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Owner, Louise A. LaMothe, A Professional Corporation, private mediation and arbitration; Also, from 2014 to 2024 United States Magistrate Judge, Central District of California (part time); formerly associate and partner, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA, 1974-1992; senior litigation principal, Riordan & McKinzie (now Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP), Los Angeles, CA, 1992-1996; of counsel, Bird, Marella, Boxer, Wolpert & Matz, Los Angeles, CA, 1996-1999
Mediator beginning in 1993; has mediated hundreds of cases, including many under both California state and federal court programs, as well as international disputes.
My mediation style is fitted to the circumstances of each case. I am usually fairly facilitative, but am evaluative where it is necessary
Commercial and employment, domestic and international; intellectual property; partnerships; franchises and joint ventures; entertainment; real estate and insurance; healthcare.
In California Central Coast area, $1200/ hour; elsewhere, $1400/ hour; no charge for travel within 100 miles of Santa Barbara; video conferencing available on request
National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN); College of Commercial Arbitrators (CCA); American Bar Association, Section of Dispute Resolution, Section of Litigation, former Chair, Section of Litigation (1992-93); California State Bar; Santa Barbara and Ventura County Bar Associations; California Women Lawyers (life member), Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Women Lawyers Associations
Louise LaMothe +1-310-503-9867
lalamothe@dispute-solutions.com
Strauss Institute (Pepperdine University School of Law) Mediating the Litigated case, 1997; AAA training programs annually; other mediation training periodically
College of Commercial Arbitrators, Evolving Roles: The Appropriate Role of Arbitrators in the Continuum of Dispute Resolution (2015); ABA Webinar, Representing Clients in Mediation: A Master Class in Mediation Advocacy (2015); ABA Section of Litigation, Mediation with the Masters (2010)
Mediating Multi Party Cases, ABA Section Of Dispute Resolution, April 2018
"Med-Arb: Yes or No?" NYSBA New York Dispute Resolution Lawyer (Spring 2012); "Want to have More Successful Mediations?" ABA, Section of Litigation, Mediation with the Masters (2010); Mediating Civil Rights Cases, Daily Journal (2024) (with Hon. Michael Wilner)
IMI Code of Professional Conduct; California Dispute Resolution Council (CDRC) Standards of Practice for California Mediators
IMI Professional Conduct Assessment Process
Complete Equity Markets, Inc. (in CA d/b/a/ Complete Equity Markets Insurance Agency, Inc. SL# OD44077, Arbitrators and Mediators Professional Liability Insurance, $1 MM