MAP Background Information provided
| Name: | Philip Keith | ||||
| Address: | 354 Pine Street, Third Floor | ||||
| San Francisco, CA 94104 | |||||
| Telephone: | (415) 433-1790 | Fax: | (415) 986-4056 | ||
| Email: | psk@pkeithlaw.com | ||||
| Fees: | $200 per hour to $550 per hour | ||||
| Other Costs: | None except as agreed by parties | ||||
| BAR Number: | 0039200 | ||||
| Attorney: x | Non-Attorney Professional Mediator/Arbitrator: Retired Judge/Justice: | ||||
| Mediation Experience: | More than 150 mediations in business, real property, probate, landlord-tenant and employment matters. |
| Mediation Training: | U. S. District Court, July 1994; Stanford University - Negotiations Skills - 1994; Basic Mediation Training, American Academy of Attorney Mediators, 1994; Advanced Mediation, Pepperdine University; - 1997; Advanced Mediation, U. S. District Court, 1998; Appellate Mediation, California First District Court of Appeal - 2000; Continuing Education Programs by the First District Court of Appeal and United States District Court. |
| Arbitration Experience: | More than 100 arbitrations in all areas of civil litigation. |
| Neutral Evaluation Background: | About 25 early neutral evaluations for the U.S. District Court in complex matters. |
| Settlement Conference Experience: | |
| Subject | Personal Injury: | Employment: | x | Business: | x | Real Estate: | x | |
| Matter: | Legal Malpractice: | Public Agency: | x | Probate: | x | Construction: | ||
| Medical Malpractice: | Environmental: | Insurance: | Securities: | |||||
| Product Liability: | Landlord-Tenant / Neighborhood: | Dental Malpractice: | ||||||
| Foreign Language(s): | Intellectual Property/High Technology: | |||||||
| Accoutings: | x | Conservatorships/Guardianships: | x | Wills/Trusts: | x | |||
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| Mediation Approach: |
Primarily directive and evaluative; although, I use facilitative techniques when appropriate. |
| Arbitration Approach: |
I apply applicable substantive law and rules of evidence unless the parties agree to another procedure. The sessions are usually informal. |
| Neutral Approach: |
I rely on the parties\' briefs to provide the basic framework for evaluating the case and use the session to add additional factual information required to complete the process. I consider all sides in reaching an evaluation. |
| Other Information: |
I like to have pre-session telephone conferences with the attorneys to assist in a productive session. |
| Brief Thumbnail: |
I have been involved in civil litigation for more than 40 years. I am a firm believer in ADR procedures as an effective and effcient means to settle disputes before and during litigation. ADR procedures leads to resolutions which are faster, less expensive, more creative and better tailored to all parties\' interests. It is the exception that a case may not be resolved through ADR. |