Member Profile: Timothy J. Corcoran

	Timothy J. Corcoran Redlands Arbitration & Mediation Services 1710A Plum Lane Redlands, CA 92374 Tel: (909) 798-4554 Fax: (909) 798-5477 Website: www.mediate.com/rams	View Printable Resume GoogleMaps for this Location

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Early Neutral Evaluation; Med-Arb; Discovery Referee

Civil Rights Commercial/Business Construction Contract Disputes EEOC Employment

Libel & Slander Local Government Medical Malpractice Nursing Homes Personal Injury Police

Professional Negligence Religious Institutions Sports Torts Workers' Compensation Wrongful Death

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Tim has been designated as one of the 50 Top Neutrals in the State of California by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. In November, 2009, Tim was recognized as a "Legal Eagle" in the Best Lawyers edition of the Inland Empire Magazine. He has also been recognized as a "Super Lawyer" in the Corporate Counsel edition of Los Angeles Magazine in 2009 as well as a "Super Lawyer" in the ADR Section.

Tim Corcoran was raised in the Southern California communities of West Covina and Claremont. He graduated from Damien High School, attended the Virginia Military Institute and graduated from the University of Southern California. While at USC he served as a Congressional intern for the late Jerry L. Pettis in Washington D.C.. Tim then went to San Diego to attend the Thomas Jefferson University College of Law where he served on the Law School's Law Review entitled the Criminal Justice Journal. After the completion of his second year, he clerked for the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Diego. After graduation and admission to the California State Bar, Tim began his law career working for the late Judge Tony Piazza in Victorville and Redlands. In 1981, Tim joined the law firm of Thompson & Colegate in Riverside where he specialized in insurance defense of every variety as well as police misconduct and medical malpractice litigation. In 1989, he left the firm and opened his own practice in San Bernardino. Tim was also an instructor at the California Southern School of Law in Riverside where he taught the art of trial practice for approximately 5 years. For the next several years Tim enjoyed a solo practice where he concentrated in the areas of personal injury litigation, family law, juvenile law, criminal law and general civil law.

Tim has continued his professional education by attending the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the Pepperdine School of Law and the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation.

Tim is an Ironman triathlete and enjoys fly fishing and winter sports. He is also active in youth sports.

EDUCATION:

• Thomas Jefferson College of Law, San Diego, CA - J.D., 1978
• University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA - B.A., 1975
• Pepperdine University School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, 2005, 2007, 2008
• Harvard Law School, Program on Negotiation, 2006, 2007

Memberships & Affiliations

• Daily Journal Top 50 Neutrals in the State of California, 2009
• Super Lawyer 2009 - ADR
• Inland Empire Magazine - Legal Eagle, 2009
• Distinguished Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
• Fellow, The Americam College of Civil Trial Mediators
• Member, Southern California Mediation Association
• The American Bar Association, Section on Dispute Resolution.
• Judge Pro Tempore, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
• Arbitrator, San Bernardino, Riverside, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties.
• Private arbitration and mediation services, 1988-present
• Judicate West
• Resolute Systems
• Super Lawyer 2009-Alternative Dispute Resolution Southern California

Rates

Timothy J. Corcoran 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/tim-corcoran