MAP Background Information provided
| Name: | Bruce D. Wagner | ||||
| Address: | ADR Services, Inc. | ||||
| 100 First Street, 27th Floor | |||||
| San Francisco, CA 94105 | |||||
| Telephone: | (415) 772-0900 | Fax: | (415) 772-0960 | ||
| Email: | www.adrservices.org | ||||
| Fees: | $300 per hour | ||||
| Other Costs: | |||||
| BAR Number: | 0000000 | ||||
| Attorney: x | Non-Attorney Professional Mediator/Arbitrator: Retired Judge/Justice: | ||||
| Mediation Experience: | Ten years hearing well over 140 mediations. While with my law firm, heard numerous mediations at request of San Mateo County Court. |
| Mediation Training: | Attendance at numerous MCLE and other courses both in San Mateo County and San Francisco. |
| Arbitration Experience: | Numerous arbitrations, both binding and non-binding over past 10 years. |
| Neutral Evaluation Background: | Numerous neutral evaluations over the past 10 years. |
| Settlement Conference Experience: | |
| Subject | Personal Injury: | x | Employment: | Business: | Real Estate: | x | ||
| Matter: | Legal Malpractice: | x | Public Agency: | Probate: | Construction: | |||
| Medical Malpractice: | x | Environmental: | Insurance: | x | Securities: | |||
| Product Liability: | x | Landlord-Tenant / Neighborhood: | Dental Malpractice: | |||||
| Foreign Language(s): | Intellectual Property/High Technology: | |||||||
| Accoutings: | Conservatorships/Guardianships: | Wills/Trusts: | ||||||
| Other: | ||||||||
| Other Education: |
Numerous MCLE conferences re: mediation and arbitration. |
| Mediation Approach: |
After reading all briefs, allow all sides to give their position and then try to settle based upon what seems the most reasonable. |
| Arbitration Approach: |
After reading all documents submitted, hearing testimony and arguments, review my notes and make a proper award. |
| Neutral Approach: |
Same as above and keep aware of recent jury awards and arbitrators' awards. |
| Other Information: |
During over forty years of active trial experience, court trials, jury trials (over 150) and numerous arbitrations, have gained an insight as to value of cases. |
| Brief Thumbnail: |
After six years as a deputy district attorney, I have spent over thirty-two years as a civil trial lawyer. During that time I tried over 150 jury trials, sat as Judge Pro Tem in San Mateo county and heard numerous mediations and settlement conferences for our court. In the past nine years I have been an arbitrator and mediator in numerous cases. These inclued personal injury, property damage, legal and medical malpractice, real estate and wrongful death cases. I have found first and foremost to allow all parties to argue their positions, read all briefs and engage each lawyer with the strengths and weaknesses of their case. When advice or suggestion are called for - I give them. A successful mediation beats a jury trial every time! Especially for the client. |