LOS ANGELES – March 6, 2020 – Signature Resolution, a firm founded on the simple concept of providing clients with a higher standard of service and hospitality in the alternative dispute resolution industry, today announced the opening of a new office in Century City. This is the firm’s second location in the Los Angeles area. […]
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Retired Magistrate Judge Suzanne H. Segal Joins Signature Resolution
LOS ANGELES – January 29, 2019 –Signature Resolution is proud to announce the addition of Hon. Suzanne H. Segal (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Segal will serve as a mediator and arbitrator resolving patent, trademark, copyright, employment, civil rights, torts, commercial and insurance disputes. Judge Segal served for 18 years as a United States Magistrate […]
Retired Superior Court Judge Edward A. Ferns Joins Signature
LOS ANGELES – Jan. 7, 2020 – Signature Resolution is proud to announce the addition of Hon. Edward A. Ferns (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Ferns will serve as a mediator resolving employment, business, real property, professional negligence and personal injury disputes. Judge Ferns served for more than 25 years on the Los Angeles Superior Court. […]
Commissioner Gretchen W. Taylor (Ret.) Joins Signature Resolution
LOS ANGELES – Jan. 6, 2020 – Signature Resolution is proud to announce the addition of Commissioner Gretchen W. Taylor (Ret.) to its panel. Commissioner Taylor will serve as a full-time mediator, arbitrator, private judge, special master, discovery referee and expert witness. Commissioner Taylor is a Certified Family Law specialist with decades of experience. She was […]
Retired Judge Thomas Trent Lewis Joins Signature Resolution
LOS ANGELES – Dec. 17, 2019 – Signature Resolution is proud to announce the addition of Hon. Thomas Trent Lewis (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Lewis will serve as a mediator, arbitrator and judge pro tem in family law disputes. Judge Lewis joins the Signature Resolution panel with more than 40 years of experience in […]
Retired Judge B. Scott Silverman Joins Signature Resolution
LOS ANGELES – November 13, 2019 – Signature Resolution is proud to announce the addition of Hon. B. Scott Silverman (Ret.) to its panel. Judge Silverman will serve as a mediator, arbitrator and private judge focusing on family law, employment/labor and business/commercial disputes. For most of his career on the bench he presided in the […]
Family Law Book Update
Hon. Hank Goldberg (Ret.) recently released a new version of his popular book entitled Keys to The Kingdom: California Family Law Findings, Orders, and Practice Pointers. With these new materials, Judge Goldberg believes about 90 percent of the property issues likely to arise at a trial are covered. […]
Copyright Chaos? ‘Dark Horse’ Verdict Could Lead to New Wave of Lawsuits
Few music executives flinched after a lawsuit over “Blurred Lines” resulted in a ruling of copyright infringement — and more than $7 million in damages — for Marvin Gaye’s estate against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams: It was just one jury verdict against songwriters who came off as unsympathetic in testimony. READ MORE […]
Five Important Lessons I Learned in My First Year as a Mediator
I just wrapped up my first year mediating civil cases. Before I became a mediator, I spent many years in the trenches handling a broad range of personal injury, consumer and insurance litigation matters. Having participated in dozens and dozens of mediations as a lawyer, I thought I had seen it all. I thought I […]
Employment Law – Appellate Case Summaries
This latest Employment Law update summarizes two recent appellate cases. The first case considers wage-and-hour issues, while the other focuses on damages in a wrongful termination case. READ MORE […]