JUDICATE WEST News Room
Arbitrating in 2016: New Cases, Rules, Challenges and Opportunities
MCLE dinner in which emerging commercial, employment and other consumer arbitration trends will be examined, and strategized on how to stay on track for efficient, cost effective, and just results.
1/28/2016
Blood, Sweat and Tears
11/1/2015
Floyd J. Siegal, Esq.
Tenacious Mediation
Mediator Jill Sperber is known for her yourthful energy and tenacity
10/9/2015
Daily Journal
For San Diego Mediator, the Law is in his DNA
Steven R. Denton isn't afraid to get hands-on in pursuit of a resolution.
6/16/2015
Daily Journal
Daily Journal Honors Leading L&E Lawyers
The Daily Journal honors 75 of California's leading attorneys who specialize in labor and employment law
6/15/2015
Daily Journal
JUDICATE WEST holds open house
Judicate West hosted an open house in its newly expanded downtown Los Angeles office in which it was announced that the Inner City Law Center and the Western Justice Center will the the next grant recipients. This will be the foundation's third and fourth grants issued since its inception less than a year ago.
2/16/2015
Daily Journal
JUDICATE WEST Establishes Hall of Fame with a Short Ceremony & Celebration in Conjunction with its 20 Year Anniversary
9/20/2014
Judicate West
Mediation: Three ways of getting to “yes”
Understanding facilitative, evaluative and directive approaches to a negotiated settlement.
9/1/2014
Doug deVries
ADR providers get creative with juries and private trials
As alternative dispute resolution becomes increasingly entrenched in California law practice, the multimillion dollar industry's major players are rolling out or ramping up new products. Companies dominating the market today, are tweaking existing methods into creative new formats, including elaborate mock courtrooms resembling movie sets with a consultant sourcing a panel of jurors from the district in which the case originated.
3/3/2014
Daily Journal
Evaporating Emotions: ALAN BERKOWITZ
Neutral Alan Berkowitz uses clever tactics to help defang tense situations. Beyond a knack for identifying emotional issues holding up the settlement process, the former defense litigator and head regional attorney for the National Labor Rleations Board banks more than four decades of experience to bring parties in employment disputes closer to each other.
1/24/2014
Daily Journal
Dust off the toolbox to move your case along
A deep look into the many resources available today in which to conduct private jury trials whose verdicts can be reviewed on appeal.
10/1/2013
Hon. Linda B Quinn
Media Appearances by JONATHAN BRENNER, ESQ.
Media Appearances by Jonathan Brenner, Esq
8/15/2013
Judicate West
State Farm v. Huff: Hospital Lien Act Recovery Requires Proof of Reasonableness
In this interpleader action, the court held that liens asserted under the Hospital Lien Act (Cal. Civ. Code 3045.1, 3045.3) require proof that the claimed charges were both reasonable and necessary.
8/9/2013
Tessier Mediation
Do you know what the jury is thinking?
Judge Herbert Hoffman explains how lessons from experience suggest the importance of using a mediator during jury trial, as Mediators are well served in various types of cases by spending time observing in court and are able to predict, in may cases, the jurors verdict
8/2/2013
Herbert Hoffman
Litigators look to creative solutions to save time and money
Budget cuts on our judicial system can cause delays that can drastically increase the expense of litigation to clients. ADR is a voluntary process that requires cooperation among all involved parties, including counsel, and it focuses on resolving disputes of any kind, and although it may have up-front expenses, it can save clients plenty of money.
6/27/2013
Rosemarie Chiusano Drohan, Michele Seltzer
Another post-Howell decision, Corenbaum v. Lampkin, is a big defense win
A must read if you're facing issues of private insurance paying plaintiff's medical expenses. This article includes a list of important questions considered by the Corenbaum court on the case.
5/1/2013
Tessier Mediation
Howell Analysis applied to Medicare Reimbursement Rights
A look at the publishing of decisions made for the Luttrell v. Island Pacific Supermarkets case - A Howell Analysis applied to Medicare Reimbursement Rights
4/3/2013
Robert Tessier, Esq.
What Goldilocks and the Three Bears can teach us about mediation
Tips to assist you and your client about when to mediate. Uncertainty about all of your client's injuries and harms can result in your client's case being undervalued. Missing information can result on failed mediations.
3/4/2013
Robert Tessier
Current trend in personal-injury mediation
Strategies and Techniques to consider in a personal injury case at the Pre-mediation preparation phase, in order to avoid attending a mediation that does not serve a useful purpose in settling the plaintiff's case
9/14/2011
Rosemarie Chiusano Drohan, Michele P. Seltzer
DARRELL A. FORGEY: Daily Journal Top Neutrals 2011 Profile
A look at neutral Darrel A. Forgey profile from his own perspective.
5/1/2011
Daily Journal