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Jan Frankel Schau, Esq.
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GENERAL STATEMENT OF PRACTICE


Jan Frankel Schau, Esq. settles litigated cases arising out of employment, business and tort disputes with skill, intelligence and care. With over twenty years of experience as a litigator – 10 years in Insurance Defense and 10 years representing Plaintiffs – Jan has a unique ability to understand and evaluate both sides of conflict and to get to the heart of the conflict in order to arrive at a satisfactory resolution in almost every dispute efficiently, effectively and fairly, usually in a single day. With more than 25 years of experience as a Mediator, Jan is highly recognized as a leader in the field of ADR: bringing insight, determination and a keen ability to bring parties together to resolve their conflict in a way that leaves both lawyers and their clients feeling satisfied, respected and relieved.


AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION


  • Employment: FEHA, Wrongful Termination, Discrimination, Harassment, Wage and Hour, PAGA
  • Tort: Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Premises Liability
  • Business: Partnership, Trade Secrets, Contracts


MEDIATION/ARBITRATION EXPERIENCE


  • ADR Services, Inc., Mediator & Arbitrator, Panel Neutral since 2007
  • Civil Service Hearing Officer, County of Los Angeles
  • Civil Service Hearing Officer, City of Los Angeles
  • Civil Service Hearing Officer, Los Angeles Unified School District
  • AAA Mediator/Arbitrator
  • FINRA Arbitrator
  • Private Mediator, Arbitrator, Valley Mediation Services
  • United States District Court, Central District, Appointed Panel Member


LEGAL EXPERIENCE


  • Litigation Practice at various law firms in Los Angeles, specializing in Insurance Defense, including hospital staff privileges, employment (defense and plaintiff), professional negligence, torts and Condominium and Homeowners’ Law.


SELECTED PROFESSIONAL PANELS/APPOINTMENTS/HONORS


  • Elected Vice President of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM), Distinguished Fellow
  • Top 16 Women in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Super Lawyers, California
  • Top 50 Neutral by California Daily Journal
  • Elected Chair, Beverly Hills Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
  • Recognized as California Super Lawyer in Alternative Dispute Resolution (for past 15 years)
  • Board Member, Women Lawyers of Los Angeles, Former ADR Section Chair
  • Former Appointed Member, California State Bar Committee on ADR
  • Former Elected President, Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA)


FORMAL EDUCATION


  • Advanced ADR Training, Pepperdine University, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution
  • Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, J.D., 1981
  • Pomona College, Claremont, California, B.A. in International Relations, 1978


TRAINING/LECTURES


  • United States District Court: “Mediator’s Proposals”
  • Guangzhou University: Evaluation in Mediation
  • Southern California Mediation Association, Employment Institute, Keynote: “A New Paradigm for Mediating Employment Disputes”
  • International Academy of Mediators, Zurich, Switzerland, “Mediating When Hearts and Minds Collide”
  • American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, “Insulting First Offers”


BOOKS


  • Author, “View from the Middle of the Road: A Mediator’s Perspective on Life, Conflict and Human Interaction”, AuthorHouse 2013.
  • “The Bad Boy who almost Got Away”, “Stories Mediators Tell”, editors, Eric Galton and Lela Love, Published by ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2012.
  • Contributing Author to “Lawyers as Changemakers” by J. Kim Wright, Published by ABA Dispute Resolution Section, 2016.

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