Twenty-three years of experience mediating (18 years mediating exclusively for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals) and extensive mediation and negotiations training (from Harvard to Pepperdine) serve me well in settling employment disputes. I also work hard to connect genuinely with the parties, so when we discuss their interests or the merits of the case, for example, they can hear what I am saying and trust my assessments as we work through the process. Counsel frequently comment post mediation that my EQ was instrumental in getting the parties beyond impasse to settlement.

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