Paul R. Gupta

Paul R. Gupta has served as an arbitrator, mediator or lead counsel in over 175 disputes involving technology, financial, and other issues. He is currently active in many ADR matters in several venues. He is the founding co-chair of the NYSBA Dispute Resolution Section’s Technology Committee. He is a member of the AAA-ICDR Financial Services Advisory Committee. He was appointed by the New York State Chief Judge to serve on the Statewide Advisory Committee on ADR. He has been invited to lecture many times at the American Arbitration Association on training programs for case managers and ADR practitioners, in New York, Providence, and San Francisco. He was a speaker on the NYSBA program on “Habits of Highly Effective Dispute Resolvers.” He is also a regular speaker for the American Bar Association’s Dispute Resolution Section, Lawline, and other organizations. He frequently co-presents with AAA Vice Presidents, other ADR leaders, and Judges.

He is experienced with serving as a member of arbitration panels and as sole arbitrator, including for Expedited Procedures. He is a member of six American Arbitration Association Panels: Large Complex Cases, Commercial, Employment, Technology, Cybersecurity, and IP.

He was the chair and a speaker for ThomsonReuters’ Webinar on “Best ADR Practices for Successfully Resolving Disputes.” The co-speakers included leaders of three ADR organizations. He was a speaker on the New York Arbitration Week program on “Digital Dilemmas: Adapting Arbitration to Technology Evolution.”

He has decades of experience with serving as arbitrator, mediator, and counsel for a broad range of matters including disputes over contracts and licensing for services and products, employment agreements, computer-related issues, emerging technologies, and IP, as well as business and financial issues including M&A, corporate governance, D&O, partnerships, fiduciary duties, investments, and VCs. He is listed in SuperLawyers for ADR.

He is a recognized leader in using technology to facilitate dispute resolution. He was appointed by the NYS Chief Administrative Judge to serve on the Advisory Committee on AI and the Courts. The Committee will focus on using technology “to improve the delivery of justice in New York.” The Committee includes Judges, legislators, and government officials including the Attorney General. He was also appointed to be the Chair of the NYS Courts Gen AI in Lawyering and Dispute Resolution Subcommittee. He was a founding co-chair of the New York State Bar Association DRS Technology Committee

He was the co-organizer and lead speaker for the American Arbitration Association’s Tech Expo, at which multiple vendors participated with demos of products relating to AI, evidence, arbitration platforms, and cybersecurity. He has extensive experience with e-discovery and ESI issues, and has lectured on those issues with former Judges. He also has extensive experience with expert testimony issues, as well as damages and forensic accounting. He also has extensive experience with privilege issues, including attorney-client, work product and common interest privileges.

He has been active in organizing and speaking on programs for several national organizations on other topics. Examples include the following programs:

He was a lecturer at the RSA Conference, the Commonwealth Club, and other venues on “Smart Cities, Smart Cars, Smart People: Hope or Hype?” His co-speakers included business leaders, technologists, and four-star military officers, including the former National Security Advisor to the President, and a former Admiral who was the Assistant Secretary for Health, HSS.

He organized a webinar for the AAA on “Employee Mobility, Non-competes and Other Employment Agreements: What You Need to Know About Evolving Federal and State Rules.”

He was the Chair and speaker for many years for the ThomsonReuters’ Webinar on “Cybersecurity and Privacy Best Practices.” According to Chambers USA, he is “an expert in cybersecurity” and “renowned for his work in the technology arena.”

He has published articles in the ThomsonReuters FinTech Law Report, the BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, and the European Intellectual Property Review.

He is a graduate of Yale College and Harvard Law School.

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Current and Developing Issues for Case Managers (American Arbitration Association Providence Office, 2024) – speaker (co-speaker is an American Arbitration Association Vice President).
• Employee Mobility, Non-competes and Other Employment Agreements: What You Need to Know About Evolving Federal and State Rules (American Arbitration Association, 2024) – speaker.
• Arbitration Best Practices in the Digital Age (Lawline, 2024) – speaker (co-speaker is an American Arbitration Association Vice President).
• ADR and AI: How to Efficiently and Safely Harness AI and Other Technology Tools for Arbitration and Mediation (American Bar Association D R Section, 2024) – speaker.
• AI in Mediation (New York State Bar Association, 2024) – speaker. Tech Expo (American Arbitration Association New York office, 2024) – co- organizer and speaker.
• Digital Dilemmas: Adapting Arbitration to Technology Evolution (New York Arbitration Week, 2023) – speaker.
• International Arbitration (TransPerfect, 2023) – speaker.
• Web3’s Impact on Arbitration and Mediation (The Second Global Law Symposium & Tech Summit, 2023) – speaker.
• The Habits of Highly Effective Dispute Resolvers (New York State Bar Association, 2023) – speaker.
• Technology Impacts Us All: Join a Discussion with Four NYSBA Committees (New York State Bar Association, 2023) – chair and speaker.
• Best Practices for Arbitrating Technology Disputes (American Arbitration Association, New York and San Francisco Offices, 2023) – speaker.
• Deep Dive into the Metaverse (New York State Bar Association, California Lawyers Association, et al., 2023) – speaker.
• Resolving Technology Disputes through Arbitration and Mediation (National Arbitration and Mediation, 2023) – speaker.
• The Use of AI in Discovery, including Experts (New York State Bar Association, 2023) – speaker.
• Arbitration and Mediation – Best ADR Practices for Successfully Resolving Disputes (ThomsonReuters Webinar, 2022) – chair and speaker (co-speakers included leaders of three ADR organizations).
• Smart Cities, Smart Cars, Smart People: Hope or Hype? (The Commonwealth Club, 2019) – chair and speaker; (RSA Conference, 2019) – speaker (co-speakers included two former Generals and an Admiral).
• Data Breach Responses: Proven Strategies for Legal and Technical Teams (CLE, 2017) – speaker.

PUBLICATIONS

• “Chatbot Program at the American Arbitration Association” (NYSBA ComFed Newsletter).
• “Cybersecurity: What Every Board Should Know and Do” (ThomsonReuters FinTech Law Report).
• “Supreme Court Significantly Changes Rules for Aftermarket Sales” (Patent Trademark & Copyright Journal BNA/Bloomberg Law).
• “Obtaining Attorneys’ Fees in Patent Cases” (European Intellectual Property Review).