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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 Jeffrey A. Ross Dickson-Ross LLP Areas of Experience: Civil Rights, Disability Rights, Discrimination, Employment, Labor, Women's Issues Jeffrey Ross serves as a private mediator in employment discrimination, disability access, and other civil rights cases. He has mediated hundreds of cases involving claims of: discrimination based on gender, age, race, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and pregnancy; sexual harassment; whistleblower/ retaliation; wrongful termination; wage and hour violations; invasion of privacy; violations of the California Family Rights Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, and the Equal Pay Act; and employment-related defamation. He has also mediated non-employment, civil rights cases involving disability access, other violations of the Unruh Civil Rights Act, and false imprisonment. Ross mediates both individual and class action cases. In addition to his work as a private mediator, Ross serves on the mediation and ENE panels for the Northern District of California's Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, and is a mediator for the San Francisco Superior Court's Early Settlement Program and the BASF Mediation Services. Ross is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences on employment discrimination law and the settlement of employment cases. He has served as a Chapter Co-Editor of the Second and Third Supplements to Employment Discrimination Law (BNA 3d Ed.), and authored Commentaries for a chapter of California Torts (Matthew Bender & Co.) on employment discrimination and harassment. Ross received his J.D. in 1984 from the University of California, Boalt Hall, where he graduated Order of the Coif. Following law school, he served for one year as law clerk to the Honorable Joseph R. Grodin, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court, and for one year as law clerk to the Honorable Marilyn Hall Patel, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Since 1986, he has been engaged exclusively in the practice of employment law and the mediation of employment and other civil rights cases. In 2006 and 2007 Ross was recognized as a Northern California "Super Lawyer" in employment litigation, and was selected for inclusion in "The Best Lawyers in America" in 2007. Hourly Rate: $500 |
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