Rich is a former judicial officer who combines years of legal and judicial experience, and formal dispute resolution training, with compassionate, creative approaches to assist our clients in resolving conflict in a comfortable, dignified environment.

We are uniquely qualified to help our clients to understand and evaluate the realities, strengths and weaknesses of their legal positions in an effort to promote settlement prior to trial. As he did while serving on the Bench, Rich takes his role as a neutral very seriously, maintaining no biases or prejudices for or against either party or their respective positions. As a judicial officer, Rich presided over complex civil law suits involving a wide variety of legal disputes including personal injury and wrongful death, insurance coverage, medical and legal malpractice, class actions, contracts, real property, property tax, employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, injunctions and family law, to name a few. He has successfully mediated thousands of disputes, bringing decades of combined litigation experience to his role as a Mediator.