Stanley M. Roden

Stanley M. Roden | Mediation-Arbitration Services

Overview

Over 35 years of civil and criminal litigation and significant dispute resolution experience. Tried or directly supervised over 200 civil and criminal cases. Named as one California’s top 50 neutrals (Daily Journal 12/01/2003)

Resolution
Experience

Successful Mediation or Arbitration of Disputes (representative sample)

Employment: employee, officer and employer cases; class actions
Patent software contract licensing
Legal malpractice
Medical malpractice
Dental malpractice and resulting injuries

Water Law & Water Quality: groundwater, surface water and contamination
Environmental contamination; disputes between owners in chain of title

Personal injury (catastrophic injuries)

Probate, Trust and Estate- numerous disputes re interpretation of trust instruments and division of property

Commercial interpretation and execution in lender liability claim; investor claims for fraud

Title Insurance arising out of an erroneous payment in escrow

Real Estate (purchase/sale; broker commission; unlawful detainer; easement- private; easement-implied dedication)

Construction (owner/builder; general contractor and subcontractors

Insurance coverage and bad faith

Family law (property-business, division, support, retirement benefits)

Work History
(Partial)

Shareholder, Hatch & Parent, specializing in complex civil litigation
(1983-2003)
Santa Barbara County District Attorney, elected to two four year terms
(1975-1983)

Education

UC Berkeley- B.A., Poli. Sci (1963); U.C. Hastings College of Law, J.D. 1966

Dispute
Resolution
Training

Over 220 hours mediation education: Harvard Mediation and Advanced Negotiation Workshops, Pepperdine ‘Litigated Case’ (6 day course), UCLA (Extension) Mediation and Advanced Workshops; JAMS 25 hour course; Extensive number of courses in the psychology of conflict

Teaching

Political Science (many) and International Law (2002&2004), Santa Barbara City College; US Business and Constitutional Law, Shandong University, Jinan, China (1998-9)

Memberships

Chair, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic; Associate member A.B.O.T.A

Panelist Information Updated: August 3, 2004
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