Mediator Profile - JJ Johnston

Experience - Overview
JJ Johnston has been an attorney in California since 1986 and, prior to closing his law practice to start mediating full time, had practiced employment law for nearly 30 years on both the plaintiff and defense side. He has substantial experience in all areas of employment law, including wage and hour class actions, PAGA claims, wrongful terminations, discrimination and retaliation cases, sexual harassment cases, prevailing wage claims, and fair pay act claims. While continuing to practice employment law, Mr. Johnston began mediating part time in 2002, and since that time he has mediated a large number of employment cases, both as a private mediator, and also as a neutral on various court and appellate mediation panels. In 2017, he closed his law practice and began mediating full-time.

Mediation Experience - Summary

Aug 2017 to Present - Full-Time Employment and Class Action Mediator.

May 2005 - Oct 2019 - Panel Mediator - Fourth District Court of Appeal, Div. Two.

Nov 2005 - Feb 2019 - Panel Mediator - United States District Court, Central District of California.

Feb 2002 - Dec 2005 - Panel Mediator - Riverside Superior Court.

Mediator Recognition

International Academy of Meditors - Distinguished Fellow. Membership in the International Academy of Mediators is by invitation only, and is limited to professional commercial mediators who are well-established and recognized in their local or regional community as leading mediators in the field. IAM is widely regarded as the world's most prestigious organization for commercial mediators, with a notably selective membership process.

National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals - Academy Member. The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals is a professional association whose membership consists of ADR professionals in the United States. Members are among the most in-demand neutrals in their respective states, as selected by their peers and approved by local litigators. Membership is by invitation only and all Academy members have been thoroughly reviewed and found to meet stringent practice criteria.

Mediation Training - Highlights
Hundreds of hours of legal seminars and training, including the Harvard Law School Negotiation Training Program and Pepperdine University's “Mediating the Litigated Case” Training Program.

Education - Highlights
University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A. 1976); McGeorge School of Law (J.D. 1986).

Bar and Court Admissions
Member of California State Bar since December, 1986; United States District Court, Eastern District of California, December, 1986; United State District Court, Central District of California, March 1992; United States Supreme Court, June 1990; United States District Court, Southern District of California, August 2017.

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