McSorley Receives Garibaldi Inn of Court Award

On Sept. 9 the Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for Alternative Dispute Resolution issued its "Jeydel Award" to longtime member and past president, Suzanne M. McSorley. The award is named after Richard K. Jeydel, a founding member of the inn, and recognizes demonstrated civility, professionalism, ethics, and excellence in and service to ADR. The award was presented at the Basking Ridge Country Club. Robert E. Margulies, executive director of the inn, said McSorley is "an unsung hero … both as a neutral and teaching other neutrals. Not only is she thoughtful as a teacher and mediator, but she also is strategic and not afraid to think outside the box." McSorley is a partner at Stevens & Lee in Princeton handling complex commercial and construction litigation. Since 1997, McSorley has served as a New Jersey Court Rule 1:40 mediator and private mediator, as well as an arbitrator. She has also regularly taught the 40-hour basic mediator training course that the Garibaldi Inn conducts in conjunction with the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education. McSorley said: "I am deeply honored and humbled to receive this award, and I am especially touched because it comes from my peers in the ADR field. I thank the Garibaldi Inn and the Jeydel Award Committee for selecting me as this year's recipient." The inn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization chartered under the American Inns of Court Foundation. Founded in 1998, it is named after the first female justice on the New Jersey Supreme Court, who was one of the first proponents of integrating ADR into the New Jersey court system.