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Business Description
SPECIALIZING IN REAL ESTATE MEDIATION
I have extensive experience settling disputes involving Unlawful Detainers (evictions), residential and commercial landlord-tenant matters, implied warranty of habitability, leases, earnest money, non-disclosures and costs of repairs due to misrepresentation about the condition of the property, partition actions/joint ownership, purchase and sale agreements, broker liability, broker commissions (procuring cause), foreclosures, specific performance, title issues, lien and easement, eminent domain/condemnation, adverse possession, mechanics lien claims, ADA, property management agreements, real estate fraud and homeowner’s association (HOA). Over 1,200 cases have been successfully mediated with an approximate 90% settlement rate.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
ABA Arbitration Training Institute, 2011, “6th Annual Comprehensive Training in Commercial Arbitration”
Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, 2005, “Mediating the Litigated Case”
Juris Doctor, 1983, Lincoln Law School, Sacramento
Licensed California Real Estate Broker, 1978
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration & Finance, 1977, (cum laude), California State University, Northridge
AFFILIATIONS
Former Member, State Bar of Calif. Comte. on Alternate Dispute Resolution (2012 to 2015)
Former Member, Board of Directors, Southern Calif. Mediation Assoc. SCMA Education Foundation (2013 to 2016) SCMA Board of Directors (2009 to 2012)
Current Panel Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court Resource Vendor for Mediation Services, Mediation Center of Los Angeles ("MCLA") (2014 to Present)
Current Panel Mediator, California Association of Realtors (“CAR”) Mediation Center (2019 to Present)
Current Panel Mediator, Superior Court of California, County of Ventura (2006 to Present)
Current Panel Mediator, Bankruptcy Mediation Panel, United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California, (2011 to Present)
Panel Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court Mediation Program, California Academy of Mediation Professionals ("CAMP") (2008 to 2016)
Former Settlement Officer, Glendale Superior Court CRASH ADR Settlement Program (2009 to 2010)
Current Panel Mediator, Center Conflict Resolution (CRI/formerly VCDS) (2006-Present)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
USC, Gould School of Law
Unlawful Detainer Mediation Clinic: Guest Lecturer 2017 to Present
Family Law Mediation Clinic: Guest Lecturer 2017 to Present (discussed creative options for
disposition of community owned real estate).
Pepperdine, Caruso School of Law
Unlawful Detainer Guest Lecturer: 2020 to Present
SCMA (Southern California Mediation Association)
Mentorship Program – Mentor to New Mediators: 2014 to 2019
Speaker: Nuts & Bolts of Landlord-Tenant Law: (SCMA) Annual Conference, November 2012 Speaker:
Landlord Tenant Cases – Tips from the Trenches (SCMA) Annual Conference, Speaker: Mediating
Landlord-Tenant Cases,
“Legal-Ease for Mediators,” Los Angeles County Bar Association/SCMA 2010.