Mediation Strategies and Tactics for Resolving the Employment Law Dispute (CA) (Recorded Package)

What You Will Learn

Topics

Pros/Cons of Mediation

Pre-Mediation Issues

• Who Proposes Mediation
• Who Pays for the Mediation
• Who Selects the Mediator
• Which Type of Mediator is Best
• Virtual or In-Person
• If In-Person, Where is the Mediation Held
• Best Time for Mediation
• The Mediation Brief – Best Practices
• To Exchange the Mediation Brief or Not
• Preparing Your Clients for Mediation

Mediation Issues

• Joint Session
• Negotiating Tips
• When to Walk
• Surmounting the Impasse
  • Bracketing
  • Mediator’s Proposal

Mediation Ethical Issues

Documenting the Resolution

Recorded on February 03, 2022

Testimonials

“The speakers were very knowledge and effective. I didn’t even get bored.” – Robert Anderson, Esq.

“Excellent.” – Jared Irmas, Esq.

“It was well done and well presented.”

“Good perspectives from speakers and helpful information shared.”

“I appreciated the anecdotes and details – really provided good examples.”

“Incredibly insightful.  Will recommend to others.”

“Great information and practice tips.”

“Very well done – well spoken.”

“Great.”

“Very good program. The presenters were all very good and provided great insight.”

“Andrew and John are first rate presenters.”

“I was able to learn something new and learn how mediators view differently than attorneys.”

“Very informative both procedurally and tactically. It was interesting to learn the perspective of both defense and plaintiff’s counsels.”

“Great strategies & real-world experiences. Appreciated the competing views from both P and D perspectives.”

Faculty

Andrew H. Friedman, Esq.
Partner
Helmer Friedman, LLP

Andrew H. Friedman, a name partner with the law firm of Helmer · Friedman LLP, primarily represents employees in all aspects of employment law including not only individual discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and accommodation cases but also complex multi-party wage and hour class actions. Mr. Friedman received his J.D. degree from Cornell Law School and his B.A. degree in history and psychology, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University. At Cornell, Mr. Friedman was a member of the Board of Editors of the Cornell Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board. Following law school, Mr. Friedman served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable John T. Nixon, United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. Subsequently, Mr. Friedman was trained as an employment attorney by two of the Nation’s most prestigious management-side employment law firms – Paul, Hastings and Bryan Cave LLP.

Mr. Friedman has handled a wide range of employment-related litigation in state and federal courts. Indeed, Mr. Friedman won (with Tony Lewis of The Lewis Law Firm) a .1 Million jury verdict in a fraud and breach of employment contract lawsuit in the Los Angeles Superior Court and he also prevailed (along with his law partner, Gregory D. Helmer) in a three-week sexual harassment jury trial in the Orange County Superior Court. He also settled a .4 Million wage and hour class action lawsuit in federal court (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California), a .575 Million class action discrimination lawsuit in the Orange County Superior Court and he recovered a .5 Million settlement in federal court (U.S. District Court for the Central District of California) in a wage and hour class action.

Mr. Friedman served as Counsel of Record in Lightfoot v. Cendant Mortgage Corp. et. al. (Case No. 10-56068) where he successfully convinced the U. S. Supreme Court to grant the petition for certiorari that he filed on behalf of his clients. In January 2017, the Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Sotomayor, reversed the Ninth Circuit and ruled in favor of Mr. Friedman’s clients.

Mr. Friedman has received the highest possible Martindale-Hubble rating ("AV"), indicating that he is ranked at the highest level of professional excellence with "very high to preeminent legal ability" and "very high" ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from members of the Bar. Law & Politics Magazine and the publishers of Los Angeles Magazine selected Mr. Friedman as a 2006 – 2021 Southern California "Super Lawyer" in the category of Labor and Employment Law. Additionally, in 2020 & 2021, Super Lawyers named Andrew H. Friedman to its list of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in Southern California and Lawdragon named Mr. Friedman to its list of the nation’s top 500 plaintiff employment and civil rights attorneys.

