Alan Wilhelmy
ShareholderRogers Joseph O'Donnell PC
311 California Street10th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104 Phone: (415) 956-2828 Email: Awilhelmy@rjo.com Website: www.rjo.com
ADR Services
Mediator; Arbitrator
Specialty Areas
Construction, Real Estate, Commercial Disputes
ADR Experience/Training
Twenty-five years of experience as AAA Construction Industry and Large and Complex Case Panel member. 40 Hour Mediator Training. Mediator for Tuolumne County and Contra Costa County Superior Courts. Early Neutral Evaluator work for several Bay Area courts. 34 years of experience representing parties in construction, real estate and business disputes.
Education
BA, Political Science, UC Berkeley, 1979; JD, Law, University of San Francisco, 1985
Licenses/Certification
California State Bar
Affiliations
BASF; AGC of California Legal Advisory Committee; Mediation Society, Member
Honors/Awards
Rated Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
Articles/Publications
ADR Practice Guide
Allan Schwartz
Law Offices of Allan Schwartz
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/schwartzADR Services
Mediation and Arbitration
Specialty Areas
Real Estate, Fee Disputes, Entertainment, Contract, Business, Intellectual Property, Partnership Disputes
Anne M. Lawlor Goyette
PrincipalGriffiths * Goyette
330 Primrose Road, Suite 614Burlingame, CA 94010 Phone: (650) 375-5960 Fax: (650) 375-5965 Email: Anne@SpecialMasterMediator.com Website: www.SpecialMasterMediator.com
ADR Services
Special Master; Arbitration; Mediation.
Specialty Areas
Construction; Real Estate; Insurance; Business; Contracts; Professional Malpractice.
Barri Kaplan Bonapart
OwnerBonapart & Associates
591 Redwood HighwaySuite 2310
Mill Valley, CA 94941 Phone: (415) 332-3313 Fax: (415) 332-4603 Email: bonapart@got-peace.com Website: www.got-peace.com
ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation.
Additional Services
Court Discovery Facilitator/Referee; Private Judge; Parenting Coordinator.
Specialty Areas
Tree and Neighbor Law; Real Estate Disputes; Complex Commercial Issues; Construction; Land Use; Personal Injury; Insurance; Product Liability.
ADR Experience/Training
Initial training in 1990's at Pepperdine University's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution & the Center for Mediation In Law; dozens of courses (training & teaching) since; neutral since 1996; Founder and Principal of Bonapart Resolution.
Education
JD, Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley, 1985; BA/BA, Poli Sci/Mass Comm, UC Berkeley, 1982.
Affiliations
Referee, facilitator & pro tem settlement judge in various jurisdictions.
Honors/Awards
Nominee Real Property Person of the Year - 2013.
Articles/Publications
Understanding Tree Law: A Handbook for Practitioners (Thomson Reuters 2014); dozens of articles on mediation and real property law.
Brian J. Purtill
Attorney/MediatorArbitration & Mediation Center
50 Santa Rosa Avenue, Suite 420Santa Rosa, CA 95404 Phone: (707) 525-9409 Alternate: (707) 217-1161 Fax: (707) 542-0215 Email: brian@brianpurtill.com Website: www.brianpurtill.com
ADR Services
Mediation
Additional Services
Early Neutral Evaluation, Arbitrations
Specialty Areas
Contract; Construction; Trusts and Estates; Personal Injury; Property Damage; Business; Partnership Dispute; Neighbor/Boundary Disputes.
ADR Experience/Training
Over twenty years' experience as a mediator and arbitrator; over 150 hours training in fundamental, business, elder law, family law, and collaborative mediation practices; conducted mediations and arbitrations since 1996; conducted Mandatory Settlement Conferences for the Sonoma County Family Law Division from 2016-2018.
Education
JD, Law, University of San Francisco, 1984.
