MAP Background Information provided
| Name: | Shirish Gupta | ||||
| Address: | Flashpoint Mediation | ||||
| 1900 S. Norfolk St., Suite 350 | |||||
| San Mateo, CA 94403 | |||||
| Telephone: | (650) 539-4019 | ||||
| Email: | sgupta@flashpointmediation.com | ||||
| Fees: | $550 per hour | ||||
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| BAR Number: | 0205584 | ||||
| Attorney: x | Non-Attorney Professional Mediator/Arbitrator: Retired Judge/Justice: | ||||
| Mediation Experience: | I have been mediating professionally since 2008 and am a 3-time Super Lawyers' Rising Star in ADR. I serve on 15 mediation panels throughout the state, including all three federal district courts with a mediation program, the Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara Superior Courts, the DFEH and several bar associations. |
| Mediation Training: | I am a certified mediator and received my training from BASF, AAA, SF Superior, the Northern District, and Eastern District. In addition, I am a published author on mediation confidentiality and train other neutrals at the State Bar Annual Meeting and Solo and Small Firm Summit. |
| Arbitration Experience: | I have been arbitrating professionally since 2011 and currently serve on several county bar association fee arbitration panels and on the Kaiser Permanente Arbitration System's panel. |
| Neutral Evaluation Background: | I have practiced general civil litigation since 1999 with large law firms and small. In addition, I have first-chaired a trial in San Mateo County and an arbitration. |
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| Subject | Personal Injury: | x | Employment: | x | Business: | x | Real Estate: | x |
| Matter: | Legal Malpractice: | x | Public Agency: | x | Probate: | Construction: | x | |
| Medical Malpractice: | x | Environmental: | x | Insurance: | Securities: | x | ||
| Product Liability: | x | Landlord-Tenant / Neighborhood: | Dental Malpractice: | |||||
| Foreign Language(s): | Intellectual Property/High Technology: | x | ||||||
| Accoutings: | Conservatorships/Guardianships: | Wills/Trusts: | ||||||
| Other: Mortgage Fraud, Consumer Fraud, B&P 17200 & 17500, Tax | ||||||||
| Other Education: |
UC Berkeley, B.A. University of Chicago Law School, J.D. |
| Mediation Approach: |
My goal is to help the parties reach settlement at the mediation or help narrow the issues so that they can settle soon thereafter. I employ a facilitative style and offer my evaluation to the extent that I believe will help the parties reach settlement. I never convert my mediation into an arbitration. |
| Arbitration Approach: |
I believe in due process and that each party needs to be able to present its case. So, I defer the case presentation to the parties and ask clarifying questions. I rule based on the evidence and do not split the difference. |
| Neutral Approach: |
Like in arbitration, I defer the parties to present their best evidence and ask clarifying questions. Even after the ENE session, I ask follow-up questions until I've given my report. |
| Other Information: |
Recipient of the American Arbitration Association's Higginbotham Fellowship and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's Best Under 40 Award. |
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