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• John S. Preston Esq
  Mediator & Arbitrator
  Law Offices of John S. Preston

  1060 Clarendon Cr.
  Oakland, CA 94610-
  

  Phone: 5102890766
  Email: johnprestonmediation@gmail.com
  www.johnsprestonmediation.com
  

  Specialties

  (A) Specializing w Mediation + Arbitration regarding CAR purchase and sale agreements; Real Estate - all aspects of Real Estate law/practice incl: Buyer & Seller Disputes; Easement, Options, Inspections, Broker Disclosure, Standards of care, Limited Partnerships: Purchase and Sale Contracts, Mortgage and Lending Practices; (B) Attorney Fee Disputes, Trial testimony regarding reasonable fees has included Lodestar method, Laffey Matrix, Vague & Duplicate billing entries, ambiguous hourly rates. (C) Law Firm Dissolution, Mediation/dispute resolution.

  Degrees/Licenses

  BA, JD, Real Estate Broker, certified mediator (UC Berkeley)

  Formal Education

  BA, Economics, Syracuse University, 1969; JD, Law, University of Wisconsin, 1972. Wisconsin Law Review.

  Reg/Lic

  Licensed Real Estate Broker, State Bar (CA)

  Previous/Current Position

  General Counsel and Chief Financial Officer for Fayette Manufacturing Corp. Duties included loan agreements, investment prospectuses, limited partnerships and every aspect of corporate troubleshooting, as well as commercial leases, easements, licenses and managing law firms (including reasonable billing practices and fees). Panelist Mediator, Bay Area Counties, regarding attorney fee disputes. Conducted in excess of 200 mediations and arbitrations.

  Honors/Awards

  University of Wisconsin Law Review, 1972.

  Prof. Affil.

  CA State Bar Association; AAA, PSA and NYSE arbitration and East Bay county mediation panels.

  Prior Expert

  (A) RE Expert testimony in over a dozen trials: 20+ yrs testimony. Acted as: Principal, RE Broker, General/Limited Partner, Litigator, Appellate Lawyer, Arbitrator & Mediator. Credentialed Testimony Includes: CAR contracts; "Attorney Fee Clauses" and determination and award of reasonable legal fees, "Agency Relationships" (& other normally inadmissible contractual matters). Credential Expert Testimony includes determination of reasonable and necessary attorney fees during retention using a variety of factors. (B) Arbitrated/Mediated 250+ cases (many with Atty Fees Provisions & Awards).