MAP Background Information provided
| Name: | Debra L. Mellinkoff | ||||
| Address: | Mellinkoff Mediation | ||||
| 101 Bridgeway, Suite 203 | |||||
| Sausalito, CA 94965 | |||||
| Telephone: | (415) 289-0300 | Fax: | (415) 289-0400 | ||
| Email: | melmediate@aol.com | ||||
| Fees: | $490 per hour | ||||
| Other Costs: | No administrative fees. | ||||
| BAR Number: | 0000000 | ||||
| Attorney: x | Non-Attorney Professional Mediator/Arbitrator: Retired Judge/Justice: | ||||
| Mediation Experience: | I have been a professional mediator for more than thirty (30) years and have extensive experience in resolving business, banking, securities, probate, real estate, employment, intellectual property, legal and financial advisors malpractice disputes, probate, construction, insurance and environmental disputes. |
| Mediation Training: | Center for Environmental Mediation, 250 Hours, 1976; Center for Mediation In Law, 25 Hours Advanced Training, 1993. |
| Arbitration Experience: | |
| Neutral Evaluation Background: | I have conducted numerous early neutral evaluations in business, banking, securities, real estate and employment matters. |
| Settlement Conference Experience: | |
| Subject | Personal Injury: | Employment: | x | Business: | x | Real Estate: | ||
| Matter: | Legal Malpractice: | x | Public Agency: | Probate: | x | Construction: | ||
| Medical Malpractice: | Environmental: | x | Insurance: | Securities: | x | |||
| Product Liability: | Landlord-Tenant / Neighborhood: | Dental Malpractice: | ||||||
| Foreign Language(s): | Intellectual Property/High Technology: | x | ||||||
| Accoutings: | Conservatorships/Guardianships: | Wills/Trusts: | ||||||
| Other: Banking and Financial Advisor Malpractice | ||||||||
| Other Education: |
University of California Hastings College of the Law, J.D. 1981; University of California Santa Cruz, B.A. 1976. |
| Mediation Approach: |
Although I have experience in all mediation styles, I most often utilize a hybrid model of both the evaluative and facilitative processes. |
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| Neutral Approach: |
After inviting the parties and their counsel to make presentations of thier case, I identify key disputed issues and suggest possible stipulations. Before presenting my written evaluation, I determine whether the parties want to explore settlement through mediation. |
| Other Information: |
For thirteen (13) of the thirty (30) years I have been a professional mediator, I also practiced law in new York City and San Francisco and specialized in civil litigation. I am a memeber of mediation panels for the U.S. District Court Northern District of California, San Francisco Superior Court, Marin County Superior Court, California Court of Appeal, United States Bankruptcy Court and National Association of Securites Dealers, Inc. |
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