Hon. Lawrence C. Waddington (Ret.) participated in thousands of settlement conferences during his fifteen year tenure on the Los Angeles Superior Court. A trial lawyer prior to his appointment to the bench, his experience enables Judge Waddington to assist counsel in resolving cases prior to and during all stages of civil litigation. As a trial judge and JAMS neutral, Judge Waddington has extensive experience in all phases of dispute resolution and lectures frequently to law firms on mediation and arbitration.
ADR Experience and Qualifications
- Insurance issues: policy interpretation, coverage, duty to defend/indemnity, bad faith claims, first party/third party mediation and arbitration, collateral issues of workers compensation and medical liens, uninsured motorists. Earthquake, homeowners, and premises liability coverage.
- Real estate disputes: commercial & residential including leases, title insurance, buyer/seller, brokers
- Professional negligence: lawyers, doctors, nurses, chiropractors, hospitals, and other professions
- Personal injury, wrongful death, product defect, premises liability, dangerous conditions
- Complex litigation: Class actions; Bus. & Prof. Code ยง17200; CLRA litigation
- Employment: Wrongful termination, Title VII (gender, race, age, disability); FEHA; retaliation
Representative Matters
- Settled multi-party Malibu homeowner landslide litigation against city, county and state
- Supervised claims settlement in MTA class action
- Mediated and settled probate issues including real estate, insurance, stock distribution and allocation of real and personal property
- Mediated & settled innumerable business and commercial disputes
- Mediated and settled trademark infringement case of major clothing distributor
- Arbitrated contract dispute between national grocery companies