Stefan M. Mason, Esq.
Nature of Practice
Mediation of Employment, Business and Professional Disputes.
Experience
Extensive experience mediating, arbitrating and handling claims involving breach of employment agreements, employment discrimination, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, disability and age discrimination. Visiting Lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law, 1985. State Bar lecturer for MCLE credit in Employment Discrimination Litigation and Mediation, 1970 to Present. Visiting Mediation Practitioner, Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
As a neutral, Mr. Mason has successfully mediated hundreds of disputes, including complicated sexual harassment, wrongful termination and all types of discrimination claims. Certified mediator and arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association (1975-2000). Member of the Los Angeles Police Commission's Board of Rights serving as a Commission Hearing Examiner (1994-1997).
Work History
| 2000 to Present | President, Stefan M. Mason, A Mediation Corporation |
| 1979 to 2000 | President, Stefan M. Mason, A Law Corporation |
| 1970 to 1979 | Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson |
| 1967 to 1970 | Associate, Munger, Tolles, Hills & Rickershauser |
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law, Juris Doctorate, 1967
Order-of-the Coif, Editor-in Chief, UCLA Law Review
Dartmouth College, B.A., 1962
Dispute Resolution Training
Holds certifications of training in mediation from Pepperdine University School of Law, The Center for Dispute Resolution, and the American Arbitration Association.
Professional Licenses
1983 U.S. Supreme Court
1979 U.S. Court of Appeals
1967 Admitted to California Bar (currently inactive)
Professional Associations
| 2006 and ongoing | Adjunct Professor of Law at the Pepperdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution |
| 2001 to 2007 | Association for Conflict Resolution; Co-Chair, Ethics Committee of Workplace Section (2003 - 2007) |
| 1997 to present | International Academy of Mediators - Fellow |
| 1994 to 2000 | Beverly Hills Bar Association - Member, ADR Section |
| 1993 to 1996 | American Employment Law Council |
| 1993 to 2000 | Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member, ADR Section |
| 1992 to present | Southern California Mediation Association - Member, Board of Directors (2000 - 2006), President (2004) |
| 1991 to 2001 | Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution |
| 1987 to 2000 | American Bar Association - Member, Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section |
| 1987 to 2008 | California Employment Lawyers Association |
| 1987 to 1996 | National Employment Lawyers Association |
| 1984 to present | Los Angeles County Bar Association - Labor and Employment Law Section, Executive Committee |
| 1980 to 2000 | Beverly Hills Bar Association - Member, Labor Law Section |
| 1976 to 2000 | American Bar Association - Member, Committee on Labor Arbitration and the Law of Collective Bargaining Agreements, Labor and Employment Law Section |
| 1976 to present | Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member, Labor and Employment Law Section |
| 1975 to 2008 | American Arbitration Association |
| 1974 to present | Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member, Client Relations and Fee Disputes Arbitration Committee |
| 1974 to 1977 | Los Angeles County Bar Association - Member, Ethics Committee |
Publications
Contributor and Member of Editorial Advisory Board of Andrew H. Friedman's "Litigating Employment Discrimination Cases," James Publishing, 2005.
Author, "Mediating Litigated Employment Claims," CCH Journal of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Employment, 2000
Author, "Mediation Advocacy in Litigated Employment Disputes", American Bar Association, 2000 at www.bna.com/bnabooks/ababna.
Author, "Telling Mediation Tales Can Encourage Settlement", Alternatives, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, 1999.
Contributing Editor, California Practice Handbook, Employment Discrimination Litigation, Matthew Bender, 1992.
Co-author, "Public Policy Wrongful Termination Actions", Los Angeles Lawyer, October 1992.
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