Elizabeth Emerson, a former state Supreme Court justice who more than 20 years ago was the first judge to preside in Suffolk County’s then-newly formed Commercial Division, has joined the scores of neutrals and former judges on the panel at Federal Arbitration (FedArb).

Emerson retired from the bench earlier this year after serving for 28 years in the judiciary, the last few as a justice on the Appellate Term for New York’s Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts.