Arbitrator
American Arbitration Association
-Commercial , construction, and consumer panels
New Jersey Courts
-Contract Arbitration
FINRA

Mediator
American Arbitration Association
-Commercial and Construction Panel
-Consumer Panel

Available for private mediations.

New Jersey Courts
-Civil Mediator
-Economic and Parenting Time Mediator
-Foreclosure Mediator
-Matrimonial Early Settlement Panel

NJ Court Appointments
Condemnation Commissioner
Counsel for Alleged Incapacitated Persons
Counsel for Minor
Estate Administrator
Guardian of Person and Property of Incapacitated Person
Special Fiscal Agent
Special Medical Guardian

NJ Supreme Court Appointments
District Ethics Committee 1992-1996
Fee Arbitration Committee 2007-2011
-Chair 2010-2011 District IIB
-Reappointed for another 4 year term, 2012-2016

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
-Co-Vice Chair ABA Senior Lawyers Division, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee
Bergen County Bar Association
-Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee, Co-Chair 2015-present
-Construction Law Committee, Co-Chair 2011-present
-Continuing Legal Education Committee, Co Chair 2021-2022
-Editor-in-Chief of the Bergen Barrister 1991-1994
-Editorial Board of the Bergen Barrister 1990-2003
-Trustee 1989-1994
Bergen County Mediators Peer Consultation Group
Women Lawyers in Bergen
-President 1987-1989
-Editor-in-Chief, WLIB Newsletter 2003-present
New Jersey State Bar Association
New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
-Member of the Board of Directors, 2023-present
-Editor of Mediation Matters, NJAPM Newsletter 2023-present
The Garibaldi American Inn of Court for ADR
-Member of the Executive Board, 2023-present

Bar Admissions
1978 – New Jersey
1980 – New York
1978 – U.S. Dist. Ct. for the District of New Jersey
1980 – U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Southern Dist. of NY
1980 – U.S. Dist. Ct. for the Eastern Dist. of NY
1982 – Supreme Court of the United States

Education
1978 – J.D., Boston University School of Law
1974 – B.A., Columbia University, Barnard College

Honors and Awards
2018 – Named as a Bergen County New Jersey Top Lawyer by Bergen Magazine in the field of Alternate Dispute Resolution
2017 – Named one of Bergen County New Jersey’s Top Lawyers by (201)Magazine in the field of Alternate Dispute Resolution
2007 – Joint Legislative Resolution Honoring Linda F. Spiegel during The Senate General Assembly of the State of New Jersey, April 2007
2007 – Project S.A.R.A.H – honored as a volunteer attorney by Project S.A.R.A.H. – Stop Abusive Relationships At Home
2001 – Women Lawyers in Bergen – Attorney Pathfinder Role Model Honoree
1992 – Who’s Who in Rising Young Americans
1990 – Who’s Who in American Law