Daniel G. Cantone ’78, L’81

Adjunct Professor dgcanton@syr.edu Curriculum Vitae [PDF]

Dan Cantone is a family law settlement advocate and conflict resolution specialist with primary emphasis in Collaborative Law representation and divorce mediation. As past President (2009-10) and a founding Board member of the CNY Collaborative Family Law Professionals, Inc., attorney Cantone continues in a leadership role for an interdisciplinary organization of more than 30 lawyers and allied professionals in the mental health and financial fields all dedicated to out-of-court dispute resolution for couples transitioning to separation and divorce. He is a popular speaker and trainer in the areas of Collaborative Practice, New York divorce law, conflict settlement, and experiential legal education. Prior to establishing his solo practice, Dan was a partner in an AV-rated labor and employment law firm where he represented public and private sector unions and employees in arbitrations, contract negotiations, and civil service litigation.

As a former Adjunct Professor of undergraduate legal studies at both S.U. and SUNY Oswego, Dan instructed a wide variety of classroom and distance learning courses to a generation of pre-law and paralegal students, ranging from Legal Research & Writing, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Children and the Law, and Family Law—to Law & Legal Communication, Corporate Law and Criminal Justice (Summer College for high school students); and he was the 2005 recipient of the Excellence In Teaching Award at University College. Mr. Cantone also operates Mediate West at his office in Camillus where he works with spouses/parents/families as a facilitative Divorce Mediator. He is a Practitioner Member in the Academy of Professional Family Mediators and the NY State Council on Divorce Mediation. At the law school, Prof. Cantone is the faculty coach of the ABA Negotiation Competition team; and here at his alma mater he teaches LAW 819/Family Law Mediation and Collaborative Law, LAW 772/Alternative Dispute Resolution, LAW 720/Family Law, and LAW 719/Mediation Skills (both JDr and JDi residency classes).