Affiliations
Mediator and Arbitrator with Arbitration & Mediation Center, Santa Rosa since 1996 to the present; Past Board Member of Integrative Mediation of the Bay Area (IMBA); Current Chairperson, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section of the Sonoma County Bar Association; Current member of Sonoma County Bar Association Board of Directors; Dean, Empire College School of Law, Santa Rosa, California (August 2018-Present).
Bruce Nye
Scali Rasmussen PC
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/bruce-nye/ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation
Specialty Areas
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Real Estate, Commercial and Business Disputes, Consumer Disputes, Contract, Proposition 65, Neighborhood Disputes
ADR Experience/Training
Trained and certified by Steven Rosenberg - Mediation Training; Arbitration and Mediation experience in Multiple Bay Area Counties.
Christine Tour-Sarkissian
PartnerTour-Sarkissian Law Offices, LLP
211 Gough Street, Third FloorSan Francisco, CA 94102 Phone: (415) 626-7744 Fax: (415) 626-8189 Email: Christine@TSLO.com Website: www.TSLO.com
ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation; Special Master.
Additional Services
Neutral Evaluation; Discovery Referee.
Specialty Areas
Real Estate law (transactions and litigation); Mortgage Law; Landlord Tenant
(Commercial and Residential); Construction Defects; Neighbor's Disputes; Homeowners Association; Broker Malpractice; Purchase and Sale; Common Ownerships Formation and Litigation; Divorce; Child Custody; Child Visitation; Business Valuation, Property Division
ADR Experience/Training
Christine has mediated and counseled high conflict real estate matters and has extensive experience in crafting creative, cost-effective, and collaborative strategies aimed at streamlining the process of resolving disputes; has acted as mediator in several family law cases involving clients with high assets cases located in the United States and abroad.
Education
LLM Tax- Masters in Law of Taxation, Golden Gate University, 2004; Juris Doctorate Degree, Golden Gate University, 1984; BA Psychology, University of San Francisco, 1980, with honors. Languages: French, Arabic, Armenian, Spanish.
Licenses/Certification
California Bar 1985; Washington DC Bar 2005; Certified Family Law Specialist by California State Bar since 2003; Broker License 1997; Mediator? Certified by the Bar Association of San Francisco.
Affiliations
Member of the California State Bar since 1985; Member of the Washington D.C. since 2005; Real Estate Broker Since 1997; California Association of Realtors; National Association of Realtors; Member and Candidate to the Certified Commercial Investment Member Institute; Member of the Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Contra Costa Bar Associations; Real Property and Family Law Sections of the California State Bar and ABA.
Honors/Awards
Christine has been recognized as a Super Lawyer by her peers.
Articles/Publications
Coauthor with Bernhardt's California Real Estate Cases 2000- Continuing Education of the Bar; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Mediation - April 2005; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Shared Use and Ownership Community/separate property- January 2006; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Section 1031 Exchanges and Tenancy in Common Interests-July 2006; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Elder Abuse-Three Lessons for Lawyers (Elder Abuse), November 2008; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Partition-May 2010; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Marriage of Fossum-March 2011I; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Marriage of Valli, July 2011, Continuing Education of the Bar; Article on Marriage of Valli, May- 2014 (Supreme Court); Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; When Is An Elder?s Property "Taken" - Bounds v Superior Court-November 2014; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; Forty Grand Prospects for Cotenancy Provisions in Shopping Center Leases- May 2015 Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; His, Hers, or Theirs-November 2015; Real Property Law Reporter, Continuing Education of the Bar; When Does Separate Property Become Community Property (Or Vice Versa)-July 2016.
Elizabeth H. Shwiff CPA
Mediator Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/shwiff/ADR Services
Mediation.
Additional Services
Discovery Master; Project Neutral; Settlement Conference; Dispute Review.
Specialty Areas
Due Diligence of Life Insurance, Financial Planning, Fraud Investigations, Litigation Support Services, and Pension Plan Investment Products.
Frank Burke
Frank Burke Mediation
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/burke/ADR Services
Mediation
Specialty Areas
Business; Commercial; Construction; Contracts; Employment/Workplace; Environmental; Financial; Government; Healthcare; HOA, TIC, Condo Disputes; Intellectual Property; Intra-organizational; Landlord/Tenant; Legal Malpractice; Partnership Dissolution; Professional Malpractice; Real Estate; Securities.
