The 2021 conference theme is “Agility, Disruption and Reinvention: ADR in a New World.” Our world faced many extreme challenges in 2020, including a deadly global pandemic requiring seismic shifts in our personal and professional lives. We have witnessed incidents of police killing black people and heightened awareness and denial... read more
“Parenting Coordination: The Swiss Army Knife of Custody Tools” Presented by the Bar Association of San Francisco, Family Law Section Wednesday, March 3, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Parenting Coordinators, sometimes known as Custody Special Masters, provide an efficient and cost-effective tool for dispute resolution in cases... read more
Residential Landlord Tenant Actions: The New Senate Bill 91, and Updates on Unlawful Detainers, Rent Relief and Rent Collection Tuesday, February 23, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Join Frank Burke, Esq. and an expert panel of lawyers and Judges as they discuss the newly enacted California Senate... read more
ADR Services, Inc. is proud to announce the addition of Hon. Barbara R. Johnson (Ret.) to our panel of distinguished neutrals. Judge Johnson recently retired from the Los Angeles Superior Court after 27 years on the bench. She enjoyed a distinguished judicial career as a respected trial judge with an... read more
Published in the Lawyers Club of San Diego, January 2021 Newsletter] 2021 marks 30 years since the Honorable (Retired) Judge Patricia Cowett was elected by her colleagues to be the San Diego Municipal Court’s Presiding Judge in 1991. Judge Cowett was the second woman to serve in this position, following... read more
Resolving cases virtually during the continuing global pandemic is the new normal. With not much hope for in-person jury trials, litigants are left in limbo. Rather than wait an eternity for the resumption of traditional jury trials, counsel are choosing virtual mediations and arbitrations to bring their matters to closure.... read more
[Published in the January 2021 issue of The Advocate, the Journal of Consumer Attorneys Associations for Southern California] There’s a school of thought that teaches plaintiffs’ lawyers to call a defense witness as the first witness at trial because it makes the jury focus immediately on the bad acts of... read more
ADR Services, Inc. is proud to sponsor the Alameda County Bar Association’s Virtual Installation and Distinguished Service Awards Night on January 21, 2021. We extend our congratulations to the 2021 Award Recipients and the ACBA Board of Directors. ... read more
[Co-sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association and Women Lawyers of Alameda County] Join ACBA and WLAC for an exclusive film screening of A Woman’s Work: The NFL’s Cheerleader Problem. The documentary follows two former NFL cheerleaders who file class-action lawsuits against the league alleging wage theft and illegal employment... read more
Ana Sambold, Esq., a mediator with ADR Services, Inc. was recently named ADR Section Chair for the San Diego County Bar Association. “It my greatest pleasure to give back to the community that has given me so much. We are at a crossroads in history where ADR professionals and conflict resolution... read more
