General Civil Matters, a role in which he oversaw the Trial Assignment Part and handled mediations, arbitrations, and complex civil trials districtwide. In August 2025, Justice Lubell was appointed Supervising Judge of the Westchester County Settlement Part where he conducted settlement conferences, carrier settlement days, mediations, and bench trials until his retirement from the bench at the end of July.