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Eleissa C. Lavelle , Esq.

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Eleissa C. Lavelle, Esq. mediates and arbitrates complex and high-conflict disputes. Her areas of practice include construction, real estate, surety, title insurance, and business acquisition, management and dissolution. She has significant experience in estate and trust administration, professional liability and personal injury matters. Ms. Lavelle has served as a neutral for more than 20 years. Ms. Lavelle was a shareholder in national, regional and Nevada law firms, practicing for more than 30 years before joining JAMS. She was also General Counsel for the Clark County School District, which is the fifth largest school district in the United States, overseeing construction, real estate, employment, personal injury and worker’s compensation matters and mediated disputes among and between educators, administrators, school board trustees and parents.

Ms. Lavelle brings a calm and common-sense approach to every dispute. She is recognized for her persistence, creativity, knowledge and experience in managing complicated cases and contentious disputing parties in mediation and arbitration.

Ms. Lavelle is an adjunct professor of law at William S. Boyd School of Law. She holds an LL.M. Degree in Dispute Resolution (Straus Institute, Pepperdine University School of Law) and was selected as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Representative Matters

Business Commercial

Arbitrated disputes regarding breach of employment contracts
Mediated and arbitrated disputes concerning dissolution of businesses
Mediated and arbitrated disputes involving fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and mismanagement of publicly traded and private companies
Arbitrated and mediated consumer disputes involving credit card companies, banks

Construction

Arbitrated and mediated disputes among public and private owners, developers, contractors, lenders and sureties involving delay, disruption, and defective design and construction
Mediated disputes between insurers
Arbitrated and mediated disputes concerning payment and performance bonds
Arbitrated and mediated disputes between contractors and subcontractors

Education and Civil Rights

As General Counsel for the Clark County, Nevada School District, mediated and conducted conflict management between and among disputing parents, administrators, employees and trustees
Mediated disputes involving public and private educational institutions
Mediated civil rights disputes involving personal injury, excessive use of force and other Civil Rights claims

Estate Probate Trusts

Served as Trustee of trusts involving sale of business, real property, and competing interests among beneficiaries
Arbitrated and mediated disputes concerning management of trust estate and breach of fiduciary duty by trustee
Arbitrated and mediated disputes among family members
Mediated guardianship disputes

Insurance

Neutral evaluation of claims between Hurricane Sandy victims and FEMA
Mediated claims involving OCIP policies in commercial construction disputes
Mediated coverage issues arising from claims against general contractor for negligent construction
Mediated coverage disputes in cases alleging professional malpractice
Mediated coverage issues in construction defect disputes involving residential developments
Mediated coverage issues in cases alleging officer and director malfeasance

Personal Injury

Mediated and arbitrated Personal injury and wrongful death cases involving vehicle accidents, including those arising from alleged negligent design and maintenance of highways
Mediated Premises liability

Professional Liability

Arbitrated and mediated disputes involving skilled nursing facilities
Mediated and Arbitrated Medical and dental malpractice claims
Mediated attorney malpractice claims
Arbitrated landscape malpractice claims

Real Property

Mediated leasehold disputes involving commercial landlords, tenants and lenders
Mediated title insurance coverage and payment disputes
Mediated claims involving abandonment of leasehold by anchor tenants
Mediated disputes concerning tenant improvements
Arbitrated and mediated disputes involving mixed-use developments
Arbitrated and mediated Community Association disputes
Mediated work-out agreements between lenders, borrowers and guarantors involving distressed properties
Mediated disputes involving real estate brokers and agents