Peterson
PetersonPROFESSIONAL CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION - CENTRAL COAST MEDIATION
DAVID C. PETERSON, JD, LLM, MDR
PROFESSIONAL NEUTRAL

Administrator: Cynthia A. Peterson
Telephone: (805) 772-2198
Cell Phone:  (805) 441-5884 to David

1835 Atascadero Road
Morro Bay, California 93442
(Administration Office and Mail Only)

Web Site: sbcadre.org/Peterson.htm
Facsimile: (805) 772-5342
davidcpeterson@starband.net

Mediations Conducted in the Following Counties (No Travel Charge):
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura, Monterey, Los Angeles, Orange,
Kern and Fresno

NEUTRAL'S PROFILE

General Background:

  • Law Review Editor-in-Chief  --  Admitted to State Bar Association in June, 1976.
  • Full-Time Mediator - 25 Years Prior Litigation Experience -- Over 14 Years as Mediator.
  • President - ADR Section, San Luis Obispo County Bar Association 2002 – 2008; Current Co-Chair.
  • Designated “Advanced Practitioner” San Luis Obispo County Bar Association ADR Section.
  • Section Leader – ADR Section, Santa Barbara County Bar Association.
  • Board of Directors, San Luis Obispo County Bar Association, Currently and in 1982.
  • Well in excess of a thousand (1,000+) Mediations Successfully Completed.
  • Proposed Equally by Plaintiff and Defense Counsel and by Public Entities.
  • Continuing Education Provider (MCLE), Organizing and Presenting Numerous ADR Programs.
  • Numerous Articles Published in Various Lawyer Magazines.
  • Mastered Several Effective Methods of Mediation, carefully selecting approaches which are most effective for the particular parties, attorneys and nature of the dispute, leading to the highest rate of success in helping parties reach agreement as documented by Court statistics (consistently 95%+).(1)
  • Judge Pro Tem Several Years for San Luis Obispo County Courts.

Education and Training in Alternative Dispute Resolution:

  • LLM DEGREE - ADR/MEDIATION  from  Pepperdine University School of Law,
The Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (“Pepperdine”)
 Pepperdine (2004);  Pepperdine has been rated Number One (1) in US News & World Report, alternating withHarvard University in the area.Dispute Resolution Educationand Training.
  • MASTER’S DEGREE  in “ADR/MEDIATION”
  • CERTIFICATION in “MEDIATION & ARBITRATION”
  • CERTIFICATE in “MEDIATING THE LITIGATED CASE,”
  • TRAINING - “INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION,
  • CERTIFICATE – “ARBITRATION OF CONSTRUCTION CASES”
 Pepperdine (2002);   
Pepperdine (1998);  
Pepperdine (1997);   
Pepperdine (1997);
CSLB      (1995).   

Areas of ADR Experience:

  • CONSTRUCTION  (All Areas)(2)
  • INSURANCE, BAD FAITH, PERSONAL INJURY, PRODUCT LIABILITY
  • MALPRACTICE (Medical, Dental, Accounting and Legal)
  • REAL PROPERTY - ALL AREAS3 (Commercial and Residential)
  • COMMON INTEREST DEVELOPMENTS / MOBILE HOME PARK DISPUTES (All Areas)
  • PUBLIC ENTITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
  • COMPLEX COMMERCIAL/CONTRACT MATTERS (Including Local, National & International)
  • EMPLOYMENT/LABOR OF ALL TYPES (Including Wage & Hour, Wrongful Termination, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination)
  • PROBATE LITIGATION OF ALL TYPES (Including Elder Abuse and Elder Neglect Issues)
To Schedule a Mediation or Arbitration
Contact Cynthia at (805) 772-2198 (Office)
To Contact David Directly (805) 441-5884 (Cell)		 Cynthia Peterson For Web Site – Search:
“David C. Peterson, Mediator”
$330.00 - $390.00 Per Hour* (Modest Facility Charges)
(*Additional Parties [more than 3] increases Hourly Rate)

Cynthia A. Peterson, Administrator (and “Taz”)
(805) 772-2198    davidcpeterson@starband.net

1 See, sbcadre.org/cadre/docs/mediatorAgr.pdf (“Individual Agreement Rates”) Official Statistics from Court. Evaluations may be viewed at Santa Barbara Superior Court.

