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Louise LaMothe: Experience and C.V.

Ms. LaMothe s experience in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) spans over twenty years,

and includes service as a mediator, arbitrator and advocate. She has presided over a wide

variety of cases.

She has published and taught extensively on the subject, and has developed videotaped

materials for training lawyers in mediation skills.

Ms. LaMothe brings extensive and varied real world experience to the Dispute Resolution

process.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Over twenty years of experience in arbitration and mediation, as an advocate and

thereafter as a neutral. Since 1993, selected to serve as arbitrator or mediator in over

600 matters. Service as one of three arbitrators in 34 large, complex, international or

domestic commercial matters, including 10 as panel chair. Numerous reasoned awards issued

as sole arbitrator and service in more than 10 class arbitrations. Appointed Discovery

Master by Los Angeles Superior Court, Settlement Master by the U.S.D.C.

Subjects handled in arbitration and mediation include: all types of employment matters

including statutory and contractual claims; construction defects litigation; complex

commercial cases including insurance coverage, partnership disputes, computer contracts

and intellectual property issues, purchase and sale of businesses, and contractual

relationships of many types, including entertainment ventures, motion picture financing,

franchise and real estate contracts; legal and lending malpractice; physician and hospital

disputes; defamation; broker/dealer disputes involving customer claims of churning and

inappropriate investments.

Service as a neutral since 1993 on the American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel,

Employment Panel since 1995, the Large Complex Panel (LCCP) since 1996, and the NRE

(National Research Exchange) Panel since 2005. CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Los

Angeles Regional, Employment and Nationwide Panels. Member, Chartered Institute of

Arbitrators. Currently serving as settlement officer for the U.S. District Court, Central

March 1996-March 1999Of CounselBIRD, MARELLA, BOXER & WOLPERT

(Formerly BIRD, MARELLA, BOXER, WOLPERT & MATZ)

Los Angeles, California

Business litigation in a variety of subject matter areas in state and federal courts, at

trial and appellate levels, including: derivative, securities class action and

broker/dealer litigation, accountants professional negligence defense, business torts,

entertainment industry transactions, insurance bad faith, representation of guarantors and

creditors in bankruptcy matters, antitrust, probate, contractual disputes, including

contracts for goods and services, real property leases and lending agreements, partnership

disputes, fraud, products liability and defamation claims. Representation of management in

employment litigation and related matters, including investigation of allegations of

harassment due to sex and sexual orientation.

August, 1992-March, 1996RIORDAN & MCKINZIE

(now

BINGHAM McCUTCHEN LLP)

Los Angeles, California

Senior Litigation Principal

August l974 August, 1992

IRELL & MANELLA

Los Angeles, California

Partner from l978

June l97l July l974

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAW SCHOOL

Lawrence, Kansas

Assistant Professor and Associate Professor

Faculty Director, Legal Aid Clinic

EDUCATION

STANFORD UNIVERSITY J.D. 197l

Palo Alto, California

Activities: Note Editor, Stanford Law Review,

Legal Aid Society, Juvenile Defender Project,

and indigent criminal representation.

STANFORD UNIVERSITY A.B. 1968

History (with distinction)

BAR MEMBERSHIPS

Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and Ventura County Bar Associations

American Bar Association

The State Bar of California

California Women Lawyers

Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles

Santa Barbara Women Lawyers

Master, Wm. L. Gordon Inn of Court (Santa Barbara)

The State Bar of Kansas (inactive)

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Chair, 1992-1993, Section of Litigation, American Bar Association; Council, l986-1989;

other Section positions, 1981-1991; member, ABA House of Delegates, 1993-1998; member,

Dispute Resolution Section; member, Senior Lawyers Division, Chair ADR Committee, 2008 -

State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, Labor and Employment Law

Consulting Group, 1998-

Member, The American Law Institute, 1993-

Member, College of Commercial Arbitrators, 2001- ; Board Member, 2008-

CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, Los Angeles Regional Panel of Neutrals, 1996-1999,

2004- ; Employment Panel, 2011- ; Nationwide Panel, 2011- ; Fair Housing Panel, 1998-1999;

Securities Panel, 1999

Board member, Conflicts Solutions Center, 2011-

Member, Southern California Mediation Association, 2000-

Member California Dispute Resolution Council, Qualifications and Standards Committee,

2001-2002

California Judicial Council, 1990-1992; member, Advisory Committee on Implementation of

Gender Bias Recommendations, 1991-1994

Volunteer mediator/arbitrator, Los Angeles Superior Court, 1994 -1999

Chair, Lawyers Support Committee, Los Angeles Legal Aid Foundation Annual Fund Drive,

1994-95

Los Angeles County Bar Association, ABA Relations Committee, 1991-1995 ; ADR Section,

Executive Committee, 1994-1997

Board of Trustees, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA, 1995-2004

Editorial Board, Western Legal History (1988), Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society,

2000-

Chair, ADR Committee, Santa Barbara County Bar Association, 2006

Board of Directors, The Alliance for Children s Rights, 1993-1996

Board of Directors, Inner City Law Center, 1991-1996

Board of Visitors, Stanford Law School, l986-l988; 1989-1991; Executive Committee, 1989-

1991

Deputy General Counsel, Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department, 1991

Lawyer Representative, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, l986 & l987, 1993-1995;

alternate, 1992-1993

Faculty member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, l973, l978- (national, regional,

specialized and teacher training programs); Member, NITA Board of Trustees, 1991-2008;

Chair, 2006-2008.

Committee on Women in the Law, State Bar of California, l985-88, Chair, l987-88

Board of Governors, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, l982-l984

Board of Directors, Public Counsel, l980-l983

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