Experience

Presided over more than 350 AAA arbitrations, including many evidentiary hearings, dispositive motions and discovery disputes, and including the following subject matters:

• Wrongful termination: federal and California False Claims Act, California Labor Code §§ 1102.5 & 6310; Fair Employment and Housing Act;  California Health & Safety Code §1278.5, Sarbanes-Oxley and other anti-retaliation statutes;

• Equal Pay Act, Labor Code §1197.5; • Sexual Harassment, Pregnancy Discrimination, Marital Status Discrimination and other Gender Discrimination Claims;

• Disability and Medical Condition Discrimination, including HIV/AIDS;

• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the California Family Rights Act (CRFA);

• Age Discrimination;

• Race and National Origin Discrimination;

• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination;

• Wage and Hour, including PAGA—unpaid wages, overtime, donning and doffing; meal and rest periods;

• Breach of employment contract and fraud;

• Fraud in the inducement and Labor Code §970 claims;

• Unfair Competition and Trade Secrets;

• WARN Act and California WARN Act claims;

• Breach of contract, breach of loyalty, violation of Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, conversion

• Business litigation matters include breach of contract, fraud, dissolution of partnership; shareholder disputes, unfair competition, real estate disputes.

Education

 University of California at Berkeley Law School (J.D.-1984); University of Pennsylvania (B.A., Psychology - 1980).

Publications and Speaking Engagements

RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:  

• Discovery in Arbitration after SB 940 (CA. Lawyers Ass’n 2026);

• Employment Arbitration after Hohenshelt (Los Angeles County Bar Labor & Employment Section (2026);

• Employee Mobility, Non-Competes and other Employment Agreements: What you need to know about Evolving Federal and State Rules, AAA Webinar (2024);

• "Arbitrating Individual Wage & Hour Cases from Start to Finish, Ca. Employment Lawyers Assn. (2023);

• Drafting Enforceable Settlement Agreements, TEN Esquire CLE (2020);

• The Art of Settlement Agreements, Los Angeles County Bar Labor & Employment Section, (2019);

• Sexual Harassment and Settlements in the #MeToo and Trump Era, Los Angeles County Bar Association (2019);

• "Ending Tit for Tat: Sexual Harassment in California," Century City Bar Association (2019)

•  “Electronically Stored Evidence,” California Employment Lawyers Conference;

• “FB Friends and Other BFF’s in the Biz and Law: Social Media 4 Employees,” Beverly Hills Bar Association (2018);

• “Show Me the Money: Successor Liability,” Los Angeles County Bar Labor & Employment Section (2011);

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:  

• Third-Party Discovery in Arbitration: Be Careful What You Ask For, Daily Journal (June 2021)

• “Proving Disability Discrimination in California,” Daily Journal (2016); 

• "Employers Just Can’t Drag Plaintiff to Another State," Daily Journal (2015);

•  “Worker Privacy in Peril,“ Daily Journal (2011);

•  “The Battle for Third-Party Information in Discrimination Claims,” Daily Journal (2011);

Parties involved include employees from security guards to C-Suite Executives, professionals, and academics as well as numerous industries including, entertainment, manufacturing, technology, marketing, security, accounting, law, medicine, retail, non-profits, banking, retail, and telecommunications.  

ADR Training

ACE 2025 - Innovation Meets Integrity; Navigating Technology in Arbitration 2025; AAA-ICDR Panel Conference;

Early Dispute Resolution, AAA (2024);

Managing Impasse through Analytical Settlement Tools (2023);

Central District Advanced Mediation Training, 2022;

Mediating Consumer Credit Cases, 2022;

Post Mediation Follow Up, 2022;

Do You Know When and How an Arbitrator Can Issue a Third-Party Discovery Subpoena? 2022;

Advanced Strategies for Employment Law Mediation, 2022;

The Role of Personality in Managing Conflict, 2021;

ACE21 - Impartiality: Do You Know Where Your Biases Are?, 2021; 2021 AAA-ICDR Panel Conference;

Mediating with Burning Limits Insurance, 2020; Certificate - Mediating the Litigated Case (Pepperdine) 2020

AAA-ICDR Panel Conference; Pepperdine, Certificate -- Mediating the Litigated Case, 2020;

ACE20 - Cyber Security: A Shared Responsibility, 2020;

AAA Adoption of Initial Employment and FLSA Discovery Protocols, 2020;

AAA Pro Se: Managing Cases With Self-Represented Parties, 2020;

AAA ACE 19 Case Finances: What Arbitrators Need to Know, 2019;

Arbitrator Performance and Demeanor: Meeting Participant Expectations, 2018;

Applying the Rules of Evidence (Or Not) In the Final Hearing, 2018;

Arbitrator Subpoenas - Are They Worth the Paper They're Printed On?, 2017;

Arbitration Fundamentals and Best Practices for New AAA Arbitrators, 2016;

Arbitration Awards; Safeguarding, Deciding & Writing Awards, 2016

 Professional Associations

• California State Bar, Labor & Employment Section

• Los Angeles County Bar Association, Labor & Employment & Small Firms Sections 

• California Employment Lawyers Association 

• Beverly Hills Bar Association

• Association of Southern California Defense Counsel

Languages

English. Proficient in Spanish.

Locale

Mid-Wilshire. Zoom or conference facilities are available.