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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 Teri H. SklarAttorney at Law and Mediator
After 29 years of litigation experience, Teri Sklar currently focuses on mediation of litigated cases and community disputes. She mediates disputes, including wrongful termination, personal injury, real estate, landlord/tenant, civil rights, business, disability rights, discrimination, education, attorney-client fees, restraining orders, family disputes, victim-offender, complaints against police officers, and neighbor disputes. Her mediation style varies with the needs and desires of the parties. Her strengths as a mediator include patience, creativity, energy, persistence, strong people skills and excellent client rapport, based on years of intensive work with challenging clients. She is conversant in Spanish and has multi-cultural sensitivity. Sklar is a graduate of Stanford University and Boalt Hall. She has extensive criminal and civil jury and court trial experience and has practiced in State and Federal Court. After working in the SF Public Defender’s Office for six years, including criminal defense and mental health work, she has maintained her own private legal practice in San Francisco, including juvenile delinquency and dependency, special education, foster care eligibility, child support, civil rights, personal injury, landlord/tenant, administrative law, employment law, and writs and appeals. In 1994, Sklar was trained in mediation techniques at Stanford Law School and The Center for Mediation in Law and she has continued her mediation training through Pepperdine University (Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution), San Francisco Community Boards, Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center and The Bar Association of San Francisco. She is on the San Francisco Superior Court's list of court approved civil mediation providers and is a panelist with BASF's Mediation Services and Early Settlement Program, the San Francisco Superior Court Pre-Arbitration Panel, the U.S. District Court--Northern District of California, the California Court of Appeal, First and Third Appellate Districts, the San Mateo Multi-Option ADR Project, the North Beach Community Court, San Francisco Community Boards, the Office of Citizen Complaints, Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center and the San Mateo Juvenile Delinquency Mediation Program. Hourly Rate: $350 |
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