Frederick C. Hertz JD
Lawyer/MediatorLaw & Mediation Office of Frederick Hertz
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/hertz/ADR Services
Mediation, Arbitration, Special Master
Additional Services
Real Property Referee Services; Case Evaluation; Collaborative Consulting Services.
Specialty Areas
Real Property, Non-Marital And Marital Dissolutions, Co-Ownership Conflicts, Business Partnership Disputes, Family Disputes, Land Use & Environmental Conflicts, Neighborhood Conflicts.
Geri Lynn Green
Attorney/Mediator/Arbitrator/ConsultantLaw Office of Geri Lynn Green
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/geri-green/ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation.
Specialty Areas
Commercial, Business, Contract, Employment, Civil Rights, Real Estate (Business and Residential), Landlord/Tenant, Professional Malpractice, Intellectual Property, Personal Injury, Government Tort, Family, Appeals.
Gilda R. Turitz
Arbitrator and MediatorTuritz Dispute Resolution
Four Embarcadero, Suite 1400San Francisco, CA 94111-4164 Phone: (415) 324-8822 Fax: (888) 490-4441 Email: gt@turitzadr.com Website: www.turitzadr.com
ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation
Additional Services
Discovery Referee, Early Neutral Evaluation, Negotiation Training
Specialty Areas
Commercial Transactions, Professional Liability
ADR Experience/Training
Serves on numerous ADR panels including American Arbitration Association, National Commercial Arbitration, Mediation and Mergers and Acquisition Panels; CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals; U.S. District Court Mediation and Early Neutral Evaluation Panels; INTA Panel of Trademark Mediators
Education
J.D., Law, UC Davis; MLS, Library Science, UC Berkeley, B.A., Spanish and Russian, University of Michigan.
Licenses/Certification
California State Bar; admitted to practice in all U.S. District Courts in California and Colorado, Ninth and U.S. Supreme Court; CEDR Certified Mediator
Affiliations
Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators; National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals
Honors/Awards
Best Lawyers in America for Arbitration; Best Lawyers 2019 Arbitration "Lawyer of the Year "in San Francisco; Super Lawyers for ADR, Business Litigation and Top 50 Women Lawyers, San Francisco.
Articles/Publications
Numerous publications in ADR, arbitration and mediation. See complete list at www.turitzadr.com
Herman D. Papa J.D.
Attorney/Mediator Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/papa/ADR Services
Mediation.
Additional Services
Neutral Evaluations.
Specialty Areas
Personal Injury/ Wrongful Death, Public Entity Liability, Premises Liability, Motor Vehicle Accidents and UM/UIM Arbitrations, Construction Defect, Admiralty and Longshore Harbor Workers Act, Aviation, FELA and Railroad Crossing Litigation, Professional Malpractice/ Medical/ Dental, Manufacturer’s Liability, Will Contest, Employment/Workplace/Wage-Hours Disputes; Insurance Bad Faith Claims; Family Law, Disability Rights.
Jeffrey Allen
Attorney / Mediator / ArbitratorGraves & Allen
1300 Clay Street, Suite 600Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: (510) 839-8777 Alternate: (510) 610-8777 Fax: (510) 839-5192 Email: jallenlaw@gravesallen.com Website: www.gravesallen.com
ADR Services
Mediation.
Specialty Areas
Real Estate; Construction; Business Disputes; Personal Injury; Partnership Disputes; Trust Disputes.
Jeffrey R. Windsor
Mediator - AttorneyWindsor PLC
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/windsor/ADR Services
Mediation.
Additional Services
Discovery Referee; Early Neutral Evaluation.
Specialty Areas
Business; Construction Defect; Personal Injury; Employment; Insurance; Contracts; Landlord/Tenant; Real Estate; Fee Disputes.
Julie A. Welsh
Julie A. Welsh Mediation Services
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/welsh/ADR Services
Mediation.
