• Designated Arbitrator by two Fortune 100 corporations to resolve disputes between them arising out of a multi-billion dollar cross-border joint venture agreement
• Arbitrator in AAA arbitration brought by major corporations involving complex commercial contract claims as to distressed debts ranging into the hundreds of millions of dollars
• Representation of U.S. Fortune 100 corporation in the arbitration of a contract dispute with a major European corporation
• Representation of major professional firms in numerous mediations arising out of the failures of major financial institutions, including successively the three largest bank failures in the history of the United States, several Fortune 500 corporations and the largest insurance company in North America
• Representation of law firms in mediations arising out of malpractice claims in excess of $100 million dollars
• Representation of New York’s Legal Aid Society in its pursuit of funding for effective defense of indigents in criminal matters
• Along with The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, representation of plaintiffs in mass actions brought on behalf of individuals scammed when they sought mortgage modifications
• Significant involvement in Election Protection efforts coordinated by The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
• Successful submission of an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Caperton v. Massey Corporation on behalf of major corporations and business organizations seeking a decision that the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution required recusal by a justice of the Supreme Court of West Virginia who had received exceptionally large campaign contributions from a party
• Successful submission of an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Haywood v. Drown on behalf of law school professors seeking reversal of a New York Court of Appeals decision affirming the State’s grant of immunity to corrections officers from civil rights-based damage claims
• Further examples of representation of those in need include serving as counsel for a class of pre­school children in the City of New York seeking disability benefits provided by law, successful representation of a death row inmate and representation of indigent defendants in appeals after murder and robbery convictions

Mr. Kolb has been recognized as a leading lawyer in several legal industry publications, including:

• Listed as a leading lawyer in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and Benchmark Litigation
• Recipient of the Gould Award for Outstanding Advocacy, presented by the Office of the Appellate Defender
• Recipient of The Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Whitney North Seymour Award for Exemplary Support for Those in Need
• Several times recipient of the Legal Aid Society’s Award for Outstanding Pro Bono Service

Mr. Kolb's current and past memberships include:

• Member, American College of Trial Lawyers; former National Chair of the College’s Access to Justice Committee
• Member, AAA’s Advisory Committee on Accounting Matters
• Member, ADR Section, American Bar Association
• Member, Dispute Resolution Section, New York State Bar Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee
• Member, Audit Committee, New York City Bar; former Vice President and Chair of the Executive, Judiciary and Litigation Committees
• Member of the Board, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; former National Co-Chair; Chair of the Development Committee
• Vice Chair, Board of Directors, The Legal Aid Society; Chair of the Development Committee
• Chair, Audit Committee, Brennan Center for Justice