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Stephen Blitch, Esq. has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

Hon. James Emerson (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

John A. Russo, Esq. has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

ADR Services, Inc. tops list of Daily Journal's Top 50 Neutrals!

William Ginsburg, Esq. has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Century City!

Four out of seven ADR Services, Inc. panelists are named Entertainment Power Mediators for 2009.  The Hollywood Reporter chose the following four Entertainment Power Mediators from ADR Services, Inc.: Hon. Robert Altman (Ret.), Hon. Eli Chernow (Ret.), Hon. Enrique Romero (Ret.) and Denise Madigan, Esq.

ADR Services, Inc. tops list of Los Angeles Magazine's "Super Lawyers"!

Jobi Halper, Esq. has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Diego!

Victoria Pynchon, Esq. has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Century City!

Hon. Patricia Cowett (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Diego!

Hon. Joe Hilberman (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Century City!

Michael Brady, Esq. has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

Hon. Douglas Swager (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

Hon. James P. Gray (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Orange County!

ADR Services, Inc. settles with nine neutrals named to Daily Journal's "Top 40" List!

ADR Services, Inc. tops list of Los Angeles Magazine's "Super Lawyers"!

Hon. Tully H. Seymour (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Orange County!

Hon. Richard O. Frazee, Sr. (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Orange County!

Hon. Bonnie Sabraw (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

Hon. Coleman Swart (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Los Angeles!

Hon. Alexander Williams III (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Century City!

Hon. Dzintra Janavs (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Los Angeles!

Hon. William Stein (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

Jeffrey Krivis, Esq. has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

Hon. Richard Curtis, Comm. (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Orange County!

Hon. Edward Huntington (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Diego!

Hon. Patricia Collins (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Century City!

Hon. Wendell Mortimer (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Los Angeles!

Hon. Dennis Choate (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Orange County!

ADR Services, Inc. settles with twelve neutrals named to Daily Journal's "Top 40" List!

ADR Services, Inc. tops list of Los Angeles Magazine's "Super Lawyers"!

In 2007, ADR Services, Inc. donated over 2,600 hours in Pro Bono service, amounting to over $1 million in free dispute resolution services!

ADR Services, Inc. partners with the ABA to present Arbitrating the Mega Case, February 8, 2008.

ADR Services, Inc.'s neutral Eugene Moscovitch, Esq., settles $25.5 million illegal strip-search case.

ADR Services, Inc. neutral Eugene Moscovitch, Esq. settled a $25.5 million illegal strip-search case last September.
As many as 160,000 inmates sued the County of San Bernardino's Sheriff's Department in U.S. District Court for being subjected to illegal jailhouse strip searches during a five year period. These illegal strip-searches were allegedly done by jailers and sometimes done in front of inmates and deputies of the opposite sex.

When the time came to discuss settlement and enter into mediation, both the San Bernardino County's Board of Supervisors and Southern California's top civil rights lawyers turned to Gene Moscovitch for assistance.

Gene is a former deputy federal public defender and a mediator of numerous cases involving claims of excessive force, failure to protect, and deliberate indifference to inmates medical and psychological needs.

Over the course of a three day mediation, Gene Moscovitch worked directly with two national insurance carriers, over 20 lawyers, and many high ranking public officials, all with divergent political beliefs and agendas. In the end, Gene was able to assist the parties in reaching a $25.5 million dollar settlement that is now a matter of public record. In fact, the settlement is one of the largest payouts in a jailhouse strip-search case.

ADR Services, Inc.'s neutral Justice Laurence Kay settles $96 million Smokeless Tobacco claim.

ADR Services, Inc. neutral Justice Laurence Kay was featured on the front page of The Recorder in October of 2007 for mediating the $96 million cash settlement of the litigation known simply as the Smokeless Tobacco Cases, 02-004250. The California class action antitrust litigation involved claims of anti-competitive practices and anti-trust violations.

The Smokeless Tobacco Cases found their origin in Kentucky when allegations of monopolistic business practices by United Smokeless Tobacco (UST) came to light upon the filing of a federal Sherman Act suit. A competitor, Conwood Sales, Co., accused UST of underhanded business practices, including the use of exclusive vending agreements with retailers and the destruction of competitors' point-of-sale displays.

These suits gained real momentum when in 2000, a federal jury in Kentucky ordered United Smokeless Tobacco to pay treble damages to Conwood totaling $1.05 billion and that verdict was later help up on appeal.

Justice Kay helped the parties to reach consensus with only three months left before trial. The settlement resolved claims that US Tobacco engaged in "extensive restrictive and exclusionary acts" to eliminate competition for moist snuff. It is the only class action in which United Smokeless Tobacco has agreed to pay cash to consumers instead of coupons.

Hon. Laurence Kay is the former presiding justice on the First District Court of Appeal in California, Division 4. He has been a full time neutral since 2005, when he retired from the bench. He has been exclusive with ADR Services, Inc. since his retirement and is considered to be one of their premiere neutrals in Northern California.

