ADR Services

Mediator; Arbitrator

Specialty Areas

Construction, Real Estate, Commercial Disputes

ADR Experience/Training

Twenty-five years of experience as American Arbitration Association 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. 36 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

Specialty Areas

Aviation

Education

BA, w/Honors - Government Clark University, 1962
JD, w/Honors - George Washington University, 1973

Licenses/Certification

Pilot
BASF - Mediator Certification

Affiliations

Former President, NTSB Bar Association; Former Executive V.P., International Air & Transportation Safety Bar Association; President, Northern California Business Aviation Association

Articles/Publications

FAA Enforcement Journal, Associate Editor, 1972
Planning for Airports in Urban Environments, Transportation Law Journal and American Bar Association's Urban Lawyer, 1973
Airport Noise, Book Review, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, 1975; The Gliderport's Dilemma: The Enemies Around and Within, Air and Space Lawyer and the Lawyer Pilot's Bar Association Journal, February 28 - March 1985, 1985
FAA Enforcement-A Practitioner's Perspective. Virginia Law Weekly, October 27- November 3, 1989
FAA Enforcement -A Practitioner's Perspective, ABA's Air and Space Lawyer, Winter, 1990
Air Carrier Compliance Demonstration-A New Catch :22, Lawyer Pilot's Bar Association Journal, Summer, 2002
Aviation Professionals and the Threat of Criminal Liability - How Do We Maximize Aviation Safety?, Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Vol . 67, Summer, 2002
Operation Safe Pilot, National Transportation Safety Board Association Newsletter, Winter. 2005
America's Aging Airport System Needs a Makeover", Los Angeles Daily Journal,January 9, 2008
Quoted by www.bloomberg.com "Concorde Crash Criminal Trial May Scare Off Witnesses", December 3, 2010