California, Downey, Carol J. Medof, Accident Attorneys

Carol Medof is a practicing attorney since 1979 in the fields of civil litigation, transactional law, dispute resolution and mediation advocacy. Since 2000, her law practice is devoted exclusively to conflict resolution including mediation, arbitration, facilitation and training. Medof is privileged to serve on various ADR panels and she serves as a neutral in more than 150 mediations and arbitrations per year in a wide variety of fields including employment, professional liability, real estate and construction, personal injury, medical and legal malpractice, insurance bad faith, construction defect and estate matters, contracts and intellectual property. Her style is flexible and her focus is service. Medof is a professional mediator skilled at resolving the toughest disputes especially in complex litigation with multiple parties. Her expertise is in achieving settlement and resolving disputes. She is relentlessly determined and unshakably persistent. She is creative in her approach and always finds a way to give the parties the value that they deserve in the conflict resolution process. As a professional negotiator, she attains her goals with ease and assurance always keeping integrity and honest as the foundation for each proceeding. Parties respond with trust and openness. Attorneys are satisfied that Medof will not disappoint them or their clients. Medof has the skills and ability to empower the parties to reach a fair and businesslike settlement for all involved. Medof handles each case in a strategic manner beginning mediation with a private session with each side. In most cases, a joint session follows. This enables the parties to explore all relevant issues, many of which are not addressed in litigation and some of which may not be apparent to the parties themselves. In cases where legal issues predominate, Medof takes a directive and evaluative approach. In cases where personal issues are at the forefront, Medof uses a transformational or facilitative approach. In all cases, her goal is service and her method is active compassionate listening with detachment. In all cases, Medof's goal is to give the parties the opportunity to fully explain their case and their reasons for their individual positions and to formulate a settlement that is beneficial to all. Medof strictly maintains confidentiality and neutrality. As a neutral, she does not practice law, but she actively keeps abreast of changes in the law by attending conferences, lectures, and continuing education on a regular basis in order to increase her skills as a neutral and to attain legal expertise in the variety of fields in which she serves as a neutral. Medof has taught leadership training, ethics, diversity training and management. She has an extensive background in real estate transactions, commercial and residential, and in commercial and residential construction. For ten years, she was a developer of real property and the driving force to success for a general and electrical contracting company. Medof is a package of diverse skills coupled with tenacious negotiation and compassionate understanding. As a member of Southern California Mediation Association and a board member of Association for Conflict Resolution, Medof volunteers her time to help promote the field of alternative conflict resolution and to educate the public and the professional community. Medof performs extensive volunteer work in the field of mediation promoting peer mediation, restorative justice, community facilitation, public education and diversity and management training. In addition, she volunteers as a Temporary Judge in Los Angeles Superior Court and as a Docent for the J. Paul Getty Museum. Medof's practice is limited to serving as a neutral in mediations, arbitrations, and other ADR processes

15900 Woodvale Road, Encino, CA 91436

Fax: (818) 905-8452

Telephone: (818) 905-8452

California, Downey

Website: http://www.private-dispute-resolution.com

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