2 Former Certified Arbitrator – California State Contractor’s License Board  and formerly represented prominent Construction firms, Suppliers and Consumers.

3 Former Panel Attorney for California Association of Realtors (“CAR”) and formerly represented prominent Commercial and Residential Sales Firms and Consumers.

 

SAMPLING OF ATTORNEYS FOR WHOM MEDIATIONS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED


Adamski, Moroski, Madden & Green, Ty Green, Martin Moroski, Allen Bowman & Tom Waylett  -  Adorno, Yoss, Alvarado & Smith, John M. Sorich  -  James C. Ames  -   Alpert, Barr & Grant, Mark S. Blackman  -  Alston & Bird, Barbara Higgins and Michael D. Bradbury  -  Arens, Russell R. Offices, Laura Thatcher  -  Bertling & Claussen, Peter Bertling  & Brian Claussen  -   Monty M. Amyx  -  Anderson, McPharlin & Connors, Colleen A. Deziel – Stephen P. Anderson -  Andre, Morris & Buttery, James Buttery, Dennis Law & Kathryn Eppright  -  Archbald & Spray, Ken Moes, Wm. Brennan Lynch, Edwin Loskamp  -  Baker, Manock & Jensen, Donald R. Fishbeck  -  Baradat, Edwards & Baboojian, Jason S. Bell  -  Belsher & Becker, John Belsher, Howard Becker and Steve Roberts  -  Bennett,  Johnson & Galler, Richard C. Bennett  -  Benton, Orr, Duval & Buckingham, Mark Borrell, Robert Davidson and Bruce Finck – Berman, Berman & Berman, Evan Berman  –   Henry J. Bonjiovi  -  Bonne, Bridges, Mueller, O’Keefe & Nichols, Reid Bridges & Mark Connely  -  Bleau, Fox & Associates, Martin Fox  - Erik Black  -   Bohl & Wohlgemuth, Michael McConville – Suzan Boatman  -  Borton, Petrini & Conron, Eric Kananen,  Darlene Ball  -   Brady, Vorwerck & Ryder, Carlton Lee Harpst & Brendon Dalrymple  -  Robert Brantner Offices, Harveen Simpkins  –  Bremer, Whyte, Brown & O’Meara, Douglass C. Stewart  -  Bright & Powell, Michael B. Damen  -  Brooks & Ames, James Ames  -  Bradford Brown  -  Carl Brown  -  Brown, Brown & Klass, Barbara Klass  -  Brown & Peel, Manual Garcia  -  Bryman & Apelian, Mark Apelian  -  Michael Boyajian  -  Brownein, Hyatt, Farber & Schreck, Robert B. Forouzandeh    -  Burnham-Brown, David H. Waters  -  Paul  R. Burns  -  California State Legal Department  -  Chapman, Glucksman & Dean, Arthur Chapman  -  Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, Aaron Allan -  Brenneman, Juarez & Adams, R. Brenneman, Alison Brenneman, Mario Juarez and John Adam  –  Bradford Brown –  Buxbaum & Chakmak, John Chakmak  -  Calendo, Puckett, Sheedy & DiCorrado, Stephen P. Calendo  -   Carlson Law Group, Mark Carlson, Anne M. Watson and Niria M. Arvizu  -  Chapman, Glucksman & Dean, Arthur Chapman  -  Clark, Goldberg & Madruga, Roger W. Clark  -    Clifford & Brown, Scott Harper  -  Chain, Younger, Cohn & Stiles, David V. Stiles  -  Clinkenbeard, Ramsey & Spackman, William Clinkenbeard, Hugh Spackman and Patricia Ramsey  -  Cooper & Hoppe, Stephen T. Knudsen -- James F. Cote – Culbreth & Schroeder – Bill Loscotoff  -  David Cumberland, Greg Coates & Christopher Duenow      -  Mark Coffin  - Martin Cohn  -  CozenO’Connor, Barrett Kiernan  -   Claire Corcoran  -  Anne Cyr -  Janean Acevedo Daniels  -  Cunningham & Treadwell, Skip Cunningham  - April Curtz  -    D’Antony, Poliquin & Doyle, Mark Poliquin  -  Dale,  Braden, & Hinchcliffe, Glenn Kelble  -  Scott Diamond  -  Diehl & Rodewald, Rick Rodewald – Thomas J. Dietsch – Dirker, Boodle & Reath, Will Skinner  -  Donahue, Gallagher & Woods, William R. Hill   -  Dorsey & Whitney, Kent Schmidt, Kathy Lowe & Rich Albert – John Donovan – John Kenneth Dorwin  -  James Dragna  -  Dan Duncan  –  Eaton, Jones & Michelon, Christi Michelon & Christopher Jones  -  George H. Ellis  --  Ellis & Collins, Samuel D. Ellis  -  Engle, Caroboni, Covner & Coats, Benjamin F. Coats  -  Epport, Richman & Robbins, Steven N. Richman  -   Erickson, Arbuthnot, Kilduff, Day & Lindstrom, Mark Kiefer and Lisa Gruen  -  Michael G. Evans  -  Farmer & Ready, Paul Ready  -  Fell, Marking, Abkin, Montgomery, Granet & Ramey, Craig S. Granet  -  Ericksen, Arbuthnot, Kilduff, Day & Lindstrom, Roger K. Stewart   -   Ernst & Mattison, Don Ernst, Ray Mattison & Nigel Whitehead  -  Alan Fenton -  Fine, Boggs, Cope & Perkins, Michael Perkins  -  Floyd & Horrigan, Curtis Floyd  -  Foley & Lardner, Liela Nourani  -  Fotouhi, Epps Gilroy, Darren Epps  -  Offices of Marshal Frasher (Allstate)  -  Frederick, Jacqueline  -  Fullerton, Lemann, Schaefer & Dominick, Graig E. Wilson  -  Gaglione & Kaplan,  Jeffrey Kaplan -- Gates, O’Doherty, Gonter & Guy, Vince Axelson – Dierdre Barkley Frank  -  Ford, Walker, Haggarty & Behar, Jason Friedman    -  Fowler Law Group, David B. Madruga  -  William K. Gamble  -  Gavin, Cunningham & Hunter, Marc Cardinal  -  Gilbert, Kelly, Crowly & Jennett, Mark A. Schenkman  -  Gibson, Rivera & Toms, Clark Rivera  -  Golkin & Michelon, Larry Golkin  -   Christopher Guenther  -  Grace, Hollis, Lowe, Hanson & Schaefer, James C. Schaefer  -   Gray & Prouty, Peter Cummings  -  Greene, Broillet & Wheeler, Mark Quigley – Hager  & Dowling, Hager, Thomas Dowling, Lisa Franklin, Donna Geck and Chad Slack  –  Hall, Hieatt & Connely, Clay Hall, Jay Hieatt, Linda Hurst & Stephanie Bowen  - Halme & Clark, Gregory Clark -  Hanger, Levine & Steinberg, Robert T. Hanger and Josephine N. Baurac  --  Hardin & Coffin, Kristine L. Mollenkopf and Laura Brown –  Hatch & Parent, Kelly McIntire Night and Jeffrey Speich - Dan Henderson & Jay Borgeson  -  Henderson, Wohlgemuth & Bohl, James B. Cole  -  Heisler & Bray, Donald I. Weissman  -  Lore Hillburg  -  Gary Hill  & Tim Trager  -  Douglas Hilton  –  Timothy Hogan, Michelle Bonoli  -  David M. Hollingsworth  -  Hollins-Schechter, Kathleen Mary Kushi Carter and Luke Wasniak  -  Hollins & Levy, Byron S. Holins  -   Hollister & Brace – Marcus Scott Bird  --Michael  Holloman – Howell, Moore & Gough, Brian Gough  -   Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, James McKanna  -   Jackson, DeMarco & Peckenpaugh, Karen L.S. Fine and Bradley Bjelke  -- Gary P. Jacobs  –  Jampol, Zimet, Skane & Wilcox, Ashley r. Fickel  -  J Johnson  -  Klein, Denatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Kimball, Dustin Dodgin  -  Kristofer Kallman  -  Karpeles & Associates, Eli Karpeles  -  Kimball, Tirey & St.John, Paul Goodwin – Kingston, Martinez & Hogan, Bruce W. Hogan  -   Kinkle, Ridiger & Sprigs, Nick Paulos –  Kirk & Simas, James O’Neil, James Rigalli, Jonathan Milder, Theresa Sleight and Christopher Gonzalez  -  Kitchen & Turpin, Eric C. Kitchen  -   Katherine Kramer – Kremser & Howard, Paul E. Kremser  -  Knox & Rickson, Kenneth J. McCarthy  -  Kreindler & Kreindler, Stuart R. Fraenkel  -  Gerald Kroll  -  LaFollette, Johnson, DeHaas, Fesler & Ames, Louis H. “Duke” DeHaas  -  LeClair Ryan, LLP, Charles Horn & Stuart E. Jones  -  Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith, John R. Feliton, Gerard Lafond, Jr. and Louis Destafano -   Levine, Steinberg, Miller & Huver, Harris I. Steinberg  -   Kinsella, Weitzman, Iser, Kump & Aldisert, Lawrence Y. Iser  -  Jeffrey C. Locke  - Lompoc City Attorney, Matthew Grainger  -  Long, Robert, L. -  Long & Levit, Karen  L. Uno –  Loskamp & Wohlgemuth, Steven H. Wolgemuth and Loskamp  -  Low, Ball & Lynch, Heidi Trant – Lozano & Smith, Ovidio Oviedo, Jr. -- Lynberg & Watkins, Dana Alden Fox  -  Marsha Manamura Offices, Charles P. Wessler –  Marrone, Frederick & Foster, J. Alan Frederick  - Manning, Marder, Kass, Ellrod & Ramirez, Shari Rosenthal  ---  James E. Marino  -  Richard D. Marks  -  Mastagni, Holstedt & Amick, Thomas Perkins - McCarthy & Kroes, Patrick McCarthy & P.Chris Kroes -  James McKiernan & Louis Koory-  McNicholas & McNicholas, John McNicholas  -  Mehta & Mann, Steven Mehta – Michael Maguire & Assoc. (State Farm), James P. Dexheimer  -  Paul Mesick  -  Miller, Starr & Regalia,  Amy Mathew & Scott A. Sommer  - Offices of Beverly I. Mills, Jason S. Cohen  and Beverly Mills  -    McCormick, Barstow, Sheppard, Wayte & Carruth, Daniel P. Lyons, Mart Oller, IV and Wade M. Hansard – Monteleone & McCrory, Andrew W. Hawthorne - Moffetta &  Associates, Theresa Diederich & Alan L. Hershfield   -  Morris, E. Patrick  -  Morrison & Foerster, Mary Ahrens  -  Myer & Fock, Erich Fock  -  Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Schneider, Kelton Lee Gibson - Mullen & Henzel, Mack Staton, Charles Bargiel and Edward Thoits  -  Guy Murray  -  Phillip I. Moncharsh  -Murchison & Cummings, Michael McEvoy  -  Nye, Peabody & Stirling, Clark T. Stirling  --Brian O’Connor – Thomas O’Hagen Offices, Paul C. Kwong and Howard Brody  - Daniel J. O’Neill  - Roy Ogden & John Fricks  - Ogle, Merzon & Kirschner, Charles P. Ogle & Charles Kirschner – J. Patrick O’Hara  - O’Kane, Frank J.  -  Oliver, Sandifer & Murphy, Duff Murphy -  Osman & Associates, Richard S. Hall  -   Pahculsi, Stang, Ziehl & Jones, Daryl G. Parker and Ellen Bender – Palumbo Bergstrom, Kevin T. Meade -  Parker Mills LLP, David B. Parker  -  Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Scott H. Sims and Glenn Dassoff   -  Richard T. Paynter – Offices of Kevin Piekut, Kara Hitchkock  -  Stephen E. Penner - Gayle Peron  -  Perkins, Mann & Everett, Jerry H. Mann  -  Pettit, Kohn, Ingrassia & Lutz, Damian Dolan  -  Pierce & Weiss, Adam Salamoff  -  Pollard, Harrell & Googooian, Margaret T. Ferriol  –   Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw & Pittman, Margaret M. Niver  -  Pettit, Kohn, Ingrassia & Lutz, Martin Moreno – Pheffer, Jeffrey I.  -  Pollard, Mavredakis, Cranert, Crawford & Stevens, Michelle Lambre  -   Price, Postel & Parma, Craig Parton  & Christopher Haskell  -  Proctor, McCarthy & Slaughter, Becky McCarthy and James N. Procter  -  Jeffrey M. Pugh (first American Title)  -  Thomas O’Hagan, Paul Kwong  -  Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, John W. Delehant - Quinlan, Kershaw & Fanucchi, Eddie Fanucchi  –  Maria S. Quintero  -  Jeff Radding - Richardson, Bambrick, Cermak & Fair, Stephen Fair & William P. O’Kelley  -  Reetz, Fox & Bartlett, Randall Fox & John Haan  -  Reicker, Pfau, Pyle & McRoy, Diana Jessup Lee  & Alan Blakeboro  -  Robert Reed   -  ReedSmith, Terry Bates  -  Linda Richards & David Richards  -  Robie & Matthai, Edith R. Matthai  -  Robinson & Kellar, Oliver Robinson  -  Larry Rothman  -  Craig Rodgers  - Rigg & Dean, Warren C. Dean, Jr.  -  Rogers, Sheffield &  Campbell, William K. Rogers, Scott Campbell & Philip Moncharsh –  Ropers, Majeski, Kohn & Bentley , Allan E. Anderson  -  Steven L. Saldo -  Sagaser, Franson & Jones, K. Poncho Baker  -  Sanger & Swysen, Robert M. Sanger  -  Schley, Look & Guthrie, Ian Guthrie  -  Scopelitis, Garvin, Light & Hanson, Kathleen Jeffries  -  H. William Servey  -  Smith, Tardiff & Hays, Neill Tardiff  & Jim Smith – Turner, Aubert & Friedman, Steven Morris -  Snyder Law, Ashley Ann Dorris  -  Robert S. Sheppard  -   Stephen Stark, County Counsel of Santa Barbara County, Jake Stoddard, Lisa Rothstein, Kelly D. Scott  -  Santa Barbara City Attorney, Tom ShapiroStulberg, Jeffrey  -  Stone, Thomas F.  -  Strauss Law Group, Bruce P. Crary  -  Stub, Boedenhouse & Velasco, Jacob O. Stubb, Dana Caudill, David Tedesco, Gerald Velasco  -  Shaunna Sullivan  -  Thomas & Hine, Kim Ramundo  -  Jennifer Tseng  -  Tharpe & Howell, Todd R. Howell   –  Tobin & Tobin, Paul E. Gaspari  -  Twitchell & Rice, Ken Rice, Vincent Martinez  -Vella, Louis  -  Jeffrey B. Valle  -   Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Echeverria, Paul Melodia – Ward & Federman, Marc Ward  -  Waters, McClusky & Bohl, Kevin G. McClusky  -  Paul Joseph Weinberg  -  Weissman & Weissman, Robert A. Weissman  -  Richard Weldon  - Glenn H. Wechsler  -  Walter W. Whelan –  Walton, Mitchell & Feigel  -  Watten, Discoe, Bassett & McMains, Michael Bassett  -  Mark R. Weiner & Assoc. (State Farm), James Dexheimer  -  Wiestock, Mark A.  -  Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, Ronald Bushner and Martin W. Johnson  -  Wilson, Pesota & Fox,  Jamie Fox  -  Whitwell, Jacoby & Emhoff, Ben Whitwell   - Wilson & Wilson, Ann Wilson - Harvey R. Wolf – Peter K. Wolff, Jr.   -  Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, Amy Pennington  -  Wright & Sanders, Betty Ruth Sanders  -  Wright, Finlay & Zak, Jonathan M. Zak & Robin Prema Wright  -  Victor Zilinskas & Eric Woosley

