SELF MEDIATION

Debra B. Self, Esq.

108 South Grand Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105

ph: 626-793-1470
fax: 626-793-4749

Resume


LEGAL AND OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE

   

2004 - Present  

Private mediator

  • Member - L.A. Superior Court mediation panels.
  • Member - Orange County Superior Court mediation   panel.
  • Member - Kern County mediation panel.

Arbitrator 

  • FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) Board of Arbitrators.

Adjunct Professor - Cal State Long Beach, Cal Poly Pomona (Hospitality Law)

 

 

1997-2003   Financial Consultant, Smith Barney

 

1995-1997   Regulatory and litigation counsel; business manager, Ford Motor Co,

 

1991-1995   Litigation and preventive law counsel, General Electric Co.

 

1981-1991 Litigation partner and associate, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (formerly Pillsbury Madison & Sutro)


 

EDUCATION

 

1981   LL.M. University of California, Boalt Hall School of Law

 

1980   J.D. University of Cincinnati College of Law

 

1974   B.S. Purdue University (Chemistry)

 


ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION EXPERIENCE

Mediated hundreds of civil cases in a broad range of areas including:

contract disputes, personal injury, assault, defamation, discrimination, partnership disputes, securities and investor matters, warranty, fraud, personal injury, product liability, homeowners association, real estate, insurance bad faith, subrogation, public works and utilities, legal malpractice, sexual molestation, construction and partnership/corporate dissolution. 

Served as an arbitrator on numerous arbitration panels in securities matters involving investors, underwriters and other industry members.

Co-Chair Litigation/ADR Section Pasadena Bar Association

Past President, Board of Directors, Inland Valleys Justice Center

Vice President, LA Mediators

Member, Southern California Mediation Association

Guest speaker and mediation instructor. Regular contributor to the LA Daily Journal and other publications on mediation topics.


 

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108 South Grand Ave.
Pasadena, CA 91105

ph: 626-793-1470
fax: 626-793-4749