ADR Experience/Training

• Mediator-Arbitrator-Referee, ADR Services, Inc. (Mediating since 1999)

• Adjunct Faculty, UC Berkeley School of Law and Haas Graduate Business School (since 2018)

• Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Ross Stores, Inc. (2007–2012)

• Vice President & General Counsel, Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, Inc. (2000-2007)

• Partner, Freeland Cooper LeHocky & Hamburg (1988–2000)

Education

J.D., University of California Berkeley School of Law; B.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Licenses/Certification

California State Bar; Admitted to practice in all US District Courts in California; Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals; US Supreme Court

Affiliations

Former Co-Chair, American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section Mediation Committee; Co-Chair, BASF ADR/Arbitration Section; Former Member, Board of Directors, Contra Costa County Bar Association

Honors Awards

Named “2024 Mediator of the Year” and “2022 Mediator of the Year” for the San Francisco area by BestLawyers(c); Also named among the “Best Lawyers in America for Mediation” for 2016 — 2024 by BestLawyers

Articles/Publications

“Road to Somewhere: Steps to Improve Settlement Efforts and Avoid Unpleasant Surprises”, US News–Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms of 2022” (Nov 4, 2021); “Reassessing Litigation in a Pandemic: 4 Questions Worth Asking”, Daily Journal (July 31, 2020).