MAP Background Information provided
| Name: | Robert W. Cullen | ||||
| Address: | 1650 The Alameda | ||||
| San Jose, CA 95126 | |||||
| Telephone: | (408) 279-6500 | Fax: | (408) 279-6510 | ||
| Email: | rcullen@cullengroup.com | ||||
| Fees: | $425 per hour | ||||
| Other Costs: | none | ||||
| BAR Number: | 0107956 | ||||
| Attorney: x | Non-Attorney Professional Mediator/Arbitrator: Retired Judge/Justice: | ||||
| Mediation Experience: | Extensive mediation experience for 6 years as a mediator. I was a lawyer with 20 years of experience before becoming a mediator. I also teach dispute resolution and negotiation at Santa Clara Law School. |
| Mediation Training: | Mediation Program, Center for Mediation in Law Harvard Negotiation Program, Harvard Law School Cutting Edge Negotiation Strategy, The Negotiation Strategy Institute |
| Arbitration Experience: | Extensive experience as a single arbitrator and as one of muti member panels. |
| Neutral Evaluation Background: | Pro bono settlement volunteer for the Bar and Bench. |
| Settlement Conference Experience: | |
| Subject | Personal Injury: | Employment: | x | Business: | x | Real Estate: | x | |
| Matter: | Legal Malpractice: | Public Agency: | Probate: | Construction: | x | |||
| Medical Malpractice: | Environmental: | Insurance: | x | Securities: | ||||
| Product Liability: | Landlord-Tenant / Neighborhood: | Dental Malpractice: | ||||||
| Foreign Language(s): | Intellectual Property/High Technology: | |||||||
| Accoutings: | Conservatorships/Guardianships: | Wills/Trusts: | ||||||
| Other: | ||||||||
| Other Education: |
Hastings College of Law |
| Mediation Approach: |
I use a host of techniques. I primarily use a facilitative methodology. I teach negotiation and dispute resolution at Santa Clara Law School and make sure to use different techniches depending upon the circumstances. |
| Arbitration Approach: |
I am semi-formal in my approach. I look for time saving approaches in accepting evidence and testimony. I adhere to the law in my rulings. |
| Neutral Approach: |
I am semi-formal. I look for both sides to incorporate the facts and the law for evaluation. |
| Other Information: |
Adjunct Professor, Santa Clara Law School--Dispute Resolution and Negotiation. |
| Brief Thumbnail: |
I have extensive practical and theoretical experience in the area of Dispute Resolution. I keep up with, and teach, law in this area. I litigated for 20 years and have spent the last 6 years focusing on resolving dispute. I have been involved in many madiations and arbitrations dealing with diverse issues and parties, including a wide variety of corporations, employers and employees, developers, real estate contracts, contractors, primary and excess insurance carriers, financial institutions, and other diverse parties. I have extensive ADR experience and success in resolving issues. |