When conflicts arise between partners, investors, or stakeholders, mediation offers a faster, more cost-effective, and private alternative to litigation. Most cases resolve in a single day—and you stay in full control throughout the process.
With 30 years of leadership in real estate, finance, and business—and legal training from Cornell and Harvard—I bring clear, practical insight to disputes that demand speed and experience.
I have successfully mediated high-stakes, emotionally and financially complex business and real estate disputes. Representative case types include:
Regulation D (504) disputes, investor-member disagreements, capital structuring
Developer, contractor, entitlement, and lease disputes
Creditor-debtor negotiations, distressed asset workouts
Partnership disputes, M&A conflicts, operating agreement issues
Executive disputes, severance issues, independent contractor classification
30+ years as a CFO, investor, and turnaround advisor in real estate, finance, construction, and private equity. Led capital restructurings, partner exits, and dissolutions.
Cornell Law (Business Law Certificate), Harvard Law (Legal Systems coursework), court-connected mediator (San Mateo Superior Court via PCRC), CFA, and CIRA.
I reserve capacity for a limited number of high-stakes matters that require discretion, speed, or deep financial insight.
Cornell Law School – Business Law Program
Harvard Law School – Legal Systems & Mediation Coursework
Phoenix Dispute Solutions – IMI-Certified Mediator Training
CFA Charterholder
CIRA – Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel outlines several benefits of mediation, including informality, confidentiality, cost-effectiveness, greater party control, preservation of relationships, mutually satisfactory results, comprehensive and customized agreements, and a foundation for future problem-solving.
This article from the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution discusses how mediation offers confidentiality and privacy, explores mutual needs and interests, provides a “reality check” for decision-makers, and helps clarify issues, leading to more informed and satisfactory outcomes.
Published by Super Lawyers, this article highlights that mediation is relatively quick, cost-effective, educational, individualized, and fosters better conflict resolution approaches, making it a preferred method for resolving business disputes.
This article from Rosenbaum & Taylor emphasizes that mediation saves time and money, ensures confidentiality, is informal, allows for creative solutions, and facilitates productive business relationships.
Greenspoon Marder discusses benefits such as quick resolution, non-adversarial setting, expense management, stress reduction, creativity and exploration of options, information gathering, privacy and confidentiality, direct communication, and relationship restoration.
