Hon. C. Randall Hinrichs (Ret.)

Hon. C. Randall Hinrichs joins Mediation Solutions after a long career as both a jurist and a practicing lawyer. He served as a Justice of the Supreme Court in Suffolk County from 2010-2020. For the majority of that time, he served as the District Administrative Judge of Suffolk County.

As District Administrative Judge, he was responsible for the operation of the Suffolk County trial courts, serving the needs of approximately 1.5 million citizens, and including the oversight of nearly 1,000 employees and more than 70 judges.

In addition, while serving as the District Administrative Judge, Justice Hinrichs was instrumental in negotiating a settlement of the decade-long tax certiorari dispute between the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), National Grid, the Town of Huntington and the Northport-East Northport School District regarding LIPA’s annual tax payment on the Northport power plant. Town of Huntington town board acknowledged the “extraordinary decision of then Suffolk County District Administrative Judge C. Randall Hinrichs to intervene in a last-ditch attempt to mediate a settlement,” and recognized that he rallied the parties to come together and continue to negotiate after other mediation sessions had failed. Then Supervisor Chad Lupinacci called the issue perhaps the most financially impactful since the Town’s founding in 1653, and involved a multi-million dollar settlement.