Profession
Independent Attorney Mediator -- Civil Disputes
Work
History
ADR Services, Inc., since 2003.
Michael McCabe, Mediator, since 1996.
McCabe,
Schwartz, Evans, Levy & Dawe, PLC 1969-1995.
Hoberg, Finger, Brown & Abramson, 1965-1969.
Alternative
Dispute Resolution Experience
Practice limited to Mediation since 1996. Since 1980 has served as settlement conference panelist and judge pro tem. Has served as member of court and bar mediation panels in U.S. District Court, and all San Francisco Bay Area Superior Courts. Designated Mediator with U.S. Postal Service, the California Insurance Commissioner, and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Legal Experience
Over 30 years experience as civil trial lawyer and legal counsel, including business disputes, real estate disputes, commercial disputes, environmental disputes, insurance disputes, and disputes over inheritance and estates.
Mediation
Training
Over 200 hours of formal mediation training, including Commercial
Mediation ((40 hours, Nancy Yeend and John Paul Jones), Palo
Alto, Ca., 3/95; Litigation Risk Management Institute Training,
12/96; Steven Rosenberg Training, Mediation and Conflict Resolution
(40 hrs.), Mill Valley, Ca., 3/97; U.S. District Court Professional
Mediation Training (14 hrs.) San Francisco, 4/98; U.S. Postal
Service, Advanced Mediation Skills (20 hrs), San Francisco,
4/98. Other relevant training includes seminars presented by the
Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (SPIDR), Bar Association
ADR Section presentations, and courses in Organizational Behavior
and Communications given at the St. Mary's College Executive
M.B.A. Program, Moraga, Ca. (circa. 1987), and courses in Relationships,
Counseling, and the like given at the Graduate Theological Union,
Berkeley, Ca. 1995-1997; special training there in the fields of
Sexuality, Power Relationships, Alcoholism and Addiction.
Professional
Licenses
Admitted to the Bar, California, 1964; U.S. District Court, Northern
District of California, 1964; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1964;
U.S. Supreme Court, 1975; U.S. Tax Court, 1982; U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of California, 1992; 4th Circuit Court of Appeals,
1992.
Professional
Associations
Academy of Distinguished Neutrals; The Mediation Society; Association for Conflict Resolution; Real Estate Neutals; Victim-Offender Mediation Association; Bar Associations of San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin and Sonoma Counties.
Education
University of San Francisco School of Law (J.D.-1963), Graduate
Theological Union, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley (M.T.S.-1997).
Compensation
Professional fees are charged on an hourly basis. Please
call 415-772-0900.
Service
Area
San Francisco Bay Area, Northern California &
Lake Tahoe.
Citizenship
United States of America.
Languages
English.
50 Fremont Street, Suite 2110
San Francisco, CA 94105
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