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This segment provides practical tools and strategies for preparing for and succeeding in employment mediation. Topics include risk analysis, objective case evaluation of employment disputes, selecting the right mediator for employment matters, drafting effective mediation statements, mediator proposals, understanding mediation dynamics in workplace disputes, and crafting comprehensive settlement agreements in employment cases.
This training is created with a focus on Attorney Mediators.
Mike Balmages is a mediator, arbitrator, and discovery referee with ADR Services, Inc. He has over 50 years of experience as an AV-rated attorney specializing in business, employment, and real estate litigation. He served as General Counsel for the Ocean Pacific surfwear brand and has mediated over 600 cases. Additionally, he has presided at more than 1,000 Mandatory Settlement Conferences in the Orange County Superior Court. Mike is also a former chair of the OCBA ADR section and has been the lead astronomer at the Nature Reserve in Rancho Mission Viejo for over 25 years. He and his wife, Mary, live in North Tustin, and they have eight grandchildren. Mike is also an expert on Moreton Bay Fig trees.
Ellie is a mediator and arbitrator with Signature Resolution. She also serves as an arbitrator on AAA’s Commercial, Technology, and Employment Arbitration panels. Throughout her seventeen-year legal career, she practiced commercial, employment, and civil litigation. For over a decade, she also served as outside general counsel, intellectual property counsel, and privacy counsel to tech companies. Ellie is AV-rated and a Super Lawyer in ADR. She is the Budget Officer of the ABA Section of Dispute Resolution and was Co-Chair of its Early Dispute Resolution Committee from 2020-2024.
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