Former NYS Supreme Court Justice Joseph Spinola has become one of the most popular and successful mediators in New York. In 2018 he was voted the #1 Mediator in the U.S. by lawyers in the National Law Journal. He also was voted the #1 Mediator in the New York Law Journal for a record five consecutive years. Spinola has extensive experience mediating a wide array of civil disputes and the unique perspective of trying cases as a defense attorney, plaintiff ’s attorney, and judge – which gives him the ability to understand all sides and aspects of the cases he mediates.