The following is a list of biographical information for the Resolution Advocates who have been selected to serve on the BDRP Panel. The background information was submitted by the applicants, and is provided without comment by the Court.
Not all panel members are willing to serve in all divisions. Please check the Resolution Advocates Availability list to select a Resolution Advocate and alternate in your area.
Siegal, Joel H.
Siegal and Richardson, LLP
436-14th Street, Suite 1106
Oakland, CA 94612
Phone: (510) 271-6720
Fax: (510) 500-9512
Email: joelsiegal@yahoo.com
Website: https://siegalrichardsonlaw.com/
Occupation: Attorney
Areas of Specialization: Serious personal injury; Labor and Civil Rights litigation
Education: B.A. 1977; State University of New York at Albany; Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations; J.D., California Western School of Law, 1982
ADR Training: 40 hours Mediation Training, Steven Rosenberg; Over five hundred hours of class and practical experience.
ADR Style: It depends. I will do what it takes to get the matter settled. I do not give up. Remember, I was a lawyer for Bill Walton.
Advocate Location(s): Oakland, San Francisco
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Resume: Joel Siegal
Simon, Martha
Law Office of Martha J. Simon
100 Pine St., Suite 1250
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 434-1888
Fax: (415) 434-1880
Email: mjs@mjsimonlaw.com
Occupation: Attorney
Areas of Specialization: Bankruptcy and commercial litigation, debtor and creditor, consumer and business
Education: B.A., American University, School of International Service, 1972; J.D., Golden Gate School of Law, 1981
ADR Training: CLE through Bar Association of San Francisco and State Bar of California and California Community Dispute Services, BDRP, SF Community Dispute Resolution Program.
ADR Style: I utilize a combination of approaches, depending upon the case and the parties involved.
Advocate Location(s): Oakland, San Francisco, Remote Virtual/Video
Spoken Languages: Spanish
Spector, Ross
Spector & Bennett
A Professional Corporation
50 California Street, 15th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 439-5390
Fax: (415) 707-2064
Email: ross.spector@spectorandbennett.com
Website: http://www.spectorandbennett.com
Occupation: Attorney
Areas of Specialization: Commercial, bankruptcy and secured transactions
Education: B.A. Economics, Tulane University, 1983; M.B.A., Tulane University, 1985; J.D., University of San Francisco, 1988
ADR Training: Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
ADR Style: Caucus, collaborative, and facilitative (Evaluative where appropriate)
Advocate Location(s): Oakland, San Francisco, Santa Rosa
Sternberg, David M.
David M. Sternberg & Associates
540 Lennon Lane
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
Phone: (925) 946-1400
Fax: (925) 932-6986
Email: dsternberg@davidsternberg-law.com
Website: www.davidsternberg-law.com
Occupation: Attorney
Areas of Specialization: Bankruptcy Law Specialist certified by the California State Bar.
Education: B.A. Economics, Antioch College, Ohio, 1974 (B.A. Economics); J.D., Golden Gate University, 1980
ADR Training: 40 hours Mediation Training, Steven Rosenberg (2003) and Continuing Legal Education with Steven Rosenberg and other CLE.
ADR Style: Evaluative and Caucuses
Advocate Location(s): Oakland, San Francisco
Sweet, Michael
Fox Rothschild
345 California Street, Suite 2200
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: (415) 364-5548
Fax: (415) 391-4436
Email: msweet@foxrothschild.com
Occupation: Attorney
Areas of Specialization: Chair of Fox Rothschild’s nationwide Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Department. Bankruptcy attorney and commercial litigator with 20+ years representing debtors, creditors, creditors committees, trustees and municipalities in bankruptcy cases.
Education: BA, Brandeis University 1991
JD, UCLA 1996
ADR Training: Steven Rosenberg - 40 hour program.
ADR Style: Caucus, collaborative, facilitative. Evaluative if appropriate and desired by the parties.
Advocate Location(s): Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Rosa, Remote Virtual/Video
Winkelman, Bruce
Craig & Winkelman
2001 Addison Street, Suite 300
Berkeley, CA 94704
Phone: (510) 549-3330
Fax: (510) 217-5894
Email: bwinkelman@craig-winkelman.com
Occupation: Attorney, Mediator & Adjunct Professor of Law in Mediation/ADR
Areas of Specialization: Insurance coverage, complex litigation
Education: B.A., University of California, Berkeley (1983); J.D., University of San Diego (1986)
ADR Training: Conciliation Forums of Oakland (1993); ADR Applications, Inc., Commercial/Civil Mediation (1997); Advanced Mediation Training, Martin Gould Center, Stanford University (First Appellate District Program (2000); Mediation Training, US District Court (2002).
ADR Style: Directed facilitation. Assist parties in critically evaluating likely case issues and outcomes while identifying interests.
Advocate Location(s): Oakland, San Francisco