BIOGRAPHY
BIOGRAPHY
With more than 40 years in the legal industry, Greg David Derin, Esq. joins Signature Resolution as a mediator and arbitrator. For nearly 20 years, Mr. Derin has successfully assisted parties in resolving more than a thousand complex matters. He is often called upon to resolve disputes after previous attempts have failed. In his role at Signature, he continues to concentrate on matters involving contract, fraud, entertainment, intellectual property (copyright, trademark, idea submission), trade secret, right of publicity, unfair business practices, employment, class actions, partnership, real estate and legal malpractice.
He is experienced in all phases of litigation and has handled matters before federal and state trial or appellate courts in California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and other jurisdictions. He has appeared before the California Labor Commissioner, the tribunals of the Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Directors Guild of America, Writers Guild of America, Major League Baseball Players Association, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, California State Water Resources Control Board and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Mr. Derin has tried cases as varied as a four-month construction defect case, talent agency disputes, and a Los Angeles Superior Court class action.
Mr. Derin is a member of the dispute resolution sections of the Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County and American Bar Associations, the Sports Lawyers Association and the Federal Bar Association. He is a past chair of the California State Bar Standing Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution. For a full list of Mr. Derin’s achievements, awards & memberships, please see the “Achievements, Awards & Memberships” section below.
Twice each year for eight years, Mr. Derin assisted mediation pioneer Harvard Law School Professor Frank E.A. Sander, and Washington, D.C. mediators Linda Singer and Michael Lewis in teaching the prestigious Mediation Workshop at the Harvard Negotiation Institute.
Parties consistently attribute their successful resolutions to Mr. Derin’s persistence, creative solutions and his deep substantive knowledge and experience.
EXPERIENCE
EXPERIENCE
- Judicate West, Mediator and Arbitrator (2014 – 2019)
- gdd Mediation and Arbitration, Mediator and Arbitrator (2002 – 2014)
- Greg David Derin, Attorney at Law (1997 – 2002)
- Del, Rubel, Shaw, Mason & Derin, Founding Partner (1989 – 1997)
- Dern, Mason & Floum, Associate/Partner/Litigation Managing Partner (1979 – 1989)
EDUCATION & TRAINING
EDUCATION & TRAINING
- J.D., University of California, Berkeley School of Law, California Law Review, Research and Book Review Editor
- A.B., University of California, Berkeley, Phi Beta Kappa
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
ACHIEVEMENTS, AWARDS & MEMBERSHIPS
- Southern California SuperLawyer (2006 – 2021)
- Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in Los Angeles for Mediation (2021)
- “Power Mediator,” The Hollywood Reporter
- AV rating, Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
- Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
- Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)
- Member, CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals (Entertainment and Employment Panels)
- Member, World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Mediation and Arbitration Panels
- Member, Panel of Neutrals, London Court of International Arbitration
- Member, Los Angeles Copyright Society
- Member, Copyright Society of the USA, Los Angeles Chapter
- Member, Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
PRESS
PRESS
- “Understanding Objectives” – Daily Journal (November 6, 2020)
- “Early neutral evaluation: The road less traveled” – Daily Journal (June 19, 2020)
- “The wisdom of kindness in negotiations” – Daily Journal (June 4, 2020)
- “The Willfulness Requirement in Trademark Damages and the Imagination of Counsel” – The Recorder (May 7, 2020)
- “Zooming to a brighter future” – Daily Journal (April 24, 2020)
- “‘Theres no crying in baseball’, unless you’re cheated” – Daily Journal (March 13, 2020)
- “Sunk Costs: How your mediator can help you avoid eating liver and onions“- Daily Journal (February 21, 2020)
- “A multi-door ADR future. A practical guide to unlocking the full potential of ADR in its many forms” – Advocate (September 2015)
- “Put me in, coach. Coaching the stages of mediation in nine innings” – Advocate (September 2013)
- “Death to Rambo: How focusing on your client’s interests can lower your blood pressure and make you a more effective problem solver” – Advocate (October 2008)
- “Gimme 5: What Every Lawyer Should Know about Working with Mediators” – LACBA (September 2008)