Specialty Areas
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Contract, Employment, Education, Disability Rights, Civil Rights, Title IX, Construction Contract, Construction Defect, Real Estate, HOA and Landlord-Tenant Disputes.
Malcolm Sher
Attorney / MediatorMalcolm Sher 4 Mediated Solutions
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/sher/ADR Services
Mediation, Arbitration.
Additional Services
Neutral Evaluation.
Specialty Areas
Cross-Cultural Disputes; Business; Real Estate; Professional Malpractice; Contracts; Commercial; Employment; Personal Injury; Probate / Trust; Discrimination / Sexual Harassment.
ADR Experience/Training
Specialize in high emotional, cross-cultural disputes. Have mediated and arbitrated hundreds of cases in above specialty areas. Flexible approach. Respectful style. Willing to be evaluative, if appropriate. Training includes Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University, Symposium at Harvard Negotiation Project, Steve Rosenberg Advanced Training. Have been panelist on numerous ADR programs.
Education
LLB (Hons), Law, London University, 1969.
Licenses/Certification
California Bar, 1976; Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of England and Wales, 1972.
Affiliations
Bar Associations of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa; ADRNC; National and California Academies of Distinguished Neutrals; The Mediation Society.
Honors/Awards
State Bar of California; ADR Standing Committee; Executive Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration, 2010-2015.
Articles/Publications
Recognizing and Validating Diversity in Mediation, San Francisco Daily Journal, June 2012; "The High Cost of Failing to Prepare for Mediation", SFDJ, February 2012; "The Tail Wagging the Dog: Strategies for Settling Attorneys Fees - Driven Cases", SFDJ, February 2011; "Partition Actions Come in Many Shapes and Sizes", SFDJ, April 21, 2010; "Consider Mediating Fee Disputes Gracefully", SFDJ, November 11, 2013; "An Alternative Approach to Pre-Mediation Discovery" SFDJ, October 7, 2013.
Mark D. Petersen
PartnerFarella Braun + Martel LLP
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/petersen/ADR Services
Mediation.
Specialty Areas
Business, Landlord/Tenant, Construction, Intellectual Property.
Mark J. Divelbiss
Mediator and AttorneyLaw Offices of Mark J. Divelbiss
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/divelbiss/ADR Services
Mediation; Arbitration; Special Master.
Additional Services
Early Neutral Evaluation; Conciliation.
Specialty Areas
Real Estate; Employment / Labor; Construction Defect; Business / Commercial; Landlord / Tenant; Personal Injury; Fee Disputes; Homeowner Assoc.; Contracts; Mechanic's Liens.
ADR Experience/Training
Certified mediator since 2001 with over 70 hours of mediation specific training. Conducted over 200 mediations and settlement conferences with a very high percentage of cases resolved. Conducted two day mediation seminar for claims adjusters / executives in London, England, an ADR presenter for BASF’s lunchtime speaker series and a call-in attorney for radio station KALW’s call a mediator program.
Education
B.S., Economics, Santa Clara University, 1986; JD, University of San Francisco, 1989.
Licenses/Certification
California Bar, 1989; Washington Bar, 2003.
Affiliations
Alameda County Superior Court ADR panel member, Contra Costa Superior Court Early Mediation panel member, Bar Association of San Francisco panel member, Sacramento Superior Court ADR panel member, Santa Clara County ADR panel member.
Articles/Publications
Authored articles on mediation published by the San Francisco Daily Journal.
Martin H. Dodd
PartnerFutterman Dupree Dodd Croley Maier LLP
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/dodd/ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation; Special Master.
Additional Services
Early Neutral Evaluation.
Specialty Areas
Business; Civil Rights; Commercial; Discrimination/Sexual Harassment; Employment; Labor; Partnership Disputes; Personal Injury; Real Estate.
ADR Experience/Training
Over 300 Mediations since 1997. ADR Training: Comprehensive Training in Commercial Arbitration (2011); Mediation and Conflict Resolution Training (40 hours); ADR Applications, Inc. Mediation Training (40 hours); Northern District of California Mediation Training (20 hours); California Court of Appeals Mediation Training (16.75 hours).
