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About Robert > Robert's CV
Curriculum Vitae of Robert N. Dobbins
ADR
(as Mediator, Arbitrator, Early Neutral Evaluation, Discovery Referee)
- Commercial; business; partnership dispute; business dissolution; financial
- Employment
- Insurance bad faith
- Real Estate
- Construction, construction defect
- Major injury, death, products liability
- Consumer, Song-Beverly disputes
- Probate, Trust
- Professional liability
- Los Angeles County Superior Court ADR Panel
Adjunct Professor, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
Southern Counties Liaison (Orange County Centre), Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law
Education
- LL.M. (Master of Laws) Dispute Resolution, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Law School – 2003
- Master of Dispute Resolution, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Law School - 2001
- Certificate in Dispute Resolution, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Law School - 2000
- Juris Doctorate Southwestern University School of Law SCALE Program - 1978
- Bachelor of Science – Public Communication Boston University, School of Communication - 1975
ADR Activities
Visiting Scholar United Nations Commission on International Trade Law United Nations Vienna:
Contributing author “UNCITRAL Guide to Use and Enactment of the Model Law on Conciliation”;
Contributing author “UNCITRAL Working Paper on Interim Measures in International Commercial Arbitration”;
Author “UNCITRAL Notes on Procedure for International Commercial Conciliation”;
Preparation of seminar presentation for Secretary General-UNCITRAL: Comparing US Mediation and International Conciliation Practices
Featured speaker Inns of Court Orange County Chapter: “Mediation: What it is and How to Prepare for It – a Litigator’s Guide”
Featured speaker, California Association of Code Enforcement Officers: "Mediation as an Alternative to Citation or Criminal Proceedings"
Featured speaker, Orange County Bar Association "Last Dash": "Mediation: Through the Eyes of the Mediator - A Baker's Dozen of Practical Tips"
Panel Moderator, Hispanic Bar Association "Cuba-America Legal Exchange, Havana, Cuba": "Preparing Your Case for Settlement in Mediation"
Program Faculty, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution/Pepperdine Law School: "Mediating the Litigated Case"
Featured Speaker, Riverside County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Service: "Ethical Issues for Mediators - Can you face yourself in the mirror in the morning?"
Faculty, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Law School: Cross-Cultural Dispute Resolution & Negotiation
Faculty, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine Law School: International Commercial Dispute Resolution
Panel Moderator, Masters' Forum 2003, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University Law School: "Global Perspectives, Global Opportunities"
Featured Speaker, Orange County Fair Housing Counsel, Mediation Panel Advanced Training: "Cross-Cultural Issues in Mediation"
Advanced Training, Nevada Supreme Court "Settlement Judges": "How 'Who You Are' as Mediator May Affect Your Ethical Duties in Mediation"
Panelist, Orange County Bar Association International Law Section: "The ABC's of International Dispute Resolution"
Directors’ Meeting Facilitator, Board of Directors Meeting Retreat – Orange County Hispanic Bar Association
Judge Pro Tempore and Settlement Officer Orange County Superior Court: 1990 – 2002
Special Counsel, founding member Deacon Jones Foundation
Special Counsel, founding member: Centre for Advancement of Peaceful Alternatives
Special Counsel, founding member: Friends of Bear Paw, Big Hole & Canyon Creek Battlefields
Law Practice/Memberships
- Private law practice (Admitted to Bar: 1978):
- Alternative dispute resolution counseling and representation
- Representing small businesses and their principals: Business transactions and litigation; Formation, counseling and dissolution of businesses; Contract negotiations, drafting; Probate litigation Real Property transactions and litigation Non Profit Corporations formation, counseling
- Admitted to practice California State and Federal Courts: 1978
- United States Supreme Court: 1989
- American Samoa High Court: 1979
- American Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
- California State Bar
- Orange County Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
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