Susan Davidson
Dispute Resolution Specialist
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Berkeley, CA 94707
USA
510-647-9120
Fax: 415-975-7863
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Description of Practice
Private mediation, arbitration, facilitation. Real estate, including construction, contract interpretation, partition, leasing, structure and supervision of specific performance commitments. International business and personal disputes. Large group facilitation. Employment disputes. Personal Injury. Product Liability. Pre-litigation conflict prevention. ADR coaching.
California Court of Appeal Mediator.
California Northern District Federal Court, Mediator.
Chair Alameda County Bar Association ADR Excom, Board of Directors, The Mediation Society.
City of East Palo Alto Hearing Examiner.
Santa Clara County Arbitrator, Mediator, Settlement Neutral.
Alameda County Mediator, Arbitrator.
Professional Background
Board of Directors, The Mediation Society.
Chair ADR Executive Committee Alameda County Bar.
California Court of Appeal Mediator.
United States Northern District Federal Court Mediator.
Santa Clara County Arbitrator, Mediator, Settlement Neutral.
Alameda County Mediator, Arbitrator.
California northern District Federal Court Mediation Panel.
Mediator, Hearing Examiner, City of East Palo Alto.
Former Chair ADR section SCCBA.
Mediation & Advanced Negotiation, Stanford Law, 100 hours.
Commercial Mediation,40 hours.
Advanced Mediation, Steve Melamud, 40 hours.
AAA Mediation/Arbitration, 40 hours.
Mediation, FMCS Railway Labor, 40 hours.
Mediation, Steve Marlow, 40 hours.
40 hour Court Centered Mediation, Ken Bryant.
Taught Neuro Linguistic Programming for mediators. Ongoing intensive research and development dedication to the advancement practice of alternative dispute resolution.
Hearing Examiner State of California Public Employment Relations Board.
Labor Attorney, City Attorney Office, San Jose Ca.
Litigation Associate Sher and Bassett. Sunnyvale, Ca.
Experience
LLM Labor Relations, New York University Mediation/Arbitration. 33 years experience in full time ADR. 2009 example: Major U.S. major internet provider dispute with dissident users in China disseminating pro democracy content: identities disclosed to government with resulting torture and imprisonment. Additional case descriptions upon request.
Degrees
L.L.M., New York University.
J.D. Golden Gate University.
B.A. Mills College
Training
| Dates | Trainer(s) | Title |
| 5/2012 | Dana Curtis, Howard Herman et. al. | California Court of Appeal 3rd. District. 29 hours |
| 12/2004 | Daniel Bowling et al. | Northern District Federal Court 125 hours |
| 6/2000 | Maude Pevere | Stanford law, Negotiation, full semester Gould Center |
| 9/1975-6/1976 | NYU School of Law | LLM In Labor Relations Emphasis on Mediation/Arbitration |
Approach
Practice ranges from evaluative and directive intervention to purely facilitative assistance depending upon the needs and preferences of the parties, the area of conflict and the social context surrounding the dispute.
Fees
$450.00 base fee per hour. Sliding scale and selective pro-bono availability.
Other Information
Conversational Spanish. Extensive international experience. Please refer to biography available on the Federal Court mediator page.
References available upon request.
Areas of Practice
- ADA (25 mediated)
- Adult Family (50 mediated)
- Agriculture & Ranching (2 mediated)
- Appellate (3 mediated)
- Boundary Disputes (15 mediated)
- Business (150 mediated)
- Civil (general) (100 mediated)
- Commercial (85 mediated)
- Community (75 mediated)
- Construction (200 mediated)
- Contracts (98 mediated)
- Criminal (4 mediated)
- Cross Cultural (76 mediated)
- Divorce (all issues) (80 mediated)
- Divorce (parenting) (45 mediated)
- Education (7 mediated)
- EEOC (20 mediated)
- Elder (6 mediated)
- Employment (66 mediated)
- Energy (2 mediated)
- Engineering (5 mediated)
- Entertainment (4 mediated)
- Environmental (2 mediated)
- Estate Planning (6 mediated)
- Family (125 mediated)
- Foreclosure (7 mediated)
- General (200 mediated)
- Government (500 mediated)
- Health Care (8 mediated)
- Insurance (120 mediated)
- Intellectual Property (6 mediated)
- International (18 mediated)
- Labor - Management (25 mediated)
- Land Use (45 mediated)
- Landlord - Tenant (400 mediated)
- Marital Mediation (78 mediated)
- Medical Malpractice (5 mediated)
- Native American (1 mediated)
- Nursing Home (6 mediated)
- Oil and Gas (3 mediated)
- Online Mediation (75 mediated)
- Organizational (10 mediated)
- Partnership (28 mediated)
- Personal Injury (200 mediated)
- Postal Service (4 mediated)
- Prenuptial (9 mediated)
- Professional Fees (7 mediated)
- Public Policy (20 mediated)
- Real Estate (55 mediated)
- Sexual Harrassment (8 mediated)
- Technology (2 mediated)
- Transportation (3 mediated)
- Trust Management (5 mediated)
- Workers Comp (25 mediated)
- Workplace (80 mediated)
Professional Services
- Mediator
- Advanced Mediation Trainer
- Custody Evaluator
- Communication Skills Trainer
- Counselor
- Fact-Finder
- Mediator-Arbitrator
- Mediation Consultant
- Mediation Trainer
- Staff Developer
- Ombud
- Conflict Coach
- Mediating Lawyer
- Arbitrator
- Collaborative Professional
- Facilitator
- Online Mediator
- Online Arbitrator
- Parenting Coordinator
References
Ken Bryant
mediate.com
Stephen Ford
City of East Palo
Valery Armento
City Attorney
Elizabeth Stricklind
Administrator SCC Superior Court ADR
Daniel Bowling
Federal Court ADR attorney
Howard Herman
Federal Court ADR attorney
Fredrick Hertz
Mediation Trainer
Hon. James Emerson
Judge SCC Superior Court
Hon Kevin J.Murphy
ADR Commitee Chair SCC Superior Court
Rene Ackerman
3rd District Ca. Court of Appeals