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Voluntary Early Mediation (VEM) ProgramChoosing a MediatorThe parties agree that BASF will administer the case if this mediator is chosen. File the Mediation Consent form (43KB Robert T. FriesCarter, Carter & Fries
Before forming Carter, Carter & Fries, Bob Fries was a partner, and managing partner, in the firm of Steinhart & Falconer, where he worked for 30 years. His practice focuses on employment and labor law counseling and litigation, commercial litigation, and mediation. Attorneys have praised his "insight and grasp of the psychological aspects" of mediation and his ability to "assist all parties in seeing things in a clear and realistic light." His mediation skills have made him a more effective advocate. Legal Experience: Fries counsels and represents companies and individuals in trials, appeals, agency proceedings, arbitrations, negotiations, ENE, and mediations in the state and federal courts and administrative agencies. He has served as a consultant to the California Fair Employment and Housing Commission on equal employment opportunity practice and procedure. He has written and lectured on many employment-related subjects. Fries taught employment law litigation at Stanford Law School and is currently Adjunct Professor at UC Hastings College of the Law where he teaches negotiation. Mediation Experience: Fries has served successfully as an impartial mediator in benefits, class action, discrimination, ADA, wage/hour, wrongful discharge, trade secret, police practices, elder abuse, real estate, business, and attorneys' fees cases. His mediation training includes over 200 hours of basic and advanced skills in facilitative, evaluative, and cross-cultural techniques from the John Paul Jones Group, The Center for Mediation in Law, Stanford Law School, the Federal District Court, and the First District Court of Appeal. He is a mediator for the First District Court of Appeal, the Federal District Court (N.D.Cal.), the San Francisco Superior Court, and private parties. Memberships: California Dispute Resolution Council; Board Member, Mediation Society; College of Labor and Employment Lawyers. Education: B.A., J.D. Stanford University (Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif). Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Law clerk to Hon. Robert F. Peckham, U.S. District Court, N.D.California, 1972-1973. Hourly Rate: $350 |
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