The AMCC Difference

Easy, effective and efficient... the true alternative to ligitation and cumbersome ADR rules programs.

AMCC professionals possess exceptional technical expertise in their specific field which translates into accurate awards and settlements.

Lee Jay Berman

Mediator / Arbitrator / Umpire

Work History

ADR Professional and Trainer, Self-employed, 1994-present

Superior Court of California, County of Santa Barbara, Director, Court Administered Dispute Resolution (CADRe) Program, 1999-2000

Ryland Homes, Vice President, Land and Development, Los Angeles Division Pardee Construction Company, Land Acquisition

The Prudential - California Realty, Real Estate and Land Broker

Professional Credentials

Successfully resolved more than a thousand cases

Administered several hundred cases as ADR Director of the Santa Barbara Superior Court

Insurance Code 2071 Appraisal Expertise

President of The Mediation Alliance, Inc.

Mediator “Federal Victims of 9/11 Fund”, appointed by Special Master Kenneth Feinberg

Trainer – Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine School of Law Member of American Arbitration Association’s National Registry of Mediators & Arbitrators, Business and Commercial Mediation Panel, Construction Mediation Panel, and Employment Mediation Panel.

Mediation panel – Second District Court of Appeal, Mediation panel – Los Angeles Superior Court , CADRe Mediation Panel – Santa Barbara Superior Court, Hospital Association of Southern California, County of Los Angeles Community and Senior Services

Certifying Mediator – Los Angeles County Bar Association DRServices

ADR Organizations & Leadership

Chair, ABA Section of Dispute Resolution, Training Committee, 2002-Present

State Bar of CA, Standing Committee on ADR, Ethics Subcommittee, 1998-2000

Board of Directors of the California Dispute Resolution Council (CDRC), 1996-2003, Executive Committee 2000-2003, Nominating Committee, Mediation Legislation Committee Chair, CDRC Qualification and Standards Committee, which published statewide Standards of Practice for California Mediators, 1997-2003

California Judicial Council drafting committee developing Rules of Court for mediators in court-annexed mediation programs, 1999-2000

California Court ADR Directors Council, 1999-2000

Cal-DRPA, organization of County Administrators of Dispute Resolution Programs Act funding, 1999-2000 Southern California Mediation Association, 1994-present, former Co-Chair, Public Education & Marketing Committee, member Employment-Workplace Committee, Programs Committee

Beverly Hills Bar Association – ADR Section

Santa Barbara County Bar Association

ADR Case Experience

Successfully mediated over 800 civil mediations, before, during and after litigation.

Specializing in complex, multi-party litigation including construction defect, products liability, medical malpractice, and wrongful death.

Umpire, Appraisal of Insurance Claims

Business/commercial cases involving breach of contract, Business/corporate matters, shareholder disputes and corporate dissolutions, trade secrets, unfair competition, bankruptcy, fraud, collections, and franchise and partnership disputes and dissolutions. Several hundred construction, real property and land use cases including construction closeouts and defects, land use, CEQA, environmental protection, earth movement, homeowner associations, disclosure, premises liability, brokerage, and fiduciary relationships.

Employment cases including employment discrimination, employment harassment, wrongful termination, whistle-blowers, and wage and hour claims.

Entertainment, new media, intellectual property and technology cases, including film, television, and music deals, and computer and game software.

Several hundred other general civil cases, including insurance coverage, intellectual property, health care, legal and medical malpractice, probates & trusts.

ADR Training Experience

ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, Chair, Training Committee

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Advanced Trainer

Pepperdine Law School’s Straus Institute of Dispute Resolution, Fellow and Trainer

Resolution Strategies Group, Senior Consultant

American Arbitration Association, Trainer, Mediating Court Cases

Los Angeles County Bar Association, DRServices, Advanced Trainer

Institute for Mediation Studies, Founder, Director and Lead Trainer

Institute of Conflict Management, lead trainer

Southwestern Law School, guest lecturer

University of California, Santa Barbara, guest lecturer

Lorman Educational Services, seminar leader

Contract trainer in mediation, conflict resolution skills for the Kern County Bar Association, The Employer’s Group, and Olive Crest Homes for Abused Children

Trainer, speaker and workshop leader at dozens of conferences including the annual conferences of the ABA, the ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, the California Dispute Resolution Council, and the Southern California Mediation Association, as well as The Masters’ Forum hosted by Pepperdine Law School’s Straus Institute and the Daily Journal

Featured lecturer, giving dozens of MCLE presentations on ADR, mediation, negotiation, ethics in ADR and Client Relation Strategies