 

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CITY OF SAN LUIS OBISPO
CITY OF SANTA BARBARA
CITY OF PISMO BEACH
CITY OF MORRO BAY
CITY OF PASO ROBLES
CITY OF SANTA MARIA
CITY OF ATASCADERO
CITY OF GROVER BEACH
CITY OF LOMPOC
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LONGS DRUGS     SEARS         SIZZLER
THRIFTY DRUGS  NIKON    GILLETTE  ALBERTSONS         I-BUS            AVIS
GENERAL ELECTRIC     HYSTER         UPS
HOME DEPOT         DEN MAT      YMCA
MADONNA CONSTR.      NISSAN        FORD
CHURCH OF CHRIST        COX CABLE
 BENNY HINN MINIS.        MC DONALDS
 FIRST TRANSIT        ENTERPRISE RENTAL
SERVE CORP. INT’L         TMJ IMPLANTS
SIERRA VISTA HOSP             TIC HOTELS
ARROYO GRANDE HOSP.    VERIZON
COTTAGE HOSPITAL            WALMART
COMPASS HEALTH            QUINN RENTAL
TENET HEALTH SYS.         PIPER AIR
SHELL OIL/SWEPI              HYUNDI S.M.
BRIDGEFORD FOOD CO.     SUNRISE
DIOCES OF MONTEREY              GROWERS  SPECIALTY CONSTRUCTION        
CHEVRON        GREKA OIL & GAS
SO. CAL. EDISON           MOOSE LODGES
CHUCK LIDDELL          LA BOXING CORP.
WEYRICK COMPANIES      RCM BUILDING
SIMPSON BUILDING            TROESH CO.
HANSON AGGREGATE     GRANITE CONST.
ERNIE BALL CORP.           ELKS LODGES
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CENTURY 21 – multiple offices
CHASE BANK
PRUDENTIAL – multiple offices
HELP-U-SELL – multiple offices
REO WORLD
INVESTEC
SOTHEBYS REALTY
PEABODY PLUM REAL.
HOME & GARDEN REAL.
LENDER’S CHOICE
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE
CHICAGO TITLE
PITTS & BACHMAN
HOMETOWN REALTY
YORK REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE CONCEPTS
REMAX – multiple offices
MORRO BAY REALTY
PELICAN POINT HOA
SAN LUIS BAY ESTATES
JOHNSON & STARLING
RANCHO OBISPO HOA
OAK SHORES HOA
RANCHO NIPOMO HOA
COMMONWEALTH TITLE
HERITAGE RANCH HOA
FIDELITY  NATIONAL TITLE
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE CO.
PISMO SHORES EST. HOA
ORIGIN FINANCIAL
EXPRESS ESCROW

