FIRM CREDENTIALS:

• PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

• Mediation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution practice with emphasis on adult family health and financial planning, real estate transactions, partnership dissolution, employment-related claims, professional malpractice and contract negotiation.
• California Appellate Court Mediation training, 3rd District Court of Appeals in negotiation and conflict resolution techniques in post-trial civil actions.
• Fourteen years of service as settlement conference judge pro tem in the Superior Courts of Sacramento, El Dorado and Solano County.
• California Bar Association, member no. 165326

• EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING

MEDIATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Successfully conducted and/or participated in mediated resolution of 100+ adult family, employment, contract performance, personal injury and real estate matters.
• Appellate Mediation Program, Mediator Training, 3rd District Court of Appeals for the State of California, May, 2008 through May, 2009
• Mediator Certification: Institute for Conflict Management, Santa Monica, California, July 2006
• Mediator Certification: Elder Mediation workshop with Dana Curtis, Sausalito, California, February, 2011

• EDUCATION

• University of California, San Diego, Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, Juris Doctor, 1992