Hon. Edward Kolker (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Diego!

Hon. Joanne Parrilli (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

ADR Services, Inc. Tops List of Daily Journal "Top 30 Neutrals"!

ADR Services, Inc. Tops List of Los Angeles Magazine "Super Lawyers"!

ADR Services, Inc. neutral Hon. Michael Marcus (Ret.) has been elected to the Board of Governors of the California State Bar.

ADR Services, Inc. neutral Hon. Gregory O'Brien (Ret.) has been appointed to the ADR Committee of the California State Bar.

ADR Panelist Michael Diliberto, Esq. featured on the "Insider Exclusive" TV show, hosted by Steve Murphy, as President of the Italian American Lawyers Association.

Linda Bulmash, Esq. chosen by Los Angeles County Bar as Newsletter author! 

ADR News

March Events

California Judges Association (CJA) Retired Judges Conference (March 19-21) Monterey Plaza Hotel
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel 49th Annual Seminar (March 4-5)
Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

Top 10 Up-and-Coming Neutral (Daily Journal 2009) Hon. Joe Hilberman settles Real Property dispute for $3.06 million!

December Events

LAIPLA Judges' Night 2009 & IP Person of the Year Award Presentation (December 1, 2009) The Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles
ADR Services, Inc. is a proud sponsor of this event. 

November Events

CAOC's 48th Annual Convention (November 12-15, 2009) The Fairmont, San Francisco
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

October Events

ABTL's 36th Annual Seminar - Lost in Translation: Cross-Border Considerations in California Litigation (October 1-4, 2009) The Broadmoor Colorado Springs, Colorado
ADR Services, Inc. is a proud sponsor of this event and will be exhibiting.

CELA's 22nd Annual Employment Law Conference (October 2-3, 2009) Oakland Marriott City Center
Oakland, California
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.   

September Events

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles - 27th Annual Las Vegas Convention
(September 3-6, 2009) Las Vegas, Nevada
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

State Bar of California - 82nd Annual Meeting (September 10-13, 2009) Grand Hyatt, San Diego
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

The Hon. Dennis S. Choate (Ret.) and the Los Angeles City Attorney work with faith community leaders to settle dispute over Los Angeles Marathon.

ADR Services, Inc. panelist Hon. Joe Hilberman (Ret.) speaks on "Resolving Environmental Disputes in the Courts and Through Mediation"at Parker, Milliken, Clark, O'Hara & Samuelian's 25th Annual Environmental Law Seminar.

We are proud to announce that at the International Academy of Mediators (IAM) meeting in New York, ADR Services, Inc. panelist Eugene C. Moscovitch, Esq. was asked to serve a 3-year term on the board of governors of International Academy of Mediators in anticipation of their London Conference. ADR's own Denise Madigan, Esq., Jan Frankel Schau, Esq. and Ralph Williams, Esq. will be attending the conference with Eugene along with top commercial mediators from Asia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Israel, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain and the United States. 

Santa Monica Mirror reports successful settlement negotiated in police shooting case by "respected retired judge Joe Hilberman."

ADR Services, Inc.'s Northern California neutral Hon. Bonnie Sabraw (Ret.) featured in Recorder's ADR UPDATE, A Roundtable Discussion.

March Events

California Judges Association (CJA) Retired Judges Conference (March 20-21) Monterey Plaza Hotel
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel 48th Annual Seminar (March 26-27)
Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

ADR Services, Inc.'s panelist Michael R. Diliberto, Esq. conducted mediation training for judges and lawyers in Ecuador in 2009. He was also interviewed about mediation on two Ecuadorian television stations (in Spanish), which are posted on his profile at www.SuperMediator.com

We have moved and expanded our Downtown Los Angeles office to a new location!

December Events

ADCNC's Annual Meeting, Westin St. Francis, San Francisco (December 4-5, 2008)
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

November Events

CAOC's 47th Annual Convention, The Fairmont San Francisco (November 6-9, 2008)
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

October Events

CELA's 21st Annual Employment Law Conference, Hilton Pasadena (October 3-4, 2008)
Pasadena, California
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

September Events

ABTL's 35th Annual Seminar, Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, Poipu, Kauai (September 24-29, 2008)
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

OCTLA Monthly Dinner Program, Winning BIG in Small Cases, Orange County (September 25, 2008)
ADR Services, Inc. is a proud sponsor of this event.

August Events

Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles - 26th Annual Las Vegas Convention
(August 28-31, 2008) Las Vegas, Nevada
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

June Events

Santa Monica Bar Association - "Thank You Reception" (June 18)
ADR Services, Inc. is a proud sponsor of this event.

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles - WLALApalooza (June 19)
ADR Services, Inc. is a proud sponsor of this event.

