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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 James MargolinAttorney at Law/Mediator and Arbitrator 
Jim Margolin is a full time mediator who moved to the Bay Area two years ago after having practiced law for thirty years in the Midwest, and having been a mediator and arbitrator since the early 1990's. Margolin specializes in mediating and arbitrating civil rights, labor, employment discrimination, business, commercial, attorney-client, attorney-attorney disputes and police excessive force cases. He practiced in those fields beginning in 1973, representing both plaintiffs and defendants, and has extensive litigation experience encompassing employment discrimination, union-management labor disputes and all other employment-related matters. Margolin has mediated several hundred cases involving claims based on age, gender, race, national origin, religion, disability, pregnancy, harassment, public policy and workers compensation retaliatory discharge, overtime, FMLA, ERISA, and Federal Civil Rights Sections 1981 and 1983. He has formal ADR training by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the American Bar Association, and state bar associations. He is active in ADR advocacy and training, and is a frequent ADR lecturer and instructor at courses and seminars sponsored by universities, state and local bar associations, and EEOC. AFFILIATIONS: Margolin is active in the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, several state and local employment law and ADR committees, and is a member of the BASF ADR, Labor and Employment and Litigation Committees and National Employment Lawyers Association. He is on the roster of labor arbitrators for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, the California Mediation and Conciliation Service, a local NECA-IBEW appeals committee, and two police jurisdiction appeals committees. Hourly Rate: $350 |
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