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Christopher B. Colosi
Shaw Law Firm
109 East Seneca Street
The Frontenac Building
Ithaca, NY 14850

Communication Center

Phone:

(607) 273-2900

E-mail:

cbc.shawlaw@verizon.net

Fax:

(607) 273-2933

Web site:

http://www.shawlawfirm.com

Areas of Practice	Bar Admissions	Education
Published Works	Affiliations

Christopher B. Colosi grew up in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, and has lived in Ithaca since 1996. He completed his Bachelor of Science degree at the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University in 1993. After spending three years in Washington, D.C. working for the National Institute for Dispute Resolution, he returned to Ithaca to work for his alma mater in the Institute on Conflict Resolution before deciding to attend law school.

Christopher Colosi graduated from the Syracuse University College of Law in 2005 and was the 2004-2005 recipient of the Alfred Wohl Scholarship. While attending law school, he maintained his professional consulting business, working with numerous organizations in the area of negotiation and dispute resolution.

Mr. Colosi's previous work experience has focused on Alternative Dispute Resolution, negotiation and labor and employment. In addition to these areas as a general practitioner Mr. Colosi handles many areas of the law, including Criminal defense, DWI representation, Not-for-Profit organization, civil litigation, Fraternal and Greek organizations, Real Estate, Creditors' rights and Estate matters.

Areas Of Practice:: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Labor and Employment Relations; Real Estate; Estate Planning and Administration; Non-Profit Corporation; Fraternal Law; Criminal Defense; DWI; Corporate, LLC and Small Business

Bar Admissions:: New York, 2006

Education:: Syracuse University College of Law, Syracuse, New York, May, 2005; Juris Doctor; Major: Corporate and Small Business Law; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, May, 1993; Bachelor of Science

Published Works:: Prevention and Early Resolution of Conflict Practices in U.S. Companies, A Report for the NPR/EEOC Interagency Federal EEO Task Force, July, 2000; Mediation: A Primer for Federal Agencies, Co-Authored with Thomas R. Colosi, Administrative Conference of the United States's Series of Resource Papers in Administrative Law, May, 1993

Classes/Seminars Taught:: "ADR Statistics: Where Are We And Where Do We Need To Be?", Research and Statistics Committee of the ABA's Dispute Resolution Section, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships:: American Bar Association, Task Force on Research and Statistics, 2000 - 2002; Member; American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section, 1999 - Present; Member; American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1999 - Present; Member; Association for Conflict Resolution, 1992 - Present; Member; American Arbitration Association; Former Vice President, Office of National Affairs; NYS Bar Association; Member; Tompkins County Bar Association; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Cornell Institute on Conflict Resolution, Program Coordinator; American Postal Workers Union, Ithaca, New York, Assistant to Local President; U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Departmental Appeals Board, Program Assistant

Birth Information:: 1967, Buffalo, New York, United States of America