May Events

West Coast Casualty - Annual Construction Defect Seminar (May 7-9) Disneyland Hotel
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

April Events

Beverly Hills Bar Association - Labor & Employment Section
"Arbitration Clauses in Employment Contracts: Benefit or Burden?" with moderator and ADR Services, Inc. panelist Linda Bulmash, Esq. Panel: Hon. Michael Marcus (Ret.), Doug Silverstein, Everett Meiners and Deborah Rothman
Thursday, April 24 - 6:00 p.m. at Beverly Hills Country Club

March Events

California Judges Association (March 14-16) Monterey Plaza Hotel
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

Association of Southern California Defense Counsel 47th Annual Seminar (March 27-28)
Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.

February Events

ABTL Dinner Program (February 19) Downtown Los Angeles, California
Biltmore Hotel, 506 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles "High Stakes Public Interest Cases"
ADR Services, Inc. is one of the main sponsors of this event.

SFVBA's Annual Judges' Night (February 21) Woodland Hills, California
6360 Canoga Avenue, Woodland Hills
ADR Services, Inc. is one of the main sponsors of this event.

ADR Services, Inc.'s neutral Michael R. Diliberto has been appointed to serve as a part-time Administrative Law Judge by the Presiding Judges of the Office of Administrative Hearings, Los Angeles. As an administrative Law Judge, Michael hears matters brought by various agencies, including the Department of Real Estate, Department of Insurance, Cal Trans, Medical Board, Department of Motor Vehicles, California Department of Education, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Resources Board and the Energy Commission. Michael continues to serve as a full-time mediator and arbitrator with ADR Services, Inc.

John Van de Kamp, Esq. to Receive Witkin Medal

In 2007, ADR Services, Inc. donated over 2,600 hours in Pro Bono service, amounting to over $1 million in free dispute resolution services!

ADR Services, Inc.'s neutral Eugene Moscovitch, Esq., settles $25.5 million illegal strip-search case.

ADR Services, Inc. neutral Eugene Moscovitch, Esq. settled a $25.5 million illegal strip-search case last September.
As many as 160,000 inmates sued the County of San Bernardino's Sheriff's Department in U.S. District Court for being subjected to illegal jailhouse strip searches during a five year period. These illegal strip-searches were allegedly done by jailers and sometimes done in front of inmates and deputies of the opposite sex.

When the time came to discuss settlement and enter into mediation, both the San Bernardino County's Board of Supervisors and Southern California's top civil rights lawyers turned to Gene Moscovitch for assistance.

Gene is a former deputy federal public defender and a mediator of numerous cases involving claims of excessive force, failure to protect, and deliberate indifference to inmates medical and psychological needs.

Over the course of a three day mediation, Gene Moscovitch worked directly with two national insurance carriers, over 20 lawyers, and many high ranking public officials, all with divergent political beliefs and agendas. In the end, Gene was able to assist the parties in reaching a $25.5 million dollar settlement that is now a matter of public record. In fact, the settlement is one of the largest payouts in a jailhouse strip-search case.

ADR Services, Inc.'s neutral Justice Laurence Kay settles $96 million Smokeless Tobacco claim.

ADR Services, Inc. neutral Justice Laurence Kay was featured on the front page of The Recorder in October of 2007 for mediating the $96 million cash settlement of the litigation known simply as the Smokeless Tobacco Cases, 02-004250. The California class action antitrust litigation involved claims of anti-competitive practices and anti-trust violations.

The Smokeless Tobacco Cases found their origin in Kentucky when allegations of monopolistic business practices by United Smokeless Tobacco (UST) came to light upon the filing of a federal Sherman Act suit. A competitor, Conwood Sales, Co., accused UST of underhanded business practices, including the use of exclusive vending agreements with retailers and the destruction of competitors' point-of-sale displays.

These suits gained real momentum when in 2000, a federal jury in Kentucky ordered United Smokeless Tobacco to pay treble damages to Conwood totaling $1.05 billion and that verdict was later help up on appeal.

Justice Kay helped the parties to reach consensus with only three months left before trial. The settlement resolved claims that US Tobacco engaged in "extensive restrictive and exclusionary acts" to eliminate competition for moist snuff. It is the only class action in which United Smokeless Tobacco has agreed to pay cash to consumers instead of coupons.

Hon. Laurence Kay is the former presiding justice on the First District Court of Appeal in California, Division 4. He has been a full time neutral since 2005, when he retired from the bench. He has been exclusive with ADR Services, Inc. since his retirement and is considered to be one of their premiere neutrals in Northern California.

Hon. Edward Kolker (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Diego!

Hon. Joanne Parrilli (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Francisco!

Hon. Richard Lyman (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - Orange County!

Hon. Frederick Mandabach (Ret.) has joined ADR Services, Inc. - San Diego!

October Events

ABTL Annual Seminar (October 5-7) Napa Valley, California
ADR Services, Inc. is one of the main sponsors of this event.
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting in the main hall. 

November Events

CAOC 46th Annual Convention (November 9-11) San Francisco, California
ADR Services, Inc. is one of the main sponsors of this event.
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting in the main hall. 

December Events

ADCNC 48th Annual Meeting (December 13-14) San Francisco, California 
ADR Services, Inc. will be exhibiting at this event.