Malcolm Sher
Attorney / MediatorMalcolm Sher 4 Mediated Solutions
Email: malcolm@sher4mediatedsolutions.com Website: https://www.sfbar.org/adr-services/mediation-panelists/sher/ADR Services
ARBITRATORS, MEDIATORS
Additional Services
Neutral Evaluation.
To hire this person as your mediator, please ADR Program Manager: adr@sfbar.org.
Specialty Areas
Arbitration Services: Business, Commercial, Construction, Contracts, Credit/Financial, Discrimination/Sexual Harassment, Elder, Employment, Fee Disputes, International, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues, Partnership Disputes, Personal Injury, Probate/Trust, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Uninsured Motorists
Mediation Services: Business, Commercial, Construction, Contracts, Credit/Financial, Discrimination/Sexual Harassment, Elder, Employment, Family, Fee Disputes, International, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Issues, Partnership Disputes, Personal Injury, Probate/Trust, Professional Malpractice, Real Estate, Uninsured Motorists
ADR Experience/Training
Specialize in high emotional, cross-cultural disputes. Have mediated and arbitrated hundreds of cases in above specialty areas. Flexible approach. Respectful style. Willing to be evaluative, if appropriate. Training includes Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University, Symposium at Harvard Negotiation Project, Steve Rosenberg Advanced Training. Have been panelist on numerous ADR programs.
Education
LLB (Hons), Law, London University, 1969.
Licenses/Certification
California Bar, 1976; Solicitor of the Supreme Courts of England and Wales, 1972.
Affiliations
Bar Associations of San Francisco, Alameda and Contra Costa; ADRNC; National and California Academies of Distinguished Neutrals; The Mediation Society.
Honors Awards
State Bar of California; ADR Standing Committee; Executive Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration, 2010-2015.
Articles/Publications
Recognizing and Validating Diversity in Mediation, San Francisco Daily Journal, June 2012; “The High Cost of Failing to Prepare for Mediation”, SFDJ, February 2012; “The Tail Wagging the Dog: Strategies for Settling Attorneys Fees – Driven Cases”, SFDJ, February 2011; “Partition Actions Come in Many Shapes and Sizes”, SFDJ, April 21, 2010; “Consider Mediating Fee Disputes Gracefully”, SFDJ, November 11, 2013; “An Alternative Approach to Pre-Mediation Discovery” SFDJ, October 7, 2013.