Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy, General Litigation; view more
Licensed in Texas since: 1993
Education: University of Houston Law Center
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2007, 2009 - 2011, 2016 - 2024 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2004 Details
Attorney Sylvia Mayer is a top-ranked lawyer, arbitrator, and mediator with over 30 years of legal experience. An experienced and highly effective mediator and arbitrator, striving to help parties resolve conflicts in an efficient and cost-effective manner. She offers in-person, online, and hybrid mediation and arbitration.
A leader in her field, a member of the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, and a TMCA Credentialed Advanced Mediator, Sylvia Mayer serves on several arbitration and mediation rosters for civil, commercial, consumer, employment, and healthcare disputes, including with AAA, AHLA, CPR, and FINRA.
Sylvia Mayer has served as arbitrator and mediator for disputes spanning a breadth of industries and resolving billions in value. While she has served as neutral in a wide variety of disputes, Sylvia Mayer frequently serves as mediator or arbitrator in disputes involving bankruptcy, business separations, complex commercial litigation, contracts, corporate governance, energy, fiduciary duties, healthcare, oil and gas, personal injury, and consumer issues.
A 1987 cum laude graduate of Washington University, with a degree in theatre, Ms. Mayer spent several years working in Houston's art community before entering the legal profession. She obtained her J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center in 1993.
Practice areas
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy: Business, General LitigationFocus areas
Arbitration, Bankruptcy Law, Litigation, Mediation
- 80% Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 10% Bankruptcy: Business
- 10% General Litigation
First Admitted: 1993, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://smayerlaw.com/attorney/
- American Arbitration Association – Commercial Arbitration Panel, Consumer Arbitration Panel, Commercial Mediation Panel, and Employment Mediation Panel
- Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, Credentialed Advanced Mediator
- United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, Qualified Alternative Dispute Resolution Provider
- Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner – Balanced Billing Arbitrator Panel
- Virginia Bureau of Insurance – Balanced Billing Arbitrator Panel
- Texas Department of Insurance – Arbitrator and Mediator Panels
- International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR) Panels of Distinguished Neutrals – General Commercial, Health Care and Life Sciences, and Municipal Bankruptcy Arbitrator and Mediator Panels
- Founded and lead the Houston Pro Bono Network and Houston Pro Bono Joint Imitative. Both bring together Houston attorneys to expand the reach of pro bono services in Houston.
- Washington University in 1987, cum laude, with a B.A. in Theater
- Banking
- Construction
- Distribution
- Energy
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Manufacturing
- Oil And Gas
- Oil And Gas
- Oilfield Services
- Partnerships
- Pharmaceutical
- Real Estate
- Retail
- Telecommunications
- Transportation
- Wholesale
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2004 - 2007, 2009 - 2011, 2016 - 2024
- Rising Stars: 2004
