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Alan A. Symonette

Instructor, Arbitrator and Mediator

Alan Symonette has been a full-time labor and employment arbitrator since 1988. He is also the president and owner of Symonette ADR Services, Inc. located in Media, Pennsylvania.

He has conducted numerous grievance and interest arbitrations in public, private, and federal sectors throughout the country. He has experience in issues involving airlines, utilities, education, including higher education, sports, law enforcement, education, health care, port operations and firefighting.

A member of the National Academy of Arbitrators since 1995, he currently serves on the labor panels of the American Arbitration Association, Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, National Mediation Board, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Mediation and the Public Employment Relations Board for the U.S. Virgin Islands. He is the Immediate Past President of the NAA Research and Education Foundation. Mr. Symonette is also a Fellow with the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers where he serves on the Board of Governors as Immediate Past President. He also currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Scheinman Institute, Cornell University School of Industrial Relations.