J. J. P I E R S O N
ARBITRATOR – ATTORNEY AT LAW
J. J. PIERSON has served as a full-time Arbitrator and Mediator since 1977. Raised in the construction industry, trained in a building and construction trade, educated in labor-management relations and licensed to practice law, Mr. Pierson had provided his unique professional experience as a widely accepted and trusted dispute resolution neutral for over four decades. As an Arbitrator, he has rendered more than 7,000 decisions.
With a national practice as a professional neutral in resolving disputes, Mr. Pierson has addressed labor and employment, commercial, construction, government, ERISA and Taft-Hartley trust fund and wage and hour matters. He provides his services nationwide and internationally to private and public entities, law firms, boards of directors, ERISA benefit fund trustees, project developers, administrative agencies and Federal & State Courts.
Nationally Recognized Practice of “Alternative Dispute Resolution”
J. J. Pierson has achieved professional recognition as an Arbitrator through election to membership in the National Academy of Arbitrators in 1985 and earned successful certifications as a Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator in the London-based Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1995. In June 2018, Mr. Pierson was elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers, signifying that he is recognized as an outstanding Arbitrator and Attorney at Law who has made a sustained contribution to the practice area, and who meets the college’s high standards of integrity, professionalism and character. He is also recognized as a New Jersey Super Lawyer for his arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice.
Known nationally in the Heavy & Highway Construction Industry, J. J. Pierson has been the named Arbitrator in more than 100 Project Labor Agreements on major construction and infrastructure projects to resolve prohibited work stoppages, settle contract grievances and determine trade jurisdictions. He is a Panel Arbitrator on the Plan for Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes in the Construction Industry (Washington, DC), a Work Dispute Umpire under the National Maintenance Agreement Policy Committee (Arlington, VA) and a Panel Arbitrator on the New York Plan For The Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes (New York, NY). He has rendered jurisdictional decisions on major construction and infrastructure projects throughout the United States and serves as the Project Mediator on innovative and emerging Infrastructure Projects.
Mr. Pierson was Founding Chair of the North American Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, established in 1995 to foster the education and training of International Commercial Arbitrators. He assembled a distinguished faculty of instructors to train experienced professionals and members throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico. Mr. Pierson lectured on Arbitration at numerous law schools and colleges and served as an Officer of the CIArb – NAB through 2015.
J. J. Pierson is admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey (1983) and the United States District Court, District of New Jersey. He is certified as a Mediator under the United States District Court – Rule 301.1 Mediator (since 2006). Mr. Pierson is a Member of the American Bar Association and the New Jersey State Bar Association, where he previously served as Chair of the International Law Section. Mr. Pierson’s law practice is presently limited to representing victims and their surviving families before the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) and the World Trade Center Health Program (WTCHP) in claims for compensating illnesses caused by exposure at the terrorist attack site in New York City on 9/11.
J. J. Pierson is a graduate of Seton Hall University School of Law (JD – Law 1980), Rutgers University Graduate School (MA – School of Management and Labor Relations 1977) and Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University, BS Economics 1969).