Richard Greenblatt

Richard Greenblatt is a highly skilled trial attorney, currently concentrating in assisting parties in conflict to find resolution through mediation. For the past decade, he concentrated primarily in personal injury cases, expanding his advocacy skills in research and writing along with mastering trial techniques developed by David Ball (Damages), Rick Friedman (Rules of the Road) and Don Keenan (The Reptile). In addition to many significant jury verdicts, he has successfully argued appeals before the intermediate appellate courts and the Court of Appeals.

Although Richard has successfully tried many cases over the past 35 years, he is well aware that the vast majority of cases settle. Unfortunately, many settlements are not achieved until the parties have expended large sums and many hours preparing for the trials that become unnecessary. Richard’s experience in court has taught him that better solutions are available if the parties and, if they chose, their counsel, are willing to work together to understand what each side needs to bring an end to the dispute.

Richard's practice is now concentrated on personal injury matters. He no longer handles Matrimonial or Family Law matters.

Richard is an experienced mediator, having completed basic mediation training in 1997 and collaborative negotiation training in 2001. Richard was among the first attorneys in NY to establish a collaborative negotiations group to help litigants resolve disputes without court intervention. Richard's mediation practice is limited to personal injury cases. Although he has successfully mediated many family law and divorce cases, he no longer accepts work in these fields.

Richard has continued to improve his skills over the years, recently completing an interdisciplinary training in collaborative divorce approved by the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, an intensive mediation training sponsored by the Center for Understanding in Conflict and the Center for Mediation in Law and a workshop in neuroscience literacy for lawyers, mediators and judicial officers sponsored by the Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Richard is also highly respected by his colleagues and the judges before whom he has appeared, who have chosen him to serve for over 16 years on the Grievance Committee for the 9th Judicial District, the panel that oversees the ethical conduct of attorneys in 5 counties in the Hudson Valley. Richard also chairs a judicial screening committee that interviews and rates judicial candidates for positions on the Supreme Court and serves on a statewide panel that interviews and rates candidates for the New York Court of Appeals.