Education
B.A., History, University of CA, Santa Cruz, 1974; M.A., History, Harvard University, 1977; J.D., University of CA Berkeley, 1982.
Licenses/Certification
California Bar.
Affiliations
The Mediation Society; ADR Committee, State Bar Litigation Section; ABA ADR Committee.
Honors/Awards
Northern California Super Lawyer 2009-2017; Order of the Coif, 1982.
Melissa Blair Aliotti
OwnerAliotti Dispute Resolution PC c/o Judicate West
980 9th St., Ste 2200Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (714) 852-5156 Alternate: (916) 215-7645 Email: melissa@aliottiadr.com Website: www.judicatewest.com
ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation; Special Master.
Additional Services
Discovery Referee.
Specialty Areas
Construction; Personal Injury; Landlord/Tenant; Insurance; Real Estate; Uninsured Motorist.
Neil R. Bardack
PartnerHanson Bridgett LLP
425 Market Street, 26th FloorSan Francisco, CA 94105 Phone: (415) 995-5849 Fax: (415) 995-3570 Email: nbardack@hansonbridgett.com Website: www.hansonbridgett.com
ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation
Additional Services
AAA Arbitrator; SF Superior Judge Pro Tem; BASF Fee Arbitration Panel and Mediation; San Francisco Superior Court Mandatory Settlement Conference Panel.
Specialty Areas
Legal Malpractice; HOA/Davis Stirling Act Compliance; Real Estate and Leases; Business; Legal Malpractice; Commercial; Securities; Environmental & Natural Resources.
ADR Experience/Training
Longtime and skilled arbitrator with more than 42 years on the American Arbitration Association Commercial-Panel, arbitrating matters involving commercial, real estate, technology and securities. Also serves as a Pro Tem Judge for the San Francisco Superior Court and an arbitrator and mediator for the BASF Fee Dispute Panel.
Education
J.D., Hastings College of the Law, 1970; A.B., cum laude, University of Southern California, 1967.
Licenses/Certification
California Bar, 1970.
Affiliations
Fellow of the American Bar Foundation; Association of Business Trial Lawyers of Northern California.
Honors/Awards
Northern California Super Lawyer in 2004, 2005, 2006.
Articles/Publications
Author, "Selected Panelist and Contributor to Contract Negotiations and Preparation in the Oil and Gas Industry: Drafting Complete and Unambiguous Agreements," 2005, Lorman Education Services; Author, "California Supreme Court Clears the Way for Increased Judicial Review of Arbitration Awards," February 2009, The Bar Association of San Francisco Bulletin; Author, "Do's and Don't's on Maximizing Arbitration," October 2011, The Daily Journal; Co-Author, "Navigating Unconscionability Post-Concepcion," December 2011, Law 360; Co-Author, "Renewed Attention to Arbitration Agreements," April 2012, CALA Legal Update; Author, "What Executives and General Counsel Need to Know About Drafting ADR Provisions in Contracts," August 2012, ExecSense.
Nicole Gesher JD
Attorney and MediatorGesher Mediation
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/gesher/ADR Services
Mediation.
Specialty Areas
Business; Civil Rights; Commercial; Contracts; Family Law; Fee Disputes; Finance; Intellectual Property; Landlord / Tenant; Partnership Disputes.
Richard Chernick
Managing Director Jams Arbitration PracticeJAMS
555 W. Fifth Street, 32nd FloorLos Angeles, CA 90013 Phone: (213) 253-9790 Fax: (213) 620-0100 Email: rchernick@jamsadr.com Website: www.jamsadr.com
ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation.
Additional Services
Dispute Resolution Consulting; Dispute System Design.
Specialty Areas
Business; Commercial; Employment; Entertainment - IP; Technology; Construction; Real Estate; Law Practice Disputes; Insurance Coverage; Partnership Disputes; International Commercial Arbitration.
