User details
ID 642165655 Email address info@mediationtools.com
Status Active
First name Lee Jay Last name Berman
Full name Lee Jay Berman
Gender Male
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Contact information
Corporation The Mediation Offices of Lee Jay Berman
City Marina Del Ray
ZIP Code 90292
State California
Phone 310-593-9905 Cell (310) 600-1475
URL www.mediationtools.com/services
Video conferencing? Yes Promote video conferencing? Online and In-Person
Assistant name Case Manager Assistant email casemanager@mediationtools.com
CC name   CC email  
Formal Qualifications & Memberships
Judge? No
ADR services 1,2,11,10,4,8,9
Education

Lee Jay has received and taught literally thousands of hours of training in mediation, arbitration, negotiation and related course work at the most highly-regarded programs in the United States (Harvard Program on Negotiation, Pepperdine Law School's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, the American Arbitration Assn., and the ABA's arbitrator training).

Additionally, Mr. Berman is a world-renown trainer in the fields of mediation, negotiation and alternative dispute resolution.  He has tought thousands of judges, attorneys and business leaders to be mediators and arbitrators, serving for seven years as Director of Pepperdine's "Mediating the Litigated Case" program, before founding the American Institute of Mediation.  Mr. Berman has trained throughout North America and Europe, as well as Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, India, Uzbekistan, and the United Arab Emirates. 

 

Memberships
  • American Arbitration Association - National Registry of Mediators & Arbitrators; Specialty Panels for Business and Commercial, Construction, Entertainment and Insurance disputes; elite Master Mediator for Employment matters, and Featured Los Angeles Construction Mediation Panel
  • International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR Institute), National Panel of Distinguished Neutrals
  • Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly National Association of Securities Dealers, NASD)
  • United States Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California (Mediator of the Year 2005)
  • California Second District Court of Appeal
  • Superior Courts of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Kern and Sonoma Counties
  • Hospital Association of Southern California
  • Mississippi Mediation Project Panel - Hurricane Flood Victims 2007
  • Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators, 2003-present
  • Diplomat, California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, Charter Member
  • State Bar of California, Standing Committee on ADR, 2006-present; Ethics Subcomm., 1998-2000
  • Chair, International ADR Subcomm.; Legislation Committee, Ethics and Standards Committee
  • Chair, American Bar Association, Section on Dispute Resolution, Training Committee, 2002-2007
  • California Dispute Resolution Council (CDRC), 1995-present; Board of Directors 1996-2003; Executive Committee 2000-2003, Mediation Legislation & Nominating Committees
  • Chair, CDRC Qualifications and Standards Committee, 1997-2003, published statewide Standards of Practice for California Mediators in 1998
  • Member, California Judicial Council drafting committee Rules of Court for mediators, 1999-2000
  • California Court ADR Directors Council, 1999-2000
  • Southern California Mediation Association, 1994-present, Chair Courts Committee 2005
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association - Litigation and ADR Sections
  • Beverly Hills Bar Association - ADR Section
  • Association of Business Trial Lawyers
Biography
In August 2017, Lee Jay Berman was named "2017 Distinguished Neutral of the Year" by the National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN).
 
Current Roles:
  • The Mediation Alliance, Inc. - Commercial Mediator since 1994
  • American Institute of Mediation - Founder and President since 2008
  • Business Mediation and Collaboration – West Coast Director; since 2002
  • Pepperdine Law School - Director - "Mediating the Litigated Case" program (2003-2009)
Recognitions:
  • NADN inaugural Distinguished Neutral of the Year 2017
  • Assn. of Media and Entertainment Counsel, "Counsel of the Year" for Excellence in ADR 2024
  • Chambers USA - Top Ranked Mediator since 2017, Band 1 since 2023 (Top 16 in the U.S.)
  • Who's Who Legal - Listed since 2012, "Global Though Leader"  since 2022
  • Who's Who in ADR - ADR Times 2022
  • Who's Who Legal in International Commercial Mediation 2012-Present
  • Aquisition International magazine's Excellence in ADR award 2012-2023
  • Southern California Mediation Association – Cloke-Millen Peacemaker of the Year Award 2021
  • Southern California Mediation Association L. Randolph Lowry Award for thought leadership 2010
  • Los Angeles and San Francisco Daily Journal "Top Neutral" in 2008 and 2009
Successfully mediated over 3.000 civil mediations, before, during and after litigation. Specializing in complex, multi-party litigation including business litigation, insurance, entertainment, employment, real property, construction, and shareholder/partnership disputes.
  • Several hundred business/commercial cases involving breach of contract, business/corporate matters, shareholder disputes and corporate dissolutions, trade secrets, unfair competition, bankruptcy, fraud, collections, and franchise and partnership disputes and dissolutions (including several law firms).
  • Several hundred construction, real property and land use cases including construction claims, defects and closeouts, land use, CEQA, environmental protection, earth movement, homeowner associations, disclosure, exchanges, brokerage and fiduciary relationships.
  • Several hundred personal injury, medical malpractice and premises liability mediations.
  • Several hundred employment cases including discrimination, workplace harassment, wrongful termination, whistle-blowers, and wage and hour claims.
  • Over 100 entertainment, new media, intellectual property and technology cases, including cases involving film, television, music, and computer games and software.
  • Several hundred other general civil cases, including insurance coverage, intellectual property, health care, legal and medical malpractice, probates and trusts.
ADR Practice & Case Experience
Practice started 1994
Rates

$12,000 for an All-Inclusive full day, $7,000 for an All-Inclusive half day. All-Inclusive service for the mediation includes one pre-mediation conference call with counsel, all study time including reading briefs, travel time (up to 1 hour of drive time for half-days and including all travel time for full days), reasonable expenses, and the mediation session, including all snacks and meals provided. Only airfare and hotels will be billed as separate line items. Any additional time spent will be billed at $900/hour.

Calendar Settings
Private calendar purchased No
Calendar preference Disabled Calendar display type 5 day
Calendar last update time Aug 19 2020
Booking
Whole days Disabled Multiple mediations Disabled Ask Client to Select ADR Service? Disabled
Time zone Eastern
Location options By Video Conference, In-Person Meeting
Requested Date Automatically
Held/Booked?
Disabled Auto hold type Booked Ask if all attending counsel
agreed on date?
Disabled
Notes mandatory? No
Disable note on Booking arrival No
Additional attendees No
Disable phone# for hold text No
GoogleMaps
Map enabled No Streetview enabled No
Latitude 34.0381012
Longitude -118.4430008
Rating  
GoogleMaps accuracy Custom coordinates
Time zone America/Los_Angeles