Michael Marcus - Attorney - Mediator - Arbitrator - Discovery Referee

Profession	Attorney

Specialty	Mediator - Arbitrator - Discovery Referee

Group	CC1

Business Name	ADR Services Inc.

Title	Judge (Ret.)

Address	1900 Avenue of the Stars Suite 250 Los Angeles, CA 90067-4304

Work Phone	(310)201-0010

Fax	(310)836-4081

Web Site	www.marcusmediation.com

Member Since	9/2006

Judge Marcus has been a full-time neutral since January 2002. He has mediated approximately 1400 cases and arbitrated 30 matters in that period.

The Los Angeles Daily Journal recognized Judge Marcus in 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 as one of the top 50 neutrals in California. He is also a Super Lawyer for 2008-2011.

Before becoming a full-time neutral in 2002, Judge Marcus was the Supervising Judge of the California State Bar Court. Prior to his 1995 appointment, he was first a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney for seventeen years and was then in private practice for another ten years, where he was involved in commercial litigation and criminal defense.

Judge Marcus is a frequent speaker on mediation, arbitration, legal ethics, legal malpractice and trial strategy. He has also taught Mediation Ethics and Strategy at Pepperdine School of Law's Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Evidence at USC Law School and Criminal Law and Procedure at Southwestern Law School. Judge Marcus is currently writing California Courtroom Conduct: the Do's and Don�ts of Litigation for West Publishing. The third edition of his Trial Preparation for Prosecutors was published by Matthew Bender in 2010.

The settlement, through mediation, of civil lawsuits; the arbitration of civil lawsuits through stipulation or contractual arbitration provisions and the resolution or supervision of discovery disputes that occur during civil litigation.

Attorneys who use Judge Marcus's mediation and arbitration services include sole practitioners, small firm members, attorneys from mid-size and national law firms and corporate law offices. A list of the firms which have used Judge Marcus's services may be found on his web site at www.marcusmediation.com.

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Judge Marcus works primarily out of ADR Services' Century City office but also mediates and arbitrates cases in the firm's downtown Los Angeles and Orange County offices. He is also available to mediate cases in San Diego, San Bernardino, Fresno, Bakersfield, San Francisco and San Jose.

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Charities	American Cancer Society


Graduate Degrees	J.D., UCLA School of Law 1967


College Degrees	B.A., University of California at Berkeley 1964


Speaking/Teaching Experience	Taught at USC, UCLA, Pepperdine and Southwestern law schools.


Organizations	L.A.,Orange County,Beverly Hills,Women Lawyer Bar Associations.

Los Angeles - Attorney

Specialties: Mediator - Arbitrator - Discovery Referee