Julie Torrey is an Arbitrator and Mediator handling labor and employment cases involving diverse disciplinary, contract, and statutory issues. She serves on the American Arbitration Association’s Roster of Labor Arbitrators, the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service’s Roster of Arbitrators, the United States District Court’s Arbitration Panel for the Eastern District of New York, the New York City Office of Collective Bargaining Register of Neutrals, and the Cornell ILR National Roster of Neutrals, in addition to serving on party arbitration panels including the Realty Advisory Board and Local 32BJ SEIU Arbitration Panel, the New York City Department of Education and United Federation of Teachers Local 2 AFT-CIO § 3020-a Arbitration Panel, and the New York State Section 3020-a Panel of Arbitrators. Ms. Torrey also volunteers her time on pro bono and volunteer panels, including the New York County Part 137 Arbitration Panel and the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts Mediate Art Panel. She is an active member of the Dispute Resolution Section of the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, and the Society of Federal Labor & Employee Relations Professionals, and serves as a Board Member of the Labor and Employment Relations Association, Long Island.
Ms. Torrey received her B.A. in 1992 from Georgetown University, with honors, and her J.D. in 1995 from Georgetown University, with honors. She is a graduate of the Cornell University ILR School Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution’s Labor Arbitrator Development Program. She worked for 20 years in private practice representing clients in all facets of labor-management relations, including collective bargaining agreement negotiations, discipline and contract arbitrations, improper practice proceedings, mediations, fact-finding proceedings, and Commissioner of Education hearings. Ms. Torrey has appeared before PERB, the New York State Division of Human Rights, the EEOC, the NYS Labor Board, and state and federal courts on a variety of labor and employment matters. She has conducted hundreds of workplace investigations, including investigation of harassment, discrimination and retaliation complaints, as well as whistleblower claims.