Name:	Judge James M. Slater (ret.)
Address:	McIvers & Slater 211 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara California 93101
Phone:	805-897-3843
Fax:	805-897-3844
E-mail Address:	jslater0812@msn.com
Fee:	$350 - $400.00 per hour
Administrative Costs:	Negotiable
Expenses:	None
Deposit:	Negotiable
Cancellation Policy:	48 hours
Payment Responsibility:	Counsel and Parties
Years in law practice:	10+ years
Years as arbitrator:	(Judge) 20 years judicial experience. Over 4 years private arbitrations.
Number of arbitrations conducted:	Served as arbitrator/judge in several hundred arbitrations and court trials.
Subject matter of Arbitrations conducted:	All areas of civil dispute: business, real estate, environmental, personal injury, wills and trusts, contracts, employment law, construction defect.
Area of Expertise:	See above.
Alternative dispute resolution experience:	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 reaolution training:	American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitrator I & II training; CJER/California Judges Association, Civil Law/Mediation Seminar, San Francisco, 1/01; Pepperdine University, Masters 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.