Hon. Michael D. Marcus (Ret.)

Los Angeles

Employment, Commercial/Business; Professional Liability; Real Property; Personal Injury

Michael D. Marcus, one of California's most experienced and respected neutrals, has been a mediator, arbitrator, and discovery referee for over 17 years. He has mediated more than 3,000 matters and arbitrated over 70 cases involving all aspects of employment, commercial/business, legal malpractice, real property, fee disputes, personal injury and medical malpractice litigation and is known for his preparation, legal knowledge, fairness and efficiency.

The Los Angeles Daily Journal has recognized Judge Marcus on six different occasions as one of California's Top 50 neutrals. He has also been honored as an alternative dispute resolution Super Lawyer for 2008-2018 and as a National Law Journal 2016 ADR Champion (one of forty-eight nationally). He is a former Chair and current member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association's (LACBA) Professional Responsibility and Ethic Committee; a member of LACBA's Labor and Employment Section Executive Committee; a former advisor to the State Bar's Labor and Employment Law Section's Executive Committee and a frequent speaker and author on legal ethics, mediation strategy, mediation ethics, arbitration procedures and trial strategy for LACBA, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC), the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), the CEB and numerous Los Angeles law firms.

Judge Marcus is the author of Trial Preparation for Prosecutors, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Edit., Lexis/Nexis and is writing Courtroom Conduct: The Dos and Don'ts of Litigation. He has also taught evidence at USC Law School and mediation ethics at Pepperdine School of Law's Straus Institute.

Before becoming a full-time neutral, Judge Marcus was the Supervising Judge of the California State Bar Court. Prior to his 1995 judicial appointment, he was in private practice for over ten years, where he concentrated on business litigation, including employment matters. Judge Marcus is a former seventeen-year Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney (during which he headed the Organized Crime Section, the Beverly Hills Office and the Consumer Section). He has tried over 150 jury trials. He received his B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley and his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.

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