Member Profile: Daniel Ben-Zvi Esq.

	Daniel Ben-Zvi Esq. ADR Services 1900 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 250 Los Angeles, CA 90067 Tel: (310) 201-0010 Fax: (310) 234-5699 Website: www.dbmediation.com Daniel Ben-Zvi Esq. regularly travels out of state to Arizona, District of Columbia, Nevada, New York	View Printable Resume View Published Articles

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Early Neutral Evaluation; Med-Arb; Facilitation & Systems Design; ADR Training/CME

ADA Disability Appellate Automotive Banking & Finance Civil Rights Commercial/Business Condominiums Construction Consumer Fraud Contract Disputes Employment Entertainment Sector Family Businesses

Franchise Health Care Insurance Intellectual Property International Land Use/Planning Landlord/Tenant Local Government Medical Malpractice Partnerships Personal Injury Premises Liability Probate

Product Liability Professional Fees Professional Negligence Real Estate Religious Institutions Sports Technology Torts Trusts / Estates Workers' Compensation Wrongful Death

BIOGRAPHICAL:

EDUCATION:

• J.D., Cardozo School of Law, 1981
• B.A., Rutgers University, 1978 (Honors, Economics)

Languages

Memberships & Affiliations

• Mediated over 1,700 cases on the panels of ADR Services, Inc.(ADR Services), Alternative Resolution Centers (ARC), Institute of Conflict Management (ICM), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and DB Mediation Services.
• Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
• Chairman of "L.A.'s Annual Mediation Day." Appointed by the City Council of Los Angeles to promote mediation. In charge of annual Mediation Day since March 2004. Annual speech given by Daniel Ben-Zvi on status of dispute resolution in L.A. and nation given in televised City Hall session, together with Mayor and leaders in the legal, political and mediation communities.
• Co-Author of "Inside the Minds - Alternative Dispute Resolution" (Aspatore Books, Boston 2004). Description on cover: "Leading Lawyers on the Art & Science of Arbitration, Mediation & More." Co-authors include J.Brian Casey, Baker & McKenzie and Judith Korchin, Holland & Knight.
• Honored at Southern California Mediation Association's (SCMA) Annual Employment Mediation Conference of 2005.
• Diplomat Member, National [and CA] Academy of Distinguished Neutrals.
• Judge Pro Tem of the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, beginning 2002.
• Judge -- Annual National Negotiation Competition, American Bar Association [ABA], Law Student Division
• Lecturer on mediation topics at Southern California Mediation Association's annual conferences and its other seminars.
• Lecturer on mediation topics at the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office and City Council; Los Angeles, Ventura and San Francisco Bar Associations; community groups; law schools including UCLA , Loyola and Pepperdine; Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.
• Lecturer on "Mediation in the Real Estate Industry".
• Keynote speaker on Mediation in the Film and Television Industry at the 2004 annual conference of California Lawyers for the Arts. Panelist on "Intellectual Property Disputes" at its 2005 annual conference.
• Author of articles on mediation and litigation topics, including an overview of mediation, "The Mediation Revolution" (California Lawyers for the Arts, CA; 2004).
• Featured Mediator on radio including "The Dennis Prager Radio Show" and CBS Radio's "Business Hour."
• Featured Mediator on television including "Mediation Behind Closed Doors," "Saving the American Dream, " "Law Talk" and consultant mediator expert on ABC news.
• Consultant for setting up Conflict Management Systems for various businesses, including on-line internet industries.
• Annual participant in "Master's Forum" at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, where mediation training completed.
• Litigator [beginning 1981] at law firms based in Connecticut [Ribicoff & Kotkin], Washington DC [Schmeltzer, Aptaker & Shepard] and California.
• Extern [1980-81] for Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland [Federal Bankruptcy Court, Southern District New York].
• Admitted to the Bars of California, New York, Washington DC, New Jersey, and Connecticut.
• Participant, Harvard Law School's "Harvard Negotiation Initiative Institute" 

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Daniel Ben-Zvi Esq. is a member of the California Academy of Distinguished Neutrals, California's premier roster of preeminent mediators and arbitrators. The CADN profile includes more specific local information, such as counties and regions served, and can be visited directly at www.californianeutrals.org/daniel-ben-zvi