       SAMPLING OF PUBLIC ENTITIES & BUSINESSES FOR WHICH MEDIATIONS CONDUCTED
 SAMPLING OF PRESENTATIONS & ARTICLES:  Organized and participated in several MCLE forums, studies and seminars for ADR Sections and Bar Associations. Author, A Mediator’s Role in Assisting Attorneys, San Luis Obispo County (“SLO”) Bar Magazine (Feb., 2000). Author, “ Are We Meeting the Needs of Our Clients Adequately If We Do Not Consider ADR Early In The Case?,)SLO County Bar Publication (Dec., 1997). Author, “Mediation - Maintaining the Integrity of the Process,” Santa Barbara Lawyer Publication (Dec. 2000, Issue 339). KVEC Radio Program, San Luis Obispo (Dec. 28, 2000), “Conflict, Disputes and the Growing Trend Toward Mediation to Resolve Them.” Author, “What Determines Success in Negotiating? How to Improve as a Negotiator and Mediator,” CADRe (Feb. 2002). Author, “Mediator Immunity: A Balanced Approach,” Pepperdine University LLM Studies, Mar. 2004. Author, “Selecting A Mediator - The Malleable Mediator,” Santa Barbara Lawyer (Oct. 2004), SLO Bar Publication & CADRe Website. Author, “New Trends and Techniques – Transformative Mediation Styles That Work in a Litigation Setting” MCLE program, SLO County Bar Assoc.(2005); CADRe, 2005; Santa Barbara Lawyer (Sept., 2005, Issue 396), and Verdict Magazine (Dec., 2005); “Ten Ways to Improve Your Negotiation Skills,” Santa Barbara Lawyer (April, 2006, Issue 403). “Be A Wise Negotiator,” MCLE Program, SLO County Bar Assoc. (Jul., 2006), SLO County Bar Publication (Summer & Fall, 2006). Author, “Emotional Intelligence and the Practice of Law,” SLO County Bar Assoc. MCLE presentation (Feb., 2007), Santa Barbara Lawyer (July, 2007), and San Luis Obispo County Bar Publication (May, 2007). Author, “To Settle or Not to Settle? Make No Mistake About it! Charnay v. Colton,” SLO Bar Assoc. Publication (May, 2007) and Santa Barbara Lawyer (June, 2007). Mediating Insurance Cases,  MCLE Presentation (Dec., 2007), Santa Barbara Bar ADR Section.  Author, “Intelligent Negotiation,” Santa Barbara Lawyer (January, 2008); SLO County Bar Publication (March, 2008). KVEC Radio (March 6, 2008), “Role of Mediation in the Court System.” Author, “Judgment and Decision Making,” Santa Barbara Lawyer (May, 2008); SLO Bar Assoc. Publication (July, 2008).“ A Few ‘Do’s and Dont’s’ to Avoid the Most Common Mistakes that Ruin the Ability to Settle at Mediation,” Santa Barbara Lawyer (July, 2008) and SLO Bar Publication (September, 2008). Author, “The Dreaded Impasse,” MCLE Program, SLO Bar Association, July, 2008, and published in Santa Barbara Lawyer (October, 2008).  Author, The Value of Patience and Perseverence  and the Need to be Realistic, Santa Barbara Lawyer (Nov. 2008)
Author,“In Mediation Are We Thinking Wisely or Merely Reacting, Santa Barbara CADRe Court Program web site (Jan. 2009).  Enforceable Agreements, MCLE Presentation for Santa Maria Court and Attorneys (Feb. 2009) and Santa Barbara Bar Association. Author, Truth, It’s Power and Influence, Santa Barbara CADRe Court Program web site (Mar. 2009).


SAMPLING OF INSURANCE CARRIERS ACCEPTING MR. PETERSON AS MEDIATOR & ARBITRATOR


Ace American
Alliance
Allied                
AIG
Allstate
American
American National
AMCO
Atlantic Mutual
Automobile Club
Bankers Ins. Co.
Beacon One
Calif. Ins. Guar. Assoc.
California Mutual
Catholic Healthcare West
Chubb
Century Insurance
CIG
CIGA
Commercial West
CSAA
Dentists’ Advantage
Doctors’ Company
Electric Ins. Company
Encompass
Enterprise
Evanston

Farmers
Federated
Federal Insurance
Fidelity
Financial Indemnity
Fireman’s Fund
First Financial
Foremost
GEICO
Golden Eagle
Horace Mann
Harbor Indemnity
Infinity
Kemper
Lawyers Mutual
Liberty Mutual
Lloyds of London
Lumbermans
Mercury
Metropolitan
Michigan Mutual
Mid-State Mutual
Mount Hawley
MSI
Nautilus Ins. Co.
New Hampshire
Philadelphia

Progressive
PICA Group
Reliance
QBE Insurance
Safeco
Scottsdale
Saint Paul
SCPIE Companies
Sedgewick
Sequoia
State Comp. Ins. Fund
State Farm
Sun Alliance Ins. Co.
TDIC
TIG
Travelers
Twenty-First Century
Uniguard
United National Specialty
United States Liability
Unitrim
Universal
USAA
Viking
Ward North America
Wausau
Zurich

Panelist Information Updated: October 6, 2009
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