2013 Top 50 Neutrals & 10 Rising Stars & The Masters

Ross R. Hart

Arbitration Mediation Conciliation Center Los Angeles Specialties: construction, insurance coverage, landslides, real estate, business litigation

Douglas A. Glass

Glass Mediations San Diego Specialty: high-conflict litigation

California Neutrals

Robert J. Kaplan

Judicate West San Diego Specialties: complex litigation

Michael J. Ney

Judicate West San Francisco Specialties: personal injury, professional negligence, construction defect, employment and business disputes

Richard C. Neal

JAMS Santa Monica Specialties: commercial/business arbitration, entertainment, employment, insurance

Troy Roe

Judicate West Santa Ana Specialties: catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death

Harrison W. Sommer

Judicate West Los Angeles Specialties: personal injury, professional negligence, elder abuse

Dickran M. Tevrizian

JAMS Los Angeles Specialties: financial, insurance, corporate securities matters, intellectual property

Robert M. Tessier

Judicate West Los Angeles Specialties: personal injury, catastrophic injury, professional negligence, real estate, probate

Peter D. Lichtman

JAMS Los Angeles Specialties: complex civil litigation, class actions, personal injury, securities, family law

Gary N. Donovan

Judicate West Santa Ana Specialties: personal injury, real estate, construction, employment, business disputes, aviation

Patricia L. Collins

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialty: Entertainment law

Steven R. Kuhn

Judicate West San Juan Capistrano Specialties: personal injury, product liability, legal/medical malpractice, real estate

Edward Panelli

JAMS San Francisco Specialties: Mediation, arbitration Number of years in ADR: 19

Ed Infante

JAMS Specialties: Intellectual property, class actions, securities, business commercial, labor & employment Number of years in ADR: 12

Wayne L. Peterson

ADR Services Inc. San Diego Specialties: Business, real estate, employment, professional malpractice, elder abuse, probate and class actions Number of years in ADR: 10

Read Ambler

JAMS San Jose Specialties: business, intellectual property, real estate, employment

William Sheffield

Judicate West Los Angeles and Santa Ana Specialties: personal injury and intellectual property

Steven Paul

ARC - Alternative Resolution Centers Los Angeles Specialties: employment, business disputes

Antonio Piazza

Mediated Negotiations San Francisco Specialty(s): none Number of years as a mediator: 34 years

Robert T. Altman

ADR Services Los Angeles Specialties: Business, real estate, entertainment, employment, intellectual property, tort, legal, medical and accounting malpractice, landslide and inverse condemnation Number of years in ADR: 14

Steven G. Pearl

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialty: employment/wage and hour

Jack Trotter

JAMS Orange Specialties: Mediation, arbitration Number of years in ADR: 26

Alex S. Polsky

JAMS Orange Specialties: Complex commercial/employment/class, mass/catastrophic injury, insurance/ product liability, maritime and elder. Commercial and international arbitration. Number of years in ADR: 21

Carl J. West

JAMS Los Angeles Specialties: complex class action, business/commercial, environmental mass torts, real estate-related litigation

Bruce A. Friedman

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: insurance, business, class actions, real estate

James Larson

JAMS San Francisco Specialties: business/commercial, civil rights, class action/mass maritme/admiralty, personal injury/torts, professional liability

Jacqueline A. Connor

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: business, real estate, personal injury

Mark Rudy

Exelrod, Zieff & Lowe LLP Specialties: Employment and commercial matters Number of years in ADR: 25

Jeff Krivis

First Mediation Corp., ADR Services, Judicate West, AAA Los Angeles Specialties: Class action, employment, life, health & disability, intellectual property Number of years in ADR: 23

California Neutrals

Richard A. Hodge

San Francisco Number of years in ADR: 13

California Neutrals

Richard Chernick

Los Angeles Number of years in ADR: 20 (full time)

California Neutrals

Russell Bostrom

Santa Ana Number of years in ADR: 21

Randall W. Wulff

Wulff Quinby Sochynsky Oakland Specialties: antitrust, securities, intellectual property, real estate

Ralph O. Williams III

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: insurance, business litigation, real estate, employment, legal/accounting malpractice

Jan Frankel Schau

ADR Services Inc., American Arbitration Association Los Angeles Specialties: Employment, business, torts

Steven J. Stone

JAMS Los Angeles Specialties: product liability, employment, intellectual property, entertainment

Enrique Romero

ADR Services Inc. Century City Specialties: class actions, entertainment, employment, catastrophic cases

Richard M. Silver

JAMS San Jose Specialties: construction, business, real estate, employment

Bonnie Sabraw

ADR Services Inc., American Arbitration Association San Francisco Specialties: complex litigation, CEQA, class actions

Michelle A. Reinglass

American Arbitration Association, Judicate West Laguna Hills Specialties: labor and employment

Peter J. Searle

Judicate West Los Angeles Specialties: personal injury, wrongful death, bad faith, insurance coverage disputes

David A. Rotman

Gregorio, Haldeman & Rotman San Francisco Specialties: class actions, commercial matters

Layn R. Phillips

Irell & Manella LLP Alternative Dispute Resolution Center Newport Beach Specialties: complex civil cases, internal investigations

Leo S. Papas

Judicate West San Diego Specialties: class actions, employment, catastrophic personal injury, business/commercial, professional liability

Michael D. Moorhead

Judicate West Long Beach Specialties: employment, personal injury, maritime law, congregations

Michael Marcus

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: employment, commercial/business, legal malpractice, real property, personal injury

Janet Rubin Fields

Judicate West Los Angeles Specialties: professional liability, personal injury, employment, insurance coverage, real estate

Robert M. Letteau

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: trusts and estates, business and personal injury

Michael A. Latin

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: business, employment, entertainment, insurance claims and bad faith

Jeff Kichaven

Jeff Kichaven Commercial Mediation Los Angeles Specialties: insurance, intellectual property, professional liability

Scott S. Markus

Agreement.com San Diego Specialty: complex litigation

Robert S. Mann

ADR Services Inc., American Arbitration Association Los Angeles Specialties: real estate, construction, commercial, homeowner association, intellectual property, wrongful death and personal injury, employment, insurance, legal

Herbert B. Hoffman

Judicate West San Diego Specialties: business, employment, personal injury, real estate, professional liability, medical malpractice

Ellen S. James

JAMS San Francisco Specialties: employment, catastrophic personal injury, business

Joe W. Hilberman

ADR Services Inc. Los Angeles Specialties: personal injury, professional liability, employment, business disputes, real estate

Kenneth D. Gack

JAMS San Francisco Specialties: complex commercial, catastrophic injury, medical malpractice, judicial reference, construction defect

Kenneth Gibbs

JAMS Los Angeles Specialties: commercial construction, real estate, insurance

Darrell A. Forgey

Judicate West Los Angeles Specialties: medical malpractice, product liability and catastrophic injury

Bruce A. Edwards

JAMS San Francisco Specialties: complex multiparty disputes, construction, insurance

Thomas S. Dillard

Judicate West Santa Ana Specialties: personal injury, medical malpractice, elder abuse

George D. Calkins II

JAMS Santa Monica Public works, construction, product liability

Cecily Bond

JAMS Sacramento Specialties: employment, business and contracts, environmental