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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS COMMISSION

RESUME OF PANEL ARBITRATOR
Edward J. Gutman
Mercer County, NJ, MD

Arbitrator/Mediator (Retired attorney)
Adjunct Professor of Law University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
Full time arbitrator in both private and public sectors. (FMCS, AAA, NAF, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority - FINRA; PERBs - California, Virgin Islands, Washington State, Delaware, Oregon, Montana, Nevada) Prior experience as NLRB Trial Attorney and private law practice in labor and employment. Public sector cases include police, fire, k-12 education, higher education, public works, transportation, health care, construction, federal, state and municipal employees and others.
MEDIATION AND FACT-FINDING EXPERIENCE:
Mediator with the EEOC, circuit of courts and private mediation indiscrimination, discipline and contractual claims matters.
INTEREST ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE:
EDUCATION:
LLB - University of Maryland School of Law
B.A. - University of Maryland (Business)
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Bar Assn. (Dispute Resolution Section). Maryland State Bar Association, Labor Section, (Committee on Arbitration and Collective Bargaining), Bar Association of Baltimore, Industrial Relations Association, (IRRA), National Public Employer Labor Relations Association (NPELRA - Charter Member); LERA
OTHER RELEVANT OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE:
35 years' experience as practicing attorney in labor, employment law and collective bargaining, including 6 year term as Labor Commissioner of Baltimore City.
PER DIEM FEES:
GRIEVANCE ARBITRATION $1,850INTEREST ARBITRATION $
CANCELLATION NOTICE AND FEE (if any): $1,850 per diem when assigned by the Commission or mutually selected by the parties for each day of hearing, study, research and preparation of opinion and award. Full per diem rate for each hearing day cancelled on less than 14 days notice. Travel fees with be from Trenton, NJ.