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Mark Ashworth

Mediation is a process and the sooner you get to the process, the sooner the case settles. Here’s the rub: a trained mediator knows what process to use. They don’t teach it in law school.


Education: Brigham Young University 1972; Western State College of Law,1978.

I’ve tried a lot of cases: jury trials and bench trials. I have an AV rating and bar registry of preeminent lawyers…which doesn’t mean a thing if you don’t have the natural ability to make the peace and mediate cases.

ADR Experience

  • Straus Institute Graduate (Mediating the Litigated Case).
  • Member: Superior Court Arbitrator Panel, 1988 – 2017
  • Judge Pro Tem, referee and mediator for the Superior Court, 1992 – 2017 – over 500 cases.
  • Private ADR: Mr. Ashworth has mediated over 6,000 cases since 1986, and 5,000 of them to settlement
  • Orange County Bar Association
  • State Bar of California
  • Los Angeles County Bar Association
  • American Bar Association
  • Who’s Who in California, 1986

Approach

I am rarely directive unless the attorneys, parties and the nature of the dispute beg for guidance.

Primarily, I want the attorneys who hire me to be heard and collaborate in the settlement process that I help facilitate.

Areas Of Practice

  • Automotive
  • Civil (general)
  • Commercial
  • Construction
  • Contracts
  • Labor - Management
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Partnership
  • Personal Injury
  • Real Estate

Additional Services

  • Mediating Lawyer
  • Mediation Consultant
  • Mediation Trainer
  • Mediator-Arbitrator

Fees and Provisos

$350 per hour with a four hour minimum.

Liability Insurance

  • Yes

Professional Associations

  • ABA DR - ABA Section of DR

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