Publications:

The Ten Most Important Insurance Coverage Issues For a Mediator to Know, Understand, and Focus on in Resolving a Construction Dispute

CLA "Resolution of Construction Liability Issues
September 5, 2018

Building from Scratch

Daily Journal
December 5, 2014

Potential Revisions to Construction Arbitration Rules

American Arbitration Association - Neutrals' Focus Group
October 21, 2014

10 Fundamentals for Mediating: The Large, Complex Multi-Party Construction Dispute

Dispute Resolution Journal
May 1, 2010

Sex, Drugs, & Construction ADR: Effective Advocacy in the Real World of Construction Mediation

CLE International: Construction Claims in Public Works Projects
February 29, 2008

An Inside View of Mediation: How To Advance Your Interests

ABA Forum
May 18-19, 2006

Front and Center: Chairing an Arbitration

Dispute Resolution Journal
August 1, 2005

Thirty Steps to a Better Arbitration

Dispute Resolution Journal
August 1, 2004

Expert Seminar Guest Speaker/Presentations:

  • The Top 25 Negotiation Truths and Strategies I Have Learned In Forty Years
    Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, CA
    March 30, 2022
  • USC – The Top 25 Negotiation Truths I Have Learned in 40 Years
    USC Gould School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
    March 9, 2022
  • Arbitration Tips & Techniques: Dealing with Three Key Challenges for Arbitrators After the Evidentiary Hearing
    AAA West Coast Roundtable, San Francisco, CA
    June 14, 2017
  • Skillfully Develop Ethical Mediator’s Proposals
    3rd Annual California Construction Law Conference, Santa Monica, CA
    January 20, 2017
  • Construction Mediation: Effective Advocacy in Construction Mediation to Settle Your Case — What Works and Does Not Work
    California Construction Law, Santa Monica, CA
    September 18, 2014
  • Effectvie ADR Advocacy: “Legal Aspects of Construction Projects and Contracts”
    UCLA Extension, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
    March 20, 2013
  • Arbitration Discovery, Delay and Motions
    AAA / ICDR Neutrals Conference, Scottsdale, AZ
    March 9-10, 2012
  • Arbitration Discovery, Delay and Motions in Three Acts
    AAA Seminar, Scottsdale, AZ
    March 9, 2012
  • Beyond Settlement Broker: Enhancing Your Value as a Mediator
    Advanced Commercial Mediation Institute In collaboration with The American Arbitration Association and The American Institute of Mediation, San Francisco, CA
    October 12, 2011
  • Lean and Focused: Using Arbitration to Cut Costs of Handling CD Cases
    West Coast Casualty's Construction Defect Seminar, Anaheim, CA
    May 14, 2009
  • The Absolute Mediator: Being Effective in Mediating Construction Disputes
    Southern California Mediation Association 17th Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA
    November 5, 2005
  • What’s Hot in Construction ADR Innovations on the “Front End” and the “Back End”
    Arbitration Symposium on B2B Disputes, Los Angeles, CA
    October 2, 2003
  • Avoiding & Resolving Construction Claims
    Pepperdine School of Law, Malibu, CA
    September 13, 2003
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