Dan Weitz is the Deputy Director of the Division of Court Operations and Statewide Coordinator of the Office of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Court Improvement Programs for the New York State Unified Court System.
Dan assists the Director of Court Operations in overseeing the statewide responsibilities of trial court operations, alternative dispute resolution, court interpreting services, legal information, records management, parent education and awareness, attorney for the child contracts and operational issues related to the Americans with Disabilities Act. As Coordinator of ADR/CIP, Dan oversees a statewide program of court-annexed ADR initiatives involving mediation, arbitration, neutral evaluation, parenting coordination and collaborative law. He also oversees the Community Dispute Resolution Centers Program (CDRCP), the federally funded Child Welfare Court Improvement Project (CIP), the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) Assistance Program, and the Children’s Centers Program.