| Locations: |
Western Region (Riverside); Mid-County Region (Hemet); at the business address: 4075 11th Street, Riverside, CA; at the facilities of one of the parties' counsel or other appropriate facilities. |
| Education: |
B.A., Long Beach State College; J.D., Western State College of Law. |
| Current Law Practice: |
Family Law Mediator and Special Master. |
| Mediation Training: | "Mediating the Litigated Case" (42 hours, Feb. and March 2009) Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution; "Advanced Family Law Mediation" (24 hours, June 2006) Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution. |
| Mediation Experience: | Over the past three years have served as a privately retained mediator, as well as court appointed mediator in family law cases. |
| Arbitration Training and Experience: | |
| Temporary Judge Experience: | Extensive experience as a Judge Pro Tem in family law over a twenty-five year period. Also sat as a Judge Pro Tem in juvenile court in earlier years of my practice. |
| Settlement Conference Experience: | 30 years experience in settling cases as a family law attorney, the last three years of which have been exclusively as a mediator and special master. |
| Case Types | Business..............: | X | Environmental: | Legal Malpractice...: | Product Liability: | |||
| Accepted: | Civil Appeals........: | Family Law...: | X | Medical Malpractice: | Public Agency...: | |||
| Conservatorships/Guardianships..........: | X | Personal Injury.......: | Real Property....: | X | ||||
| Construction........: | Insurance......: | Probate..................: | X | Value Mediation....: | ||||
| Contract..............: | Intellectual Property/Technology...............: | Wills/Trusts......: | X | |||||
| Employment Labor: | Landlord-Tenant/Neighborhood.................: | X | ||||||
| Other Case Types: Elder abuse. | ||||||||
| Mediation Style or Approach: |
Identification of disputed issues with the parties, and analysis with them of facts and law as applied to their case with consideration of the possible outcomes at trial. |
| Professional History and Other Licenses: |
Retired from the practice of family law in 2006 after twenty-seven years as a sole practitioner in the Riverside and San Bernardino Superior Courts. Also worked in juvenile court and guardianship and adoption. Served as President of the Riverside County Bar Association, as well as Chair of Riverside County Bar Family Law Section. Also served on the State Bar Judicial Nomination and Evaluation Commission. |
| Mediation Statements: |
Parties need to be prepared to provide information, orally, or documentary, on the disputed issues. |
| DISCLAIMER: This information has been provided by the mediator and has not been independently verified by the Court. The Court provides this list of mediators as a public service. The Court does not endorse, recommend or make any warranty as to the qualifications or competency of any provider on the list. Inclusion on the list is based on the representations of the mediator. The Court assumes no responsibility of liability for any act or omission of any mediator on the list. | |