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The Resolution Issue 2024


May 1, 2024

Neutrals

Our annual issue devoted to the work of dispute resolution professionals in California.


In This Issue:

Hon. Cynthia G. Aaron, Ret.

Judicate West Judicate West

Marc D. Alexander, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Barry M. Appell, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Philip Barbaro, Jr. Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers


Debra Bogaards, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc.

Johanna Bracy, Esq.

Judicate West

Bruce A. Clemens, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Robert M. Cohen, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Lori Dobrin, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Mayra Fornos, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc.



James (JJ) Johnston

Johnston Mediation

Sanford Jossen, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc.

Sidney Kanazawa, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Hon. Andrew Kauffman, Ret.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Jeff Kichaven

Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation

Mark Lehocky, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc.

Leslie Steven Marks, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Hon. Michael D. Marcus (Ret.)

ADR Services, Inc.

Wayne S. Marshall, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Hon. Frank J. Ochoa (Ret.)

Alternative Resolution Centers

Judge Vincent J. O'Neill

Alternative Resolution Centers

John K. Raleigh, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers


Hon. Charles G. Rubin, Ret.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Hon. Robert A. Schnider, Ret.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Steven M. Sepassi, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc.

David Stock, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc.

Peter L. Weinberger, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Edward Weiss, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc.

Kenneth S. Wolf, Esq.

Alternative Resolution Centers

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Pre-litigation mediation: strategies for success

By Joe Lovretovich

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Using court-appointed neutrals to access justice

By Janice Sperow

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Assessing emotional distress damages in mediation

By Jonathan Andrews

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Probate mediations: traveling the emotional highway to resolution

By Judge Mary Thornton House (Ret.)

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Doo-wop mediation

By Robert S. Mann

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mediation: Not to be overlooked

By Robert Jacobs

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Achieving trust in mediation of sexual assault cases

By Janet Rubin Fields

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Mediation lessons from the backyard

By Greg Derin


Environmental & Energy, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Lessons for international arbitration from recent U.S. climate change litigation

By Jerry Roth

Alternative Dispute Resolution

It is time to flip the script on how we resolve disputes

By Lisa B. Morgan

Navigating settlement allocations in mass tort

By Gail A. Andler and Deborah L. O'Connor

Alternative Dispute Resolution

What does generative AI mean for confidentiality in ADR?

By David Coher and Aaron Gothelf

Alternative Dispute Resolution

A look inside strike lists and how arbitrators are selected

By Daniel A. Platt

Technology, Alternative Dispute Resolution

To Zoom or not to Zoom? That's the question.

By Amy D. Hogue

Alternative Dispute Resolution

The impact of California's new civility rules on ADR

By Alan S. Petlak