John M. Seitman, Esq., widely recognized as a leader in the ADR industry, has 37 years of experience as a civil litigator, mediator and arbitrator in California.
Mr. Seitman has been resolving multi-party matters since 1979 and has been a full-time dispute resolution professional since 1997.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
- Successfully arbitrated and/or mediated well over 500 cases in a wide variety of areas, ranging from basic disputes to complex, multi-party matters. The diversity of cases that Mr. Seitman has handled includes:
- Business management disputes: partnership and shareholder issues in a variety of settings, professional partnerships and corporations, sales of businesses, and business and professional association dissolutions
- Construction projects: public and private
- Contract matters and contract interpretation issues
- Creditor/debtor disputes, including bankruptcy issues
- Defamation and disparagement claims
- Employment: wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment and other employment matters
- Franchisor/franchisee disputes
- Insurance
- Lender liability and banking issues
- Real estate: residential and commercial matters, including agreements for purchase and sale and lease agreements
- Technology and intellectual property issues: licensing, patent, trade secrets, trademark and copyright matters; telecommunications and computer technology issues
- Title insurance
- Attended numerous advanced mediation and arbitration workshops and various construction and commercial arbitrator trainings
- Written numerous articles and frequently lectures on arbitration, mediation and ADR