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Since 1989, mediated over 290 matters, many of which were mediated prior to suits being filed. Most matters involved employment disputes and the remainder have generally been personal injury, franchise, health care, intellectiual property, software or commercial disputes. Approximately 160 of these matters included employment disputes involving such matters as Title VII, FLSA, FMLA, ADA, OSHA, ERISA benefits, non-compete agreements, individual employment contracts and collective actions. Approximately 50 of the matters involved commercial disputes including franchises, software disputes, consumer matters, homeowner disputes and landlord-tenant disputes. Approximately 50 involved personal injury disputes. Of the employment matters, over 100 involved various federal or state statutory discrimination claims against private employers, approximately 20 involved employee benefit or ERISA issues, approximately 15 involved public employers, and approximately 14 involved FLSA collective actions. The employment mediations have generally ranged from $100,000 to $20,000,000 in damage claims. Generally, the larger claims involved contract disputes centering on bonuses and stock options. Of the commercial disputes, approximately 20 included franchises and approximately 15 included software disputes. The commercial claims have generally ranged from $50,000 to $2,000,000. Of all mediations, approximately 40 involved the hospitality industry, 40 involved the retail industry, 30 involved the insurance industry, 20 involved the media industry and 15 involved the medical/health care industry.

Has served as a mediator in approximately 30 multi-party matters, including multi-party plaintiffs and multi-party defendants. Approximately one half of these multi-party claims involved employment disputes

Has served as a mediator in 25 labor disputes.