Pamela Esterman

Dispute Resolution Section
ADR with Governmental Agencies, Co-Chair

Pamela R. Esterman is a partner and full-time mediator with the law firm of Sive Paget & Riesel, P.C. in New York City. She serves on the panel of mediators for the U.S. District Court-Southern and Eastern Districts, and the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Commercial Division- New York and Westchester Counties and the District of New Jersey.  Ms. Esterman is an adjunct professor at Pace University Law School and also serves as Co-Chair of the Advisory Board for the Kheel Center for the Resolution of Environmental Disputes at Pace University Law School. 

Since 1996, Ms. Esterman has served as the planning chair of the annual Environmental Law Course sponsored by American Law Institute-American Bar Association, Committee on Continuing Legal Education. She has written and lectured extensively on various topics including environmental law, professional ethics and alternative dispute resolution.

Ms. Esterman received her J.D. in 1983 from Syracuse University College of Law, and M.S. in Environmental Science from State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in 1983, and B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of New Hampshire in 1979.