California, Tarzana, Huerta & Associates Mediation

Lawrence A. Huerta is an experienced mediator and a seasoned litigator known for his energetic, positive approach, and tenacity in getting parties to resolve disputes. Among Mr. Huerta's distinguishing strategies for successful mediations are to provide a forum and process where parties have the opportunity to be heard and understood by each other, generating constructive options, and flexibility in the negotiation process. Other key components include diligent preparation, insuring settlement authority is present at mediation, and persistence. Mr. Huerta graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and was admitted to the California Bar in 1983. He worked at major law firms in Southern California in business and real estate litigation before forming his own law firm specializing in commercial and real estate litigation in 1991. Mr. Huerta has been a mediator and an arbitrator for eleven years. Mr. Huerta serves on the San Diego County Superior Court Mediation Panel, the Duke University Private Adjudication Center Mediation Panel ("DUPAC"), and the California Department of Insurance Mediation Panel. Mr. Huerta is a Mediator and Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association, and a Mediator and Arbitration Chairperson for the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., and the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Huerta has mediated over 600 cases including over 300 employment cases. Mr. Huerta has mediated more than 20 cases around the country in the Martens v. Smith Barney sexual discrimination and harassment class action administered through DUPAC. His firm, Huerta & Associates has contracts to mediate employment and EEO disputes for the United States Forest Service, Navy, Postal Service, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Huerta & Associates is highly rated by Dun & Bradstreet for delivery of mediation services, and is an A.V. rated law firm by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Huerta is the author and presenter of the MCLE course "Why Mediation and What Works Well at Mediation" and published articles "Why Mediation?" and "The Value of Mediation".

401 West "A" Street, Suite 1400, San Diego, CA 92101-3539

Fax: (619) 236-7986

Telephone: (619) 236-7944

California, Tarzana

Website: http://huertamediation.com

Mediation85%, Arbitration15%, Collaborative Law