Stephen Yusem Arbitrator Stephen G. Yusem. Courtesy photo

Honored

Stephen G. Yusem, a Delaware Valley arbitrator and mediator, was honored by the Montgomery Bar Association at its annual meeting with its first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

Yusem has achieved fellowship status with both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the 250-member College of Commercial Arbitrators. He is also accredited as a mediator by the Center for Effective Dispute Resolution in London.

He received the 2015 Sir Francis Bacon Award presented by the Pennsylvania Bar Association. He also received the Pennsylvania Bar Association Special Achievement Award for his work in guiding the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act through the Pennsylvania Legislature and co-authored a 2019 article for the Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly titled "Major Changes to the Pennsylvania Arbitration Law."