Alpha Buie
BPMSE
1321 Evans AvenueSte. C
San Francisco, CA 94124 Phone: (415) 824-8011 Alternate: (415) 756-9371 Fax: (415) 824-8011 Email: alphab@bpmse.com
ADR Services
Mediation
Specialty Areas
Fee Disputes; Business; Contract
Education
BA, Education, University of Central MS, 1967
Licenses/Certification
BASF Mediation - California Registered Tax Preparer
Affiliations
American Bar Association
Honors/Awards
Congressional Certificate of Recognition; KQED - Local; ABA Council on Racial & Ethnic and Ethnic Justice
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.
Claudia M. Viera
Mediation Law Offices of Claudia M. Viera
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/vieraADR Services
Mediation.
Additional Services
Early Neutral Evaluation; Wage and Hour Class Actions; Training; Neutral Fact-Finding/ Workplace Investigation.
Specialty Areas
Business, Civil Rights, Commercial, Contract, Disability Rights, Discrimination, Education, Employment, Estates and Trusts, Family, Harassment, HOA Disputes, Landlord/Tenant, Partnership Dissolutions, Intra- Organizational, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Wage and Hour.
Diana Kruze
Mediator, Arbitrator, Private Judge, and Discovery Referee/Special MasterADR by Diana
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/diana-kruze/ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation; Special Master.
Specialty Areas
Entertainment; Family; Fee Disputes; Financial; Government; Healthcare; HOA, TIC, Condo Disputes; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Intra-Organizational; LGBT Issues; Labor; Landlord/Tenant; Land Use; Legal Malpractice; Medical Malpractice; Partnership Dissolution; Personal Injury; Probate/Trust; Products Liability; Professional Malpractice; Real Estate; Securities; Uninsured Motorist; Women's Issues.
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.
Karen Matcke Crosby
Attorney / Mediator 1801 Oakland Blvd.Suite. 210c
Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Phone: (925) 756-6062 Alternate: (925) 309-9184 Fax: (925) 237-8672 Email: kmcrosby@outlook.com Website: www.relawca.com
ADR Services
Mediation
Additional Services
Experience with both government and private legal maters and representation. Facilitation also available.
Specialty Areas
• Business
• Construction
• Contracts
• Credit/Financial
• Elder
• Environmental
• Fee Disputes
• Government Contracts
• Land Use
• Medical Malpractice
• Partnership Disputes
• Personal Injury
• Probate/Trust
• Professional Malpractice
• Real Estate
• Uninsured Motorists
• Women's Issues
ADR Experience/Training
12 years of mediation practice; Member of the Congress of Neutrals; Mediations conducted for the Contra Costa Superior Court and arbitrations for the Contra Costa Bar Association; Practicing litigation attorney for 32+ years various issues.
Education
Santa Clara University, J.D., 1982
Licenses/Certification
California Bar Association member (1989); Mediation Training completed (2009); Professional Mediation Associates; Training Humboldt Mediation Services; 80 hours of mediation training, court and community mediation (80 hours); Additional CLE mediation classes
Affiliations
California State Bar; Contra Costa County Bar; Contra Costa County Bar Alternative Dispute Section; Congress of Neutrals.
Former Board of Director - Humboldt Mediation Services
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.
Urs M. Laeuchli Esq.
Arbitration Chambers
Email: mking@sfbar.org Website: www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/laeuchli/ADR Services
Arbitration; Mediation.
Additional Services
ADR System Design; Collaborative Law; Conciliation; Consulting; MedArb; Negotiation.
Specialty Areas
Business; Civil Rights; Commercial; Education; Environmental; Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Issues; International; Malpractice (Legal, Medical, etc.); Probate/ Trust; Real Estate.