Sylvia Ann Mayer

Sylvia A. Mayer is the sole proprietor of S. Mayer Law PLLC in Houston and is an arbitrator, mediator and attorney with 30 years of legal experience in courts nationwide, including more than 10 years as a neutral. As a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals and a TMCA Credentialed Advanced Mediator, she serves on several arbitration and mediation rosters for civil, commercial, consumer, employment and health care disputes. As an experienced neutral, Ms. Mayer has served as arbitrator and mediator for disputes involving a wide variety of issues spanning a breadth of industries, including avoidance actions, banking, bankruptcy, business divorces, business separations, civil litigation, collections, commercial leasing, commercial litigation, construction, consumer, contracts, corporate governance, corporations, credit, director and officer liability, distribution, employment, energy, exploration and production, fiduciary duties, finance, financial services, fraud, fraudulent transfers, healthcare, hospitality, insolvency, insurance, landlord-tenant, lender liability, limited liability companies, manufacturing, mechanics and vendors liens, natural gas, oil and gas, oilfield services, partnerships, pharmaceutical, personal injury, pipelines and transportation, preference actions, professional liability, real estate, retail, royalties, sales, secured transactions, securities, surety bonds, telecommunications, torts, transportation and wholesale. She is listed on the American Arbitration Association (AAA) Arbitrator and Mediator Rosters, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (Texas) (NADN) Arbitrator and Mediator Rosters, American Health Law Association (AHLA) Arbitrator and Mediator Rosters, International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) Panels of Distinguished Neutrals, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Arbitrator Roster, New ERA ADR, Inc. Neutrals Roster, Court Call ODR Roster for Arbitrators and Mediators, Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) Balanced Billing Arbitrator and Mediator Rosters, Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services Balanced Billing Arbitrator Roster, Virginia Bureau of Insurance Balanced Billing Arbitrator Roster, Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner Balanced Billing Arbitrator Roster, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware, Register of Mediators and Arbitrators, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, Qualified Alternative Dispute Resolution Provider and Credentialed Advanced Mediator with Texas Mediator Credentialing Association (TMCA). Ms. Mayer is the founder and chair of the Houston Pro Bono Joint Initiative and sits on the State Bar of Texas ADR Council. In addition, she is a member of the ABI and the American Bar Association, Arbitral Women, Association of Attorney Mediators, American Health Law Association, Association of Women Attorneys, Academy of Cami-Appointed Masters, Greater Houston Women’s Chamber of Commerce, Houston Bar Association, National Association of Women Lawyers, State Bar of Texas, Texas Association of Mediators and the Texas Mediators Credentialing Association. Ms. Mayer received her B.A. in theater cum laude in 1987 from George Washington University and her J.D. summa cum laude in 1993 from the University of Houston Law Center.