Angela J. Reddock-Wright, Esq.
Neutral – Judicate West
Managing Partner – Reddock Employment Law

A practicing attorney for 25 years and named a "Best Lawyer in America" for employment and labor law, Angela Reddock-Wright is an employment and labor law mediator, arbitrator, workplace, and Title IX investigator, and the Founder & Managing Partner of the Reddock Law Group based in Los Angeles. In addition to her own firm, Angela is on the panel of mediators and arbitrators at Judicate West, a private dispute resolution firm. 

Angela also is on the mediation panel for the United States District Court, Central District, and teaches in the mediation programs at USC Gould School of Law and California State University Dominguez Hills. 

In recent years, Angela has worked on numerous projects of consequence to the Los Angeles ecosystem, including serving as a co-Administrator for the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) for the City of Inglewood’s So-Fi Stadium; in the wake of the "Me Too" movement, serving as a consultant to the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) on critical revisions to its member policies relating to the reporting and investigation of claims of sexual harassment; and as the Compliance Manager for the multi-billion dollar LAMP construction project at LAX. 

Angela also has been the lead investigator and mediator in numerous national and international cases this past year resulting from the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the #MeToo Movement, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other trending cases and issues involving the workplace. 

In addition to her life as an attorney, Angela is committed to public and community service and has served on numerous government and public agency boards, including the State of California Board of Barbering & Cosmetology, the Los Angeles County Small Business Commission & Local Government Oversight Commission, and the City of Los Angeles Transportation Commission. She also is a past president of the Southern California Mediation Association and a former Member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Board of Trustees. 

Currently, Angela serves on the boards of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Los Angeles Urban League and Women In Non-Traditional Employment Roles (WINTER). She also serves as an Advisory Board Member of the International Black Women’s Public Policy Institute (IBWPPI), the Young lnvincibles, and is as a founding member of the Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute (LAAWPPI). She also is a past member of the Board of her high school alma mater, the Brentwood School, including several other notable non-profit boards and organizations. 

Angela is a graduate of UCLA School of Law, Amherst College, and the Brentwood School of Los Angeles. She also is a graduate of the CORO Fellows program in public policy and public affairs. She obtained her training as a mediator at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law. 

Angela considers herself a global citizen and travels abroad frequently both in her business and personal life. She has been fortunate to be a part of travel delegations to Europe as a German Marshall Fellow and to Israel with the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles. 

Angela is a frequent speaker, published author, blogger and go-to legal analyst in both national and local television, radio and print media on employment law and workplace issues and trends. Currently, she is the host of the KBLA Talk 1580 radio show "Legal Lens with Angela Reddock-Wright." 

Angela is passionate about her work and working with employers and employees to create great, healthy, and thriving workplaces. 

Fees

Three Recorded Package options to choose from:

Video (with sound)* Recording & Materials Package – CD or Download:  $249

Audio Only* Recording & Materials Package – CD or Download:  $249

Order both the Video* and Audio Only* Packages for only $50 more – CD or Download:  $299

*The Video recording is a video of the webinar (with sound). The Audio recording is audio only, for those who wish to listen to it without visuals (such as in the car).

Note: All downloads must be downloaded to a computer first, before transferring them to another device.

For CDs, please add $8.50 shipping and, in CA, sales tax.

This program will be recorded live on February 3, 2022.

(Recorded packages are available approximately two to three weeks after the seminar is held.)

CLE Credit

CA General: This program is approved for 3.25 units of general CLE in California.
CA Ethics: Includes 1.0 unit of ethics credit.

NY General: This course is eligible for approval, under New York’s CLE Approved Jurisdiction policy, for 3.25 CLE units. Pincus Professional Education is a CA Accredited Provider, which is a NY approved jurisdiction. See Section 6 of the New York State CLE Board Regulations and Guidelines for further information.

This program is approved for CLE in the states listed above. Upon request, Pincus Pro Ed will provide any information an attorney needs to support their application for CLE approval in other states other than what is listed above.