ADR Experience/Training
Vice President and Managing Director of JAMS' Arbitration Practice; Conducted over 1,900 arbitrations and mediations before all major administering institutions (domestically and internationally); Former Chair of the Dispute Resolution Section of the ABA; Founding President of the College of Commercial Arbitrators; Served as ABA's Advisor to the Revised Uniform Arbitration Act; Frequent trainer and lecturer on arbitration and mediation topics
Education
J.D., University of Southern California (USC); A.B., University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
Affiliations
Member of Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration; Board Member of California Dispute Resolution Council & Western Justice Center; Past President of LACBA and Legal Aid Foundation; Member of the following panels: (1) Hong Kong International Arbitration Center; (2) Beijing Arbitration Commission; (3) JAMS/Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration; (4) Japan Commercial Arbitration Association; (5) Korean International Arbitration Board; (6) Asian International Arbitration Centre; (7) Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association (CIDRA)
Honors/Awards
Lawyer of the Year for Arbitration, Best Lawyers (2016, 2020); "Best Lawyers in America," Best Lawyers (2005-2016, 2020); "Champion of Justice" Award, Western Justice Center (2019); "ADR Champion," National Law Journal (2016-2018); Los Angeles ADR Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers (2011, 2015); Los Angeles Mediation Lawyer of the Year, Best Lawyers (2013); Leader Among World's Commercial Arbitration Specialists, Global Arbitration Review (2013); Top California Neutral, Daily Journal (2003, 2006-2010, 2012)
Articles/Publications
Author of monthly ADR Practitioner column in Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal; "California is missing out on international arbitration business," Co-Author, Daily Journal (2018); "Resolve large fee disputes effectively," Co-Author, Daily Journal (2017); "Making Arbitration Work: Best Practices," Co-Author, Bar Bulletin (2016); "Witnesses in Arbitration - California Arbitration Act (Parts I & 11)," Author, Law.com (2015, 2016); "Enforcing Arbitration Agreements: The Choice of Procedural Law," Author, Law.com (2015); "First Things First: Design the Arbitration Process You Want," Author, Law.com (2015); "The Mediator as Process Designer," Author, Law.com (2014); "Reimagining Arbitration," Author, Law.com (2014); "Selecting Party Arbitrators," Author, ABTL Los Angeles (2014); "A Primer on Arbitrability," Author, Law.com (2014); "Expediting Arbitration," Co-Author, Just Resolutions (2012); "Reimagining Arbitration," Co-Author, ABA Litigation Journal, Volume 37, Number 4, Summer 2011; "The Search for Cost Effective and Efficient International Commercial Arbitration: There is a Solution," Co-Author, International Comparative Legal Guide to International Arbitration (2011).
Richard J. Idell
The Idell Firm LLP
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/idell/ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation.
Additional Services
Early Neutral Evaluation; Discovery Referee; Judge Pro Tempore.
Specialty Areas
Entertainment; Intellectual Property (copyright, trademark & publicity); Employment; Trade Secrets; Wine Law; Contracts; Real Estate; Corporate/Limited Liability Company Disputes; Personal Injury and other Tort Claims; Investment Disputes/Securities.
ADR Experience/Training
Serves on ADR panels of the Marin Superior Court, BASF Mediation Panel; American Arbitration Association Arbitration and Mediation Panels. Prior experience on the ADR Arbitration Panel of the US District Court, Northern District of California. Services as a panelist for BASF for mandatory fee arbitration matters. Private Arbitrations and Mediations. Mediation training includes 40 hours with Steve Rosenberg, training with California Lawyers for the Arts and annual CLEs. Arbitration Training, AAA University.
Education
J.D., Law, Golden Gate University, 1976; A.B., Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, 1970.
Affiliations
American Bar Association Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries; Bay Area Gastronomique Entertainment Lawyers Societé; International Association of Entertainment Lawyers; American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section; Bar Association of San Francisco Intellectual Property Section; California Lawyers for the Arts.
Articles/Publications
See www.idellfirm.com.