ADR Panels

Civil Mediator Background Information


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Name:
Milhaupt, Thomas J.
Firm Name:
Address:
Milhaupt Dispute Resolution Services
816 Camarillo Springs Road Suite F
Camarillo CA 93012
 Phone:
Email:
(805) 482-0220
tmilhaupt@milhauptcohen.com
BAR Number:
124417
ADR Experience: (Arbitration, Mediation & Settlement Conferences) 
Employment (wage and hour, wrongful discharge, failure to accommodate), Personal Injury (auto, premises liability, product defect, public entity), real estate (sale/lease, HOA, partition, adjoining landowner, general civil litigation.
Subject Matter Expertise Area(s):
  • Business
  • Contract
  • Employment
  • Personal Injury
  • Product Liability
  • Real Property
Languages Spoken:
(Other Than English) 

    

    

        Representation:
    

    

        
Plantiff Representation: 100%
 
Defendant Representation: %

    

    

        Current Practice & Professional History (Temp Judge Exp):
    

    

        
 Member, Mediation Panels of Riverside and Ventura County Superior Courts and Riverside County Bar Association.

    

    

        Educational Background:
    

    

        
University of Wisconsin-Madison (BBA - Finance:  1982)
USC (JD: 1986)

    

    

        ADR Training:
    

    

        
Mediation training: Loyola Law School Center for Conflict Resolution (DRPA training) (2017), Pepperdine Straus Institute (STAR - Systematic Approach to Mediation Strategies

    

    

        Professional Licenses:
    

    

        
State Bar of California

    

    

        Arbitration Approach:
    

    

        
Tom employs both facilitative and evaluative tools in mediation.  The views of each participant are heard, understood and effectively communicated throughout the session.  Once trust is established, Tom shifts the dialogue to issue identification, information sharing, and case-specific merits-based evaluation including risks and costs of further litigation.  Tom discusses these matters with all participants in a direct, informed, respectful and caring manner.  A mediator’s striking the right tone matters.  When the parties are confident in the process, they re-examine their respective positions, push through impasse, and gain momentum towards settlement.  Ultimately, as issues narrow and resolution begins to take shape, Tom keeps the parties focused so they achieve a settlement genuinely desired by all. 


    

    

        Briefs & Other:
    

    

        
Party briefs and materials are due two calendar days before mediation session.

    

    

        Fee Information:
    

    

            
Rate Per Hour: $300

                    
Rate Per Half Day: $1200

                    
Rate Per Day: $2400

        
Hourly rate: $300 per hour
Daily rate: $2,000
Half day rate: $1,200

    

    

        Locations:
    

    

        
Mediations typically are conducted by remote means via Zoom.

    









    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.