Lea Haber Kuck
Independent Arbitrator
Lea Haber Kuck is an independent arbitrator whose philosophy and approach is shaped by her thirty years of experience representing sophisticated commercial clients in complex disputes around the world. She recognizes that one of the benefits of arbitration is the ability to shape the process to meet the needs of the disputing parties, and, in consultation with those parties, strives to design a process geared to fairly and efficiently resolve the particular dispute before her. She applies the principles of dedicated client service to her work as arbitrator including being responsive, diligent, practical, and sensitive to the business concerns of the parties.
Background
Since 2022, Ms. Kuck has practiced exclusively as an arbitrator, serving as tribunal chair, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator with appointments under various arbitration rules. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and completed the ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy for North America. Prior to launching her full-time arbitrator practice, she was a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP in the international litigation and arbitration group advising multinational clients on the resolution of complex disputes arising out of international business transactions across industry sectors and geographic regions under the rules of major international arbitration institutions and in the United States courts.
Ms. Kuck has been a leader in the arbitration community, including serving as chair of the New York City Bar Association Arbitration Committee, co-chair of New York Arbitration Week, co-chair of the annual Fordham Conference on International Arbitration and Mediation, and co-director of the Columbia Law School – Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Comprehensive Course on International Arbitration. She is a member of the ICCA-NYC Bar-CPR Working Group on Cybersecurity, which released the Cybersecurity Protocol for International Arbitration. She frequently writes and speaks on arbitration topics.
Further information about her background, publications and speaking engagements can be found on the link to her CV.