MAP Background Information provided
| Name: | Dennis R. Kay | ||||
| Address: | P.O. Box 5091 | ||||
| San Mateo, CA 94402 | |||||
| Telephone: | (650) 573-7579 | Fax: | (650) 573-7579 | ||
| Email: | denkay4adr@yahoo.com | ||||
| Fees: | $300 per hour | ||||
| Other Costs: | Fees split equally by the parties. Clerical/Transcript (if required). | ||||
| BAR Number: | 0000000 | ||||
| Attorney: | Non-Attorney Professional Mediator/Arbitrator: x Retired Judge/Justice: | ||||
| Mediation Experience: | Mediator since 1981, over 500 cases. Consumer, workplace, family, landlord/tenant, neighbor-to-neighbor, real estate, construction, contracts, victim/offender, and personal injury. |
| Mediation Training: | UC Santa Cruz ADR Professional Certificate , Meg Miranda & Associates 25 hours, San Mateo County Mediation Program Training, continuing education trainings over the last 25 years, approximately 250 hours. |
| Arbitration Experience: | Better Business Bureaus of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, Senior Arbitrator since 1988, Approximately 100 cases, Contracts, Business, Employment, Real Estate, Consumer and Lemon Law, Fee Dispute Arbitrator San Mateo County Bar Association |
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| Subject | Personal Injury: | x | Employment: | x | Business: | x | Real Estate: | x |
| Matter: | Legal Malpractice: | Public Agency: | x | Probate: | Construction: | x | ||
| Medical Malpractice: | Environmental: | Insurance: | x | Securities: | ||||
| Product Liability: | Landlord-Tenant / Neighborhood: | x | Dental Malpractice: | |||||
| Foreign Language(s): | Intellectual Property/High Technology: | |||||||
| Accoutings: | Conservatorships/Guardianships: | Wills/Trusts: | ||||||
| Other: Lemon Law | ||||||||
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| Mediation Approach: |
Facilitative, using the caucus, when needed, to help the parties develop their own solutions. |
| Arbitration Approach: |
Fair, attentive, neutral, in control, leading the search for the facts. |
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| Other Information: |
1989 San Mateo County Better Business Bureau Arbitrator of the year, San Mateo County award for outstanding contributions to the development of ADR, 1996 award for distinguished service as a Professional Mediator in San Mateo County. |
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In addition to being a Certified Dispute Resolution Specialist for over 25 years in San Mateo and San Francisco, I have an extensive background in a verity of business ventures as an owner of several successful business and as a consultant. As a 30 year resident of San Mateo County I have served on the Civil Grand Jury, County Human Relations Commission, Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center and the Foster City Police Emergency Services Unit and have been a Volunteer Big Brother and well a Youth Advisor for several organizations. Resume available upon request. |