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.
- 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