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My goal is to keep you out of court by reaching an agreement on all issues.  This is accompliahed most efficiently through Divorce Mediation.  I also provide Consulting if mediation is not an option. Dissolution (divorce) resolution, Custody, Child Support, Spousal Support and modification, QDRO issues (retirement), and all issues that arise in a family law case. I am in Placer County, but also frequently handle Sacramento County, Nevada County, and El Dorado County cases.  I can help with any California case.  I do not assist in contested family law cases, nor do I handle any litigation.  STAY OUT OF COURT.. Family law cases are each very unique, and require individualized advice and documents.  Divorce is NOT a cookie cutter type of case, through it is frequently marketed as such.  If you have any question about your situation, please contact me to schedule the free telephone consultation, 30 minutes by appointment, and I can try to provide guidance and information to help you with your particular situation.. Please refer to my website for further details:

Blending more than 35 years of experience in complex litigation, hundreds of hours of training in the “arts” of mediation and arbitration from premier national and international dispute resolution programs, and fourteen years as an acclaimed ADR professional, Greg Derin provides flexible mediation and arbitration processes to help disputants resolve even their most intractable problems. Greg’s unique background has earned him membership in elite professional organizations and recognition as a Power Mediator by The Hollywood Reporter and as an SuperLawyer™ in the fields of ADR, Intellectual Property Litigation and Entertainment and Sports.During his career as a mediator, Greg has successfully assisted parties in resolving hundreds of complex matters. He is often called upon to resolve disputes after previous attempts at settlement have proven unavailing. Parties consistently attribute their successful resolutions to Greg’s persistence, attentive and open facilitation of a process designed to encourage creative solutions, and his broad substantive knowledge and experience. Greg has successfully helped parties resolve matters in a broad range of fields including contract, fraud, entertainment, intellectual property, real estate, employment, corporate and partnership, legal malpractice, class actions, and unfair business practices.. Greg is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, from which he received an A.B. degree with Highest Honors in 1976. Greg received a J.D. degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley in 1979, where he was on the editorial board of the California Law Review and was a Charles Mills Gayley Fellow.. From 2004-2012, Greg assisted Professor Frank Sander and Washington, D.C. mediators Linda Singer and Michael Lewis in teaching the prestigious "Mediation Workshop" at the Harvard Negotiation Institute. Greg is a Past Chair of the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and a member of the CPR Panel of Distinguished Neutrals, the California and National Academies of Distinguished Neutrals, the American Arbitration Association Roster of Neutrals, the Arbitration Panel of the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), and the Mediation and Arbitration Panels of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).. Greg has received mediation and arbitration training through highly respected programs including the Harvard Law School "Mediation Workshop," Pepperdine University School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Ken Cloke's Center for Dispute Resolution, The Center for Dispute Settlement in Washington, D.C., Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, the International Academy of Mediators, the Section of Dispute Resolution of the American Bar Association, the American Arbitration Association, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the Independent Film and Television Alliance.. In 1979, Greg joined the law firm of Dern, Mason, Swerdlow and Floum, where he practiced for ten years, becoming the Managing Partner of the firm's litigation department. Upon the dissolution of Dern, Mason in 1989, he became a founding member of Del, Rubel, Shaw, Mason & Derin, where he remained until opening his own office in 1997.. Greg is experienced in all phases of litigation, having handled matters before federal and/or state trial or appellate courts in California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah and Wyoming, and before the American Arbitration Association, California Labor Commissioner, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, the Major League Baseball Players' Association, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, California State Water Resources Control Board, and the National Association of Securities Dealers.. Greg has litigated matters in diverse substantive areas, concentrating on entertainment and intellectual property, breach of contract, real estate, labor and employment, corporate and partnership, product liability and general business disputes. He serves as principal outside litigation counsel to a major talent agency, was lead local counsel in Southern California to a Fortune 500 company in connection with a series of product liability matters involving a medical device, and has tried cases as varied as a class action concerning a real estate development, a multi-million dollar construction defect matter, and talent agency disputes.

Twenty One years ago, Len Levy began serving as a settlement officer, and nineteen years ago began mediating cases. Since that time he has successfully resolved a multitude of cases through mediation, many of them thought by the parties and their attorneys to be "unsettleable".. Len is in great demand as a mediator because, in addition to proven mediation skills, he has extensive substantive experience in a number of areas which enhances his effectiveness as a mediator. Those areas include:. As a litigation attorney for almost thirty years, Len Levy has represented plaintiffs and defendants in complex legal disputes. His creative approach to litigation has earned him a reputation with parties and attorneys as a fair minded individual, adept at finding novel ways to resolve complex matters.. Now, as a mediator, Len Levy explores the issues and goals of the parties, and facilitates their reaching an agreement which is a "win-win" result for all parties to the dispute. His legal and mediation experience and training, as well as his excellent interpersonal skills, patience and tenacity mean that he brings to the mediation process those tools necessary to facilitate settlements. Len explores all issues necessary to achieve settlement, many of which may not be addressed at all in a litigation context, and many of which may not have been apparent to the parties themselves.

Jan Frankel Schau, Esq. settles litigated cases arising out of employment, business and tort disputes. With over twenty years of experience as a litigator, half in Insurance Defense and half representing Plaintiff’s in employment and personal injury, Jan has an unique ability to understand and evaluate both sides of every claim.  She is also a professional speaker and author of the new book, “View from the Middle of the Road:  A Mediator’s Perspective on Life, Conflict and Human Interaction”.