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Voluntary Early Mediation (VEM) Program

Choosing a Mediator

The parties agree that BASF will administer the case if this mediator is chosen. File the Mediation Consent form (43KB PDF) to initiate the process.


Arthur D. Levy

Levy, Ram & Olson, LLP


Areas of Experience: Consumer, Insurance, Environmental, Securities, Business


Arthur Levy has 25 years of litigation experience in business and financial services litigation. He is a business litigator whose practice has historically focused on environmental, insurance and securities cases. More recently, he has served as lead counsel for consumers in class actions and unfair business practice cases in the financial services area, most notably cases against Mercury Insurance Group, Infinity Insurance Company, Eastwood Insurance Services, IKON Business Solutions, Xerox, and Bank of America.

He has been lead trial counsel and tried several significant cases in the consumer, environmental, real estate and securities fields. He has also been active in alternative dispute resolution, serving as a neutral for the San Francisco federal and state courts for the past several years.

A native of San Francisco, he attended Reed College and holds an M.A. in economics from The Johns Hopkins University. He graduated from Boalt Hall School of Law in 1980, where he was a member of the California Law Review and Order of the Coif. His 25 years of litigation practice include associate positions at Morrison & Foerster and Collette & Erickson in San Francisco and nine years as a partner at Ewell & Levy before co-founding Levy, Ram & Olson.

His outside activities and interests include hiking, bicycling, and architectural and historic preservation.

Hourly Rate: $350