Matthew Phillip Guasco

Professional Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution

• Of Counsel, Norman, Dowler, Sawyer, Israel, Walker & Barton (2/01 - Present):
  

  	Private mediation, dispute resolution and conflict
  	management practice; Appellate litigation

• Founder and sole practitioner, Innovative Mediation (1998 - 2001):
  

  	Private mediation, dispute resolution and conflict
  	management practice; Appellate litigation

  
  
• Mediation and arbitration panelist, Judicate West (1999 - present)

• Mediation panelist, American Arbitration Association (1998-1999)
  
  
• Approved mediator, Ventura Superior Court (1998 - present)
  
  
• Arbitrator, Ventura Superior Court (1993 - present)
  
  
• Settlement judge pro tem, Ventura Superior Court (1998 - present)

• Mediator, Ventura Center for Dispute Settlement (1991 - present):
  

  	Professional Panel (1998 - Present) Member, Board of
  	Directors (1998 - Present; President, 1998-2000)

  
  
• Associate Attorney, Engle & Bride, Ventura, CA (1993 - 1998):
  

  	General civil and appellate litigation. Expertise:
  	Insurance coverage/bad faith, business litigation
  	(plaintiff and defense); defense of medical malpractice,
  	construction defect, elder abuse/nursing home, product
  	liability and automobile liability.

• Associate Attorney, Lascher & Lascher, Ventura, CA (1989-1993):
  

  	Civil and criminal appeals, writs and post-trial
  	proceedings. General civil and criminal litigation.

  
  
• Deputy Public Defender, Marin County Public Defender (1985 - 1989)

Professional Activities and Education

• Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR)
• Southern California Mediation Association
• California Dispute Resolution Council
• American Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section, Construction Industry Forum)
• Ventura County Bar Association (Executive Board, 1999 - Present; Co-Chair ADR Section)
• Santa Barbara County Bar Association
• Master, American Inns of Court, Jerome H. Berenson Chapter
• Negotiation and mediation training, Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (1991: 32 hours basic training; 1998: 13 hours advanced mediation training)
• J.D., Golden Gate University School of Law, San Francisco, CA (1984)
• B.A., Political Science, University of California, Davis (1980)
• Admitted to practice, California State Bar (1985 - present)
• Admitted to practice, United States District Court (Northern, Central Districts)

Availability

Throughout California and the Western United States. No charge for travel time or expenses.

References

Please contact Mr. Guasco at (805) 654-0911.