Litigator and advocate brings vast experience as a negotiator to resolve parties’ disputes in Mediations.

• Hundreds of Mediations as an Advocate.

Established general orders, procedures and system for mediating 150 concurrent, related cases involving issues of fraud, breach of contract and unfair business practices. Successfully mediated 149 of 150 cases leading to special thanks by the Presiding Judge of the Superior Court in Santa Monica.Mediator – Los Angeles Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Panel, 2006 - present.

 

Ms. Halbreich is a Mediator in the following areas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATION

• • J.D., University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), 1975 B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; Sorbonne University and L’Institute d’Etudes Politiques; Paris, France
• • Dispute Resolution / Mediations training - Pepperdine University School of Law

WORK HISTORY

• • Assistant U.S. Attorney, Civil Division (Los Angeles, California)
• •Over 25 years in private practice. Co-founded the firm of Pivo and Halbreich,  February 1985. The firm is now Pivo, Halbreich, Martin, Wilson & Amo, LLP

• • Divorce / Family Law
• • Collaborative Divorce
• • Employment Law
•     • Wrongful Termination
•     • Discrimination (Race, Age, Gender)
•     • Sexual Harassment
• • Partnership Disputes
  

• •  Business Litigation
•     •  Complex & Multi-District

• •  Medical & Professional Liability
• •  Insurance Law
• •  Coverage & Bad Faith
• •  Toxic Torts
  

PROFESSIONAL

HIGHLIGHTS

• • Assistant U.S. Attorney (Central District of California)
• • Over 100 Trials and Arbitrations
• • Temporary Judge, Los Angeles County Superior Court
• • Instructor, Continuing Education of the Bar
• • Lectures and presentations on trial advocacy, trial skills, effective use of experts and trial exhibits, demonstrative evidence, risk management, negotiation skills
• • Mediator – Los Angeles Superior Court Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Panel, 2006 - present