| PROFESSIONAL: |
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| 1997-PRESENT |
Private mediations arbitrations
and special master/referee. |
| 1997-1999 |
Judge Superior Court, County
of Santa Barbara, Retired. Sitting on assignment to the Superior Court
as needed, presiding over civil and criminal trials, settlement conference,
and law and motion. |
| 1982-1997 |
Judge, Superior Court,
County of Santa Barbara. Presided over all phases of civil and criminal litigation.
Served two terms as Presiding Judge, and one term as Supervising Judge.
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| 1977-1982 |
Judge, Municipal Court,
County of Santa Barbara. |
| 1973-1977 |
Member of Board of Supervisors,
County of Santa Barbara (3rd District). |
| 1966-1977 |
Private practice of law
with emphasis on civil and criminal litigation |
| 1965-1966 |
Office of the District
Attorney, County of Santa Barbara |
| CURRENT EMPLOYER |
Self—employed |
| TITLE |
Mediator/Arbitrator |
| PROFESSION |
Judge, Superior Court, Retired, Mediator and Arbitrator |
| EXPERIENCE: |
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Over 35 years judicial/legal experience. Served on the Santa Barbara
County Superior Court from 1982 to 1997. Served two terms as presiding
judge and one term as supervising judge. Presided over civil jury
and court trials, settlement conferences, civil law and motion, family
court, probate court, and criminal proceedings. The civil assignments
predominated and covered virtually all areas of law. |
| ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE: |
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Served as an arbitrator/judge and as a mediator/settlement
judge in several hundred cases. Cases involved two—party and
multi—party business, real estate, construction defect, environmental,
personal injury, eminent domain, wills and trusts, contracts, employment
law, insurance, and probate litigation. |
| ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION TRAINING: |
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American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitrator
I & II training; CJER/California Judges Association, Civil Law/Mediation
Seminar, San Francisco, 1/01; Pepperdine University, Master’s
Forum, Malibu, 2000; Golightly Seminars, Advanced Mediation Training,
Sacramento, 1999; Pepperdine University, Advanced Mediation Training,
Malibu, 1998; CJER/California Judges Association, Mediation Training,
San Francisco, 1992; CJER/California Judges Association, Judges College,
1977, 1980, 1983 and 1990, and numerous multi—day seminars
in general civil law, with emphasis on torts, contracts, employment,
construction, and environmental law. |
| PROFESSIONAL LICENSES: |
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Admitted to the Bar, California, 1965 |
| PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION: |
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State Bar of California; California Judges Association |
| EDUCATION: |
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University of Notre Dame (JD—1964); Iona College
(BA, History—1961) |
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