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.
Sharon Maier
Maier Mediations
Areas of Experience: Business, Commercial, Contract, Insurance, Landlord/Tenant, Land Use, Legal Malpractice, Personal Injury, Securities, Real Estate, Women's Issues
With 17 years of experience in securities, antitrust, and consumer litigation, Sharon Maier is now a full-time mediator; judge pro tem, special master and neutral. In addition to complex, multiparty disputes, she has mediated cases involving general civil litigation, business disputes, landlord-tenant issues, real estate, professional negligence and personal injury.
Maier's application to serve as a NASD arbitrator is pending. She also serves on the ADR panels for The Bar Association of San Francisco (BASF), and the Superior Courts of Marin, Contra Costa, Alameda, and Santa Clara counties. Her interest in mediation began as a participant in scores of settlement conferences as a litigator. Subsequently, she attended Pepperdine University's extensive training on Mediating the Litigated Case , BASF's Mediation Training and the American Bar Association's Advanced Mediation Techniques.
Maier also is active in numerous bar associations and civic groups: Board of Governors, Consumer Attorneys of California (1997-1999); Co-Chair, ABA Rule 23 Subcommittee (1997-1999); California Bar Association; The Bar Association of San Francisco; Marin County Bar Association, Alameda County Bar Association, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Cowboy Lawyers Association, San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association, Western Trial Lawyers Association, Association for Conflict Resolution, Rotary Clubs International, and Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Hourly Rate: $400.
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