MAP Background Information provided
| Name: | William J. Diffenderfer | ||||
| Address: | 2415 San Ramon Valley Blvd # 4337 | ||||
| San Ramon, CA 94583 | |||||
| Telephone: | (925) 588-1361 | Fax: | (866) 425-3460 | ||
| Email: | Bill@woodruffdrc.com | ||||
| Fees: | $290 per hour | ||||
| Other Costs: | None. No charges for travel or travel-related expenses. Fees split between the parties. | ||||
| BAR Number: | 0107963 | ||||
| Attorney: x | Non-Attorney Professional Mediator/Arbitrator: Retired Judge/Justice: | ||||
| Mediation Experience: | Mediation participant in hundreds of cases over 26-year career in civil litigation. From 1990 to 2008, Mediator in approximately 75 matters; as of January 2009 engaged in full time ADR work. |
| Mediation Training: | 47 hours of specialized mediation training, including Rosenberg 40 hour course. |
| Arbitration Experience: | Arbitration participant (various forms of arbitration) in dozens of matters over litigation career dating to 1983. As of April 2009, Arbitrator of approximately 25 matters. |
| Neutral Evaluation Background: | Contra Costa County Neutral Evaluation program; Day of Trial Settlement Mentor. |
| Settlement Conference Experience: | |
| Subject | Personal Injury: | x | Employment: | Business: | Real Estate: | x | ||
| Matter: | Legal Malpractice: | Public Agency: | Probate: | Construction: | x | |||
| Medical Malpractice: | x | Environmental: | Insurance: | Securities: | ||||
| Product Liability: | x | Landlord-Tenant / Neighborhood: | Dental Malpractice: | |||||
| Foreign Language(s): | Intellectual Property/High Technology: | |||||||
| Accoutings: | Conservatorships/Guardianships: | Wills/Trusts: | ||||||
| Other: Professional Liability: Dental, Real Estate Agent/Broker, Insurance Agent/Broker, Architects & Engineers. | ||||||||
| Other Education: |
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A. (with honors) 1979 University of Oregon, J.D. 1982. Rosenberg Mediation Training 2009. |
| Mediation Approach: |
I will tailor my approach to whatever method is required by the parties or to resolve the dispute. I expect to start most mediations in a facilitative fashion; while many are resolved in this mode, others are best resolved when I take a more evaluative/directive role with the individual parties. Whichever method is utilized, it is ultimately the parties that will decide how and when to resolve their dispute. |
| Arbitration Approach: |
Unless agreed otherwise, evidence received as it would be in Court and any decisions are made based on the law and evidence presented, based on what I believe a local judge or jury would decide. |
| Neutral Approach: |
I consider all facts and factors, ask questions of and challenge the participants regarding potential outcomes, and inform parties of my view based on these and my experience. |
| Other Information: |
ADR Panelist in various counties; I travel to wherever the parties need my services. |
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