Thomas D. Reese
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80 Kirby Place, Suite A
Palo Alto, CA 94301
USA
650-323-2450
Fax: 650-323-2426
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Description of Practice
ADR EXPEREIENCE:
1. Relationship and transactional disputes from will and estate distribution, employment termination and/or discrimination, commerce, securities, real estate business, trade secrets; ins. coverage
2. Prop. damage., BI, or financial loss arising from const., earth movement, toxics, product failure, accident, or prof. malpractice;
Professional Background
JD (LLB) Stanford Law School, 1960
MA Inter. Econ; Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, 1957
BA Occidental College, 1956
1994 - present: Full time mediator, arbitrator, referee;
1969 -1996: Partner and senior litigator, Lakin Spears (Palo Alto CA);
1961-1967: Associate Low, Ball, & Norton, Menlo Park and SF CA.)
1960 -1969: OCS: Assist. Com Officer, Twelth USCG Dist; LT USCGR
Experience
Court panels for mediation, arbitration, evaluator, & referee San Mateo & Santa Clara Courts; Panels Kaiser; US Postal Service; FINRA. Arbtraor, evaluator and mediator for US Dist. Ct., 1st Dist; Mediator for California 1st App. Dist.
Degrees
BA Occidental College
MA Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
JD Stanford Law School
Training
| Dates | Trainer(s) | Title |
| 1993 | Harvard LawScvhool | Mediation Training; 1 week |
| 1995 | AAA MEDIATION TRAINING | 40 HOURS |
| 1996 | US DISTRICT CIURT | 30 HOURS |
| 2000 | CA 1ST DIST CT OF APPEALS | 20 HOURS |
| 1999 | US POSTAL SERRVICE | 20 HOURS |
| 1998 | NASD CHAIRPERSON | 7 HOURS |
| 1997 | NASD ADVANCED ARB SKILLS | 7 HOURS |
| 2002 | COACH INTEREST BASED NEG | 24 HOURS |
Approach
Faciltative and Evaluative, 40/60%;
transformative - USPS
Flexible to needs of dispute and the parties.
Fees
$350 hour: (I maintain low overhead)
Cancellation fee: within 1 busines day, $700; within 2 business days, $350 within 3 to 5 business days
Travel time outside the Peninsula may be charged at $100 hr.
$ 3000 deposit (divided among the parties) for mediations;
Arbitration deposit based on expected length of hearing'
Out of pocket espense, such as parking, air fare, experts, conf. room fees
Other Information
STATE BAR #: 31540
Past President, CA Dispute Resolution Council;
Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators;
Appointed to California State Bar Standing Cmt on ADR;
Dispute Resolution Section, ABA;
Member, Calirornia Academy of Distinquished Neutrals
Member and presenter, Assoc. for Conflict Resolution (formerly SPIDR).
The Mediation Society;
ADR sections Ex. Bd., San Mateo & Santa Clara BA;
"A""V" Martindale Hubbell;
Past. Pres. Palo Alto BA.
Areas of Practice
- Business (50 mediated)
- Civil (general) (500 mediated)
- Commercial (50 mediated)
- Construction (75 mediated)
- Contracts (50 mediated)
- Elder (50 mediated)
- Employment (20 mediated)
- Estate Planning (50 mediated)
- General (500 mediated)
- Health Care (50 mediated)
- Insurance (20 mediated)
- Land Use (20 mediated)
- Landlord - Tenant (10 mediated)
- Legal Malpractice (20 mediated)
- Medical Malpractice (50 mediated)
- Personal Injury (250 mediated)
- Postal Service (50 mediated)
- Probate (50 mediated)
- Professional Fees (20 mediated)
- Real Estate (50 mediated)
- Securities
- Trust Management (50 mediated)
Professional Services
- Mediator
- Mediator-Arbitrator
- Online Arbitrator
- Advanced Mediation Trainer
- Estate Planner
- Fact-Finder
- Mediation Consultant
- Mediation Trainer
- Online Mediator
- Mediating Lawyer
- Arbitrator
- Facilitator
References
John S. Blackman
Farbstein & Blackman
Ruth V. Glick
Mediator, Arbitrator, Professor
Kenneth Bryant
Full time mediator, arbitrator
James Madison
AAA arb and med
John Goloden
Bayse & Golden
David Finkelstein
Anderlini, Finkelstein & Emerick
David Cooper
Bialson, Beren & Schwab
Ed Thirkell
Thirkell Law Group
Stewart J. Schwartz
Brian Newcomb
Law office of Brian Newcomb