Employment Dispute Resolution Experience

Ms. Warren has extensive experience in litigation, arbitration, and mediation of employment matters.

Mediation:   Ms. Warren is known for her listening skills and her ability to act as an ally for both sides.  Her enthusiasm and energy are strong motivators for the parties to resolve their differences.  She is able to diffuse the high levels of emotions that often accompany employment disputes and lead the parties to resolution. She understands that resolution of employment neutral.
Ms. Warren regularly attends continuing education courses in the employment field. Those who have used her services find she is well prepared on both the facts and the law. Ms. Warren often begins her employment mediations by calling counsel for both sides prior to the mediation to more fully understand the issues and dynamics.

Counsel who have participated in employment mediations with Ms. Warren have noted:

  • She is one of the most knowledgeable mediators I have dealt with, and she does a great job of allowing clients) to express their anguish and then getting them past that to financial settlement."
  • I was struck by her dedication to the task and her willingness to keep working until we found a solution.  Other mediators might have give up, but she didn't."
  • One of her best attributes is that she makes people feel like they have their day in court and lets them explain how they feel.  Once they are done, she gets down to the issues and works toward resolution."

Arbitration:   Ms. Warren's strong substantive employment law background and experience as an arbitrator make her an ideal candidate for employment arbitrations.  Ms. Warren creates written rulings following each pre-hearing conference and resolves discovery disputes promptly and efficiently.  At the arbitration hearing, Ms. Warren provides a fair and efficient process, while being attentive to the needs of the parties to present testimony and other evidence.  She writes well reasoned awards, which allow the parties to understand the basis for her decisions.

Representative Matters:

  • Age discrimination
  • Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing
  • Class action adjudication
  • Constructive termination
  • Disability discrimination
  • Disputes between business owners and partners
  • Distributorship agreement
  • National origin discrimination
  • Pregnancy discrimination
  • Race discrimination
  • Religious discrimination
  • Retaliatory conduct
  • Sex discrimination
  • Sexual harassment
  • Title VII, Title IX
  • Wage and hour
  • Wrongful termination

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities:

  • Bar Associations of Los Angeles, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties (Employment,Real Estate, and ADR section member).  She has attained the advanced practitioner certificate from the ADR section of the San Luis Obispo Bar Association.
  • Medication Panels:  NASD panel member, Santa Barbara CADRE program, Ventura County Superior Court Mediation Panel.

Background and Education:

  • Vice President and Senior Litigation Counsel, Great Western Bank (subsequently acquired by Washington Mutual) handling local and national cases in employment, securities, banking, real estate, personal injury, and class actions, 1985-1997.
  • Litigation Counsel, Bank of America, 1980-1985
  • J.D., cum laude, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 1980
  • B.S., Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1973

References
Email Ms. Warren to request a list of recent references at n.warren@verizon.net

JAMS Website:  http://jamsadr.com/

 

 

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