Please call (949) 854-5650 or email john@ohashiadr.com to arrange dates and location. Mediations can be held at my office in El Segundo, CA (near LAX), Irvine, CA (Spectrum), or at another location that the parties agree upon.
My mediation fee is $3,000, which includes:
pre-mediation telephone calls
all mediation preparation including review of mediation briefs
full day of mediation (no daily time limit)
post-mediation follow-up
I do not charge for travel time or costs within the greater Los Angeles/Orange County/San Diego area.
Full payment of my mediation fee and applicable costs must be received at least two weeks in advance of the mediation. The mediation fee will be refunded if the mediation is cancelled before the scheduled mediation date.
Mediation Briefs
Parties are encouraged to submit confidential mediation briefs at least a week before the mediation.
Mediation Session
I start mediations with a joint session during which the parties, counsel, and I introduce ourselves and review the mediation process. Counsel should advise me in advance to what extent he or she would like to make opening statements during the joint session, or whether a joint session may be counterproductive, and I will tailor the mediation accordingly. After the joint session, the parties separate and the process continues with a series of caucuses (private meetings between the parties and the mediator).
All information exchanged with me during caucuses is confidential. All participants in the mediation, including parties, counsel, representatives, and witnesses must sign a confidentiality agreement.
My mediation style is to understand a party’s theory of the case and factual development before exploring settlement options. While exploring settlement options, I will, if and when appropriate, discuss strengths and weaknesses of a party’s case.
Settlement Agreement
The parties should bring a draft settlement agreement on computer file to the mediation. The parties may consider including a provision providing that any written settlement agreement prepared during or at the conclusion of a mediation is subject to disclosure, binding, enforceable, and admissible to prove the existence of and/or enforce the settlement agreement under California Code of Civil Procedure §664.6, if applicable.
