I have deep expertise in business, employment (wrongful termination, FEHA/discrimination, whistleblower) insurance (bad faith, coverage, reinsurance, surplus lines, ERISA),  real estate (landlord-tenant, partition, neighbor disputes) as well as in issues of corporate governance and alleged corporate malfeasance. Additionally, I have mediated numerous cases involving personal injury and claims alleging fraud.

 

MEDIATOR SKILLS TRAINING

 

 

 

 

 

  • Straus Institute, Pepperdine University– Advanced Mediator Skills Training
  • American Arbitration Association – Essential Mediation Skills for the New Mediator and Advanced Mediator Training Series: The Extent or Limit of Mediator Influence to Effect Settlement
  • Rosenberg Mediator Skills Training
  • Ron Kelly/ Bar Association of San Francisco—Mediation Certificate Training
  • Cultural Bias in Mediation—Bar Association of San Francisco

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ADMISSIONS

 

 

 

 

 

  • California State Bar and admitted to all Federal Courts in California and the Ninth Circuit
  • The Mediation Society, President (2022-23), Board of Directors
  • Bar Association of San Francisco, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
  • American Bar Association
  • Association of Attorney-Mediators

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Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating, 1997 - 2023

Adjunct Lecturer, Santa Clara University School of Law, 2013