DISPUTE RESOLUTION

• Conducted approximately1000 mandatory settlement conferences and mediations
• Mediator since 1997 on numerous mediation panels, including National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Regulation (now FINRA), Los Angeles
  Court-Affiliated Civil Mediation Panel, United States District Court Attorney Settlement Panel, Orange County Bar Association Mediation Panel, Orange County Superior Court Mediation Panel, Riverside County Superior Court Mediation Panel, IVAMS and U.S. Postal Service Redress EEO Complaint Panel

• Conducted for 7 years substantially all civil mandatory settlement conferences for San Bernardino County Superior Court in Barstow and a large number of settlement conferences for the Superior Court in Victorville

• Arbitrated over 50 cases since 1997 on various arbitration panels, including Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. California BBB Auto Line Arbitration Panel, IVAMS,
  National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Regulation (now FINRA), Los Angeles Court-Affiliated Civil Arbitration Panel, and Orange County Bar Association Mandatory Fee Arbitration Panel

ADR INSTRUCTOR/MANAGEMENT

• Instructor from 1998 – 2004 in Certificate Program in Conflict Management and the Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution at University of California, Irvine, Extension

• Executive Director from 1998- 2000 of then largest Orange County-funded non-profit organization providing mediation services and training to individuals, businesses, schools, and governmental entities in Orange County

LEGAL AND BUSINESS

• Mitsui Real Estate Sales USA Co., Ltd., Los Angeles, CA (1988-1996)General Counsel and Senior Vice President of U.S. subsidiary of leading real estate company in Japan, involved in acquisition, sale, leasing and joint venture development of major real estate projects in Southern California

• MacFarlane, Lambert & Company, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (1986-1988)Broker for Japanese and other Asian entities in their real estate acquisition and sales efforts as member of full-service real estate brokerage company and law firm

• Commercial and Industrial Real Estate Broker, Southern California (1981-1986)
• Vidal Sassoon, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (1978-1981)Associate General Counsel of international hair and skin care products’ company

• Private Law Practice, Orange County, CA (1975-1978)Established West Coast law office of Delson & Gordon, then prominent New York law firm, in real estate and business law practice

• Shareholders Capital Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (1970-1975)Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Assistant to President of then major publicly-held mutual fund management and real estate syndication corporation

• Graham & James (merged with Squire, Sanders & Dempsey), Los Angeles, (1967 –1970). Associate in Los Angeles office of major San Francisco-based international law firm; responsibilities included legal counsel for Bank of Tokyo of California (now Union Bank of California), Marubeni America Corporation and other Japanese trading companies

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law, J.D., 1967

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), B.A. Economics, 1964

University of Paris (Sorbonne), French Language Studies, 1960

State Bar of California

California Real Estate Broker

Orange County Bar Association

Southern California Mediation Association