M. ECHEVARRIA, ADR LLC.
An independent arbitrator and mediator in the metropolitan New York/New Jersey area focused on commercial disputes.
Margarita Echevarria is an independent arbitrator and mediator in the metropolitan New York/New Jersey area focused on commercial disputes. Ms. Echevarria is an Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, the global leader in dispute resolution services, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Federal Courts (USDC-NJ, ED-NY), and a Mediator on New Jersey's Superior Court Mediation Panel.
Prior to becoming a full-time ADR neutral she was either in-house counsel or Chief Compliance Officer for Insurance at major financial services firms (for e.g. GE, HSBC, TIAA) for more than thirty years. She began her insurance career as in-house counsel at Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark, New Jersey. These firms distributed or produced multi-line insurance products for the United States market. HSBC and TIAA also maintain substantial international operations through subsidiaries and affiliates which required management of cross border issues. Ms. Echevarria has extensive experience in regulatory matters, governance, complex business transactions, general commercial matters and legal issues involving contracts, vendors, and insurance coverage products.
Ms. Echevarria obtained her B.A. and J.D. Degrees at Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York. Other professional designations include an Insurance Planning certificate from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. and a Series 7 General Securities Representative license (1997-2016).
Prior to becoming a full-time ADR neutral she was either in-house counsel or Chief Compliance Officer for Insurance at major financial services firms (for e.g. GE, HSBC, TIAA) for more than thirty years. She began her insurance career as in-house counsel at Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company in Newark, New Jersey. These firms distributed or produced multi-line insurance products for the United States market. HSBC and TIAA also maintain substantial international operations through subsidiaries and affiliates which required management of cross border issues. Ms. Echevarria has extensive experience in regulatory matters, governance, complex business transactions, general commercial matters and legal issues involving contracts, vendors, and insurance coverage products.
Ms. Echevarria obtained her B.A. and J.D. Degrees at Rutgers-the State University of New Jersey. She is admitted to practice in New Jersey and New York. Other professional designations include an Insurance Planning certificate from the American College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. and a Series 7 General Securities Representative license (1997-2016).
ABOUT
Ms. Echevarria’s involvement in complex negotiations and transactions have spanned the rehabilitation of one of the largest United States insurer in the 1990s’, the merger of two major financial services corporations, and the launch of a partnership at her last employer with a premier Independent Marketing Group which included a network of distribution firms, a reinsurance company and an investment adviser. Concurrently, Ms. Echevarria’s career in the insurance industry has involved numerous product development and launch initiatives; substantial contract reviews, drafting and negotiations; and many corporate governance projects. As an Insurance Attorney, Ms. Echevarria’s experience has included transactional, labor, copyright and trademark matters, regulatory and government affairs, consumer issues, compliance and litigation.
Her litigation experience as a business client and internal lawyer have included:
Contract and Commercial matters |
Insurance Coverage Disputes (commercial disputes, consumer disputes, errors & ommissions and estate matters) |
Copyright and Trademark matters |
Workers Compensation Claims |
Real Estate matters |
As a Commercial Arbitrator with the FINRA Forum she has been appointed in cases involving employment disputes, sales suitability disputes, fraud, private placements, contract breaches and investment management. As an AAA arbitrator she has been appointed to Commercial and Consumer panel cases. She has also handled collection matters, bankruptcy, individual real estate sales, matrimonial matters, and employee benefit claims prior to her corporate practice.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Justice Marie L. Garibaldi American Inn of Court for ADR |
ABA, ADR Section, Arbitration Committee |
ABA, ADR Section, Diversity Committee, Co-Vice Chair |
ABA, Women in Dispute Resolution |
New York State Bar Association, ADR Section |
New York City Bar Association, ADR Section |
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators |
TRAINING
FINRA Commercial Arbitration Training |
National Institute for Mediation & Training |
American Arbitration Association, Commercial Arbitration Training |
American Reinsurance & Insurance Society (ARIAS), Arbitration for Arbitrators |
NJ ICLE, Arbitration Training |
American Bar Association, Arbitration Update |
Second Circuit Judicial Council, Arbitration in 2017 |
New York City Bar Association, Mediation Training |
New York State Bar Association, Commercial Mediation Training |
New York State Bar Association, Advanced Commercial Mediation Training |