Mediator Profile - J.J. Johnston

MEDIATION EXPERIENCE: 

Attorney since 1986.  Neutral for last 10 years.  Current ADR practice devoted exclusively to mediations.  Harvard trained.  Executive Director of the National Institute for Advanced Conflict Resolution.  Attorney Settlement Officer for the United States District Court, Central District.  Attorney Settlement Officer for the Court of Appeals, Fourth District.  Active panel member on the Riverside County Bar Association's mediation panel.  Former member of both the Riverside and San Bernardino Superior Court's arbitration panels.  Extensive experience handling and mediating employment disputes.  In addition to having mediated employment disputes, Mr. Johnston also has mediated the following types of cases: personal injury, sexual harassment, wage/hour, real estate, commercial disputes, construction disputes, breach of contract, medical negligence, lemon law.

MEDIATION TRAINING - HIGHLIGHTS: 

Hundreds of hours of legal seminars and training including the Harvard Law School Negotiation Training Program and Pepperdine University's acclaimed Mediation Training Program.

AFFILIATIONS: 

Member of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - London, England; Member of the Southern California Mediation Association; Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution.

EDUCATION: 

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

BAR & 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.

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