Joan B. Kessler, Esq., Ph.D.

Los Angeles

Accounting/Finance, Business/Commercial, Employment, Entertainment and Sports, Estates/Probate/Trusts, Health Care, Insurance, Real Property

With close to 15 years of experience as an ADR professional, a Ph.D. in communications and a law career spanning more than 30 years, Dr. Joan B. Kessler has the legal experience and knowledge to quickly understand even the most complex of legal issues. Her experience as a jury researcher and consultant affords her the ability to provide key insights into jury dynamics. As a Daily Journal article stated, "Kessler is known for her embodiment of certain paradoxes: tenacious yet patient, professional yet personable."

"Once Joan gets her teeth into something, there's no shaking her off . . . She has boundless energy." Dr. Kessler is a uniquely qualified mediator and arbitrator whose training and education allow her to communicate effectively with attorneys and all parties involved in her matters. Her background in communications helps her to develop a rapport with even the most challenging, hostile and high-profile personalities. She possesses a keen ability to bring parties together to reach resolution on even the most contentious of matters. As stated in the Daily Journal, "She is absolutely driven to get parties to settlement . . . There is constant follow-up." Dr. Kessler uses her ability to speak Spanish and her understanding of inter-cultural uniqueness in Korean, Persian, Israeli, Armenian, and other cultures to help resolve disputes through mediation.

Dr. Kessler has mediated and arbitrated hundreds of diverse matters, including individual and class action employment; real property; business/commercial, including partnership and shareholder disputes; estate/probate/trust; insurance; and entertainment cases. Dr. Kessler is a mediator, arbitrator and special master at JAMS.

bnaisbitt@jamsadr.com

310-309-6214

www.jamsadr.com/kessler