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More than 14 years experience as an arbitrator and mediator; member of the American Arbitration Association's Consumer, Commercial, Commercial Large Complex and Mediation panels; Superior Court of California, County of Riverside Court mediation panel; Desert Bar Association Mediation Committee Chair and Administrator of the Court's First Friday Voluntary Settlement Conference program; Riverside County Bar Association mediation panel and trial assignment panel assigned to assist parties settle or pick on the day of trial; Pepperdine University School of Law, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution 42-hour "Mediating the Litigated Case" mediation certificate; California Association of Realtors Mediation panel. Mediation experience includes handling hundreds of cases involving personal injury, motor vehicle, UM/UIM, HOA, medical and legal malpractice, business disputes and real estate disputes.
Plantiff Representation: 50%
Defendant Representation: 50%
Independent Arbitrator and Mediator, 2009-Present; Attorney, 1991-Present; Administrator, Laser Leasing Company, LLC, 2006-Present; Administrator, Sanford Medical Corporation, 2000-2016; Senior Trial Attorney, Kelly Hodukavich and Goldberg (in-house counsel Royal Sun Alliance), 1994-2000; Associate, Law Office of Michael H Manning, 1992-1994; Associate/Law Clerk, Morton Schlegel Stone and Manning, 1990-1992.
La Sierra University, Zapara School of Businsess (MBA, customized concentration in Healthcare Management-2017); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (JD-1991); University of California, San Diego (BA-1984).
"Mediating the Litigated Case" (42 hours, March 2009) Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
Admitted to the Bar; California (1991), Connecticut (1994) and New York (1995); U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1991), Eastern and Western Districts of New York (1995); U.S. Supreme Court (1995).
Parties are encouraged to participate fully in mediation to narrow the case down to the most critical legal and factual issues. At this time, the mediator does not mediate any cases involving pro per parties.
Short briefs outlining facts, applicable law and issues are requested at least five (5) days prior to the mediation.
Rate Per Hour: $525
Rate Per Half Day: $2100
Rate Per Day: $4200
Eastern Region (Indio); at the facilities of one of the parties' counsel or other appropriate facilities; Other locations (Desert Cities): Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indian Wells. Able to conduct Zoom mediations.
DISCLAIMER: This information has been provided by the mediator and has not been independently verified by the Superior Court of California, County of Riverside. The Court provides this list of mediators as a public service. The Court does not endorse, recommend, or make any warranty pertaining to the qualifications or competency of any provider on this 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.