Litigation Experience
- Trial practice of family law matters and probate matters (including trusts, guardianships, and conservatorships) and trial team management in negligence, personal injury, business and real estate litigation from 1975 to present.
- Experience includes representing corporate and individual clients, both plaintiff and defendants, in partnership, contract, commercial and personal injury actions.
- Criminal experience in felony jury trials, preliminary hearings, and numerous felony and misdemeanor court trials.
Mediation Experience
Successfully mediated more than 800 disputes. Special emphasis on multi-party, high emotion mediations. Has facilitated settlement in numerous cases involving:
- Dissolution Of Marriage
- Custody
- Estate Planning, Guardianships, Conservatorships And Probate Litigation
- Automobile Collisions (Multi-Party), Trucks, Bicycle, Motorcycle
- Premises Liability
- Negligent Care, Wrongful Death
- Sexual Abuse
- Real Estate Sales Disputes
- Neighborhood Disputes
- Employment Contract Disputes
- Defective Products
- Wrongful Eviction
- Prenuptial Agreements
Mediation Training
- Victims of Violent Crimes (36 hours, 2002)
- PEER Mediation - Conflict Management (24 hours, 2000)
- First District Court of Appeals (20 hours, 2000)
- Academy of Family Mediators (Chicago, 1999)
- REDRESS Training - United States Postal Service (1998)
- Resourceful Mediation - Advanced Mediation Skills (20 hours, 1995)
- Mastering Conflict Resolution (40 hours, 1994)
- Northern California Mediation Center (40 hours, 1992)
- American Arbitration Association (1989)
- Numerous other four to eight hours training programs
Mediation Trainer
Brian has trained hundreds of mediators, both at the trial court level and the First District Court of Appeals with emphasis in the family law and probate areas.
