About Michael Zeytoonian
Michael A Zeytoonian - Photo courtesy of Telegram & Gazette
Michael A. Zeytoonian is the Founding Member of the Zeytoonian Center for Dispute Resolution, and is a lawyer, mediator and ombudsman. He is a partner at Hutchings, Barsamian, Mandelcorn & Zeytoonian, LLP, in Wellesley Hills, MA and specializes in employment law, mediation, collaborative law, business law, administrative law and negligence. He is admitted to practice in the state and federal district courts of Massachusetts and New York (Southern District) and the state of Connecticut.
He is a Board member and Past President (2006-2007) of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Collaborative Law Council and co-chairman of the Civil Practice Committee of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals. He is also a member of the New England Association for Conflict Resolution, the American, Massachusetts and Boston Bar Associations – employment, ADR and litigation sections. He writes frequently on collaborative law and alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and has trained lawyers in collaborative law around the U.S., Canada and Europe. He has lectured on ADR at Northeastern University School of Law, Suffolk University School of Law and Roger Williams University School of Law. He has presented on collaborative law in Maryland, New Hampshire, Toronto, Canada, San Diego, Atlanta, New Orleans and Cork, Ireland.
He served as Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York, as a deputy overseeing litigation in the State Counsel Bureau in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties and working on consumer advocacy cases. Prior to his work at the Attorney General’s Office, he was an Assistant County Attorney in the Westchester County (NY) Law Department, in the litigation and family court bureaus. His litigation work included cases in employment, labor, environmental, construction, administrative and tort law, and the prosecution of child abuse and neglect cases. His undergraduate education was at Boston College and Iona College, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree is history and education. He earned his J. D. from Pace University School of Law with a Certificate in Environmental Law in 1990.
