Court Expands Liability for Brokers…

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It's that time again to plan our new agenda.…

Last week, I attended the San Bernardino County Bar Assc., Family Law Section who presented the 2010 Bench Bar Symposium Family Law Practices and Issues. The Presiding Judge Douglas Elwell spoke on the Current Family Law Issues.…

Dear LA Mediators

I know there was a recent flurry of activity on AB 2475. It was good to get the info out there, and I think that pressure from several places has resulted in a change to the bill.

On April 22 the bill was amended to apply only to matters heard under the Family Code. A .pdf of the amended bill is attached.…

Mediation Trainer needed to teach 40 hr Mediation course(s) and Harassment Training course(s)

Inland Valleys Justice Center ( IVJC) is looking for

a skilled instructor to teach mediation training in the following

areas:

1.Development and refine mediation techniques and style

2. Enhance constructive communication and negotiation skills

3. Explore the nature of…

TO ALL L.A. MEDIATORS:

Please review the attached draft legislation. If passed in its present form, it will abolish quasi judicial immunity of neutrals in

both court

ordered and private mediations, conciliations, evaluations, or similar

dispute

resolution processes.…

By RICHARD K. DE ATLEY The Press-Enterprise

When Riverside attorney Joseph P. Myers went to law school in the late 1960s, he…

Thanks so much to our speakers, and our moderator, Wendy Kramer, for a very lively and thought provoking discussion. A special thanks to Kym who worked so hard to set things up, only to miss the meeting and the fun due to a death in the family. Our thoughts are with her and her family now I am sure.

Though the subject controversial, I think it is fair to say that we dodged many of the booby traps in the mine field, to use a guy warlike metaphor. I think Wendy had her…

In dedication to "Women's History Month"



Remembering these famous words "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that to secure these rights governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed'



With that said, LA Mediators is proud to…

As if we didn't already know it, but the buzz on LA Mediators is audible in the world of your potential customers! This week the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles held it's semi-regular meeting on arbitrators and mediators. CAALA, as it is known, is the preeminent group of plaintiff's trial lawyers in Southern California. It's executive director is Stuart Zanville, who is a member of this group...

Bob Fink, our guest speaker, is co-chair of the meeting. He is a lively…

I have reentered the mediation scene after working as a psychologist for 20 years, I am more enthusiastic than ever at having mediation become the way we as people resolve conflict. Learning to communicate, resolve problems, respecting each other has always been my goal. To that end, Dave DeGeus and I want to thank Kym Adams and Charles Parselle who gave of their time and energy to participate in the making of a marketing video. You are terrific. Hopefully, there will be more to…