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Riverside Superior Court | Mediation, Arbitration, Settlement | 2019-06-03 |
Plantiff Representation: 50%
Defendant Representation: 50%
1978-1980: Graduate Teaching Assistant, English Department, University of Connecticut. 1980-1983, 1986: Lecturer, English Department, University of Connecticut. 1984-1985: Deputy Assistant State's Attorney (Appellate Division), State of Connecticut Department of Criminal Justice. 1984-1992: Adjunct Lecturer, University of Connecticut School of Law (teaching law and literature every other semester). 1985-1986: Law Clerk in U.S. District Court for District of Connecticut, Hon. Thomas E. Smith. 1991-1992: Lecturer (tenure track), Faculty of Law, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. 1986-present: Private practice in Connecticut, Minnesota, and California. Ten years in general practice, ten years of general federal practice, and approximately ten years working almost exclusively as criminal defense lawyer (250 cases) in federal courts. Twenty trials and forty appeals in state and federal court, civil and criminal.
Ph.D., University of California, Riverside, 2001, English Literature. Dissertation: A Rhetoric of Landscape: Southern California Considered. Principal areas: 20th Century American Literature, 19th Century American Literature, and California Studies. University Fellowship 1999-2000, 2000- 2001. J.D., University of Connecticut School of Law, 1983; Winner of School's ASCAP Essay Prize M.A., University of Connecticut, 1980, English Literature M.A., University of Chicago, 1978; Committee on General Studies in the Humanities. B.A., Southern Connecticut State University, 1976, Art History.
Mediation Ethics - 6 hour course - completed in 2020; University of Texas 40 Hour Mediation Course; and Central District of California Five Hour Mediation training.
Activist Mediator.
Rate Per Hour: $500
Rate Per Half Day: $1500
Rate Per Day: $3000
My Hourly Rate is: $400; My Rate Per Day is: $1500; My Rate Per Half-Day is: $750
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.