Welcome to Taylor Todd ADR

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Taylor Todd ADR

Neutral Ground. Practical Solutions. Trusted Results.

Welcome to Taylor Todd ADR, where experience, fairness, and integrity guide every resolution. Led by Patricia Taylor Todd, Esq., a seasoned arbitrator, mediator, and former public sector legal executive, Taylor Todd ADR provides high-quality alternative dispute resolution services to help parties move forward with confidence and clarity.

Patricia Taylor Todd, Esq. brings over two decades of experience in labor and employment law, administrative hearings, and conflict resolution. As a neutral, she is known for her fairness, clarity, and ability to foster productive dialogue even in the most challenging disputes.

Patricia has served in key leadership roles across New Jersey state government, including as Chief Executive Director of Diversity, Regulatory and Legal Affairs at the Civil Service Commission and Director of Employee Relations and Development at the Department of the Treasury. She also spent 20 years with the Public Employment Relations Commission (PERC), where she mediated and adjudicated hundreds of public sector labor disputes, earning a reputation as a trusted, neutral problem-solver.

Taylor Todd ADR offers:

• Grievance Arbitration

Neutral fact-finding and binding decisions for contract and workplace disputes.

• Mediation

Voluntary, confidential resolution processes grounded in fairness, respect, and strategic communication.

• Employment & Labor Disputes

Deep subject matter expertise in public sector labor law, collective bargaining agreements, and workplace conflict.

• Quasi-Judicial Hearings

Impartial adjudication in matters involving employee discipline, representation issues, and administrative law.

• Over 25 years experience in public sector labor relations

• Hundreds of successful mediations and hearings

• Certified Executive Leadership Coach (ICF-PCC)

• Training and experience include Pepperdine Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution and Cornell ILR)

• Seasoned instructor in Labor and Management Relations, Employee Relations, dispute resolution and leadership and management skills. 

• • Professionalism and neutrality guided by experience, ethics, and results.

Patricia currently serves as a panel arbitrator for the Paterson Public School District and the Paterson Education Association/Paterson Administrators Association (2021–present).

American Arbitration Association (pending)

She is now available for direct appointment as a labor relations mediator and arbitrator. Please note: Patricia is an elected municipal official and will disclose this status to all parties in accordance with professional ethical obligations.

• Education: JD, Rutgers University School of Law | BA, Political Science, Temple University

• Certifications: SPHR, SHRM-SCP, ICF-PCC

• ADR Training: Pepperdine University, Straus Institute | Cornell ILR School | Justice Marie L. Garibaldi Inn of Court

• Professional Memberships: American Inn of Court for ADR, Sidney Reitman Employment Law Inn of Court, ICF-NJ