Judith Rubenstein Rubenstein and Sorensen Mediation 2629 Montrose Place Santa Barbara CA 93105 Tel: (805) 569-2747 Fax: (805) 569-2747 Email: judith@rsmediate.com www.rsmediate.com

View Printable PDF Resume In fulltime mediation practice since 1983, Ms. Rubenstein has established a reputation as a solid and tenacious mediator, settling over 2500 disputes to date.

Mediation Fact Finding Facilitation Special Master Mediation Training/CLE

Serving the following Counties: Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba [ Click for Map of California's Counties ]

ADA Disability Arts Automotive Civil Rights Commercial/Business Community Associations Construction Contract Disputes EEOC Employment Entertainment Environmental Health Care

Insurance Intellectual Property Labor/Unions Land Use/Planning Landlord / Tenant Libel & Slander Medical Malpractice Negligence Non-Profit Organizations Nursing Homes Partnerships Personal Injury [ 1 ]* Postal

Probate [ 2 ]* Product Liability Professional Fees Public Policy Real Property [ 1 ]* Title VII Torts Trusts Victim-Offender Workplace Wrongful Death

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Judith Rubenstein has experience in settling the following family law matters:

Child Protection Child Support Children & School Common Law/Cohabitation Dependency

Divorce (All Issues) Gay/Lesbian Marital Issues Mental Health Parent-Elder Support

Parent-Teen Pre-Nuptial Agreements Special Education

Biographical Notes:

Ms. Rubenstein is one of the most experienced mediators in the United States. Practicing as a mediator since 1983, Ms. Rubenstein has successfully mediated over 2,500 cases. Ms Rubenstein mediates complex multi-party disputes in the areas of Employment, Trust and Estates, Real Property, Business, Elder Care, Family, Land Use, Personal Injury, and Professional Malpractice. She is known for her ability to understand and work with the underlying interpersonal as well as legal issues in complex disputes. Past mediation participants have reported that Ms. Rubenstein combines a compassionate attitude to all parties with an objective understanding of the law and a practical problem solving approach to settlement. Her success rate in reaching agreement is in the 95% range.

She provides MCLE courses for the California State Bar in Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Negotiation and teaches Mediation as an adjunct professor at University of California, Santa Barbara and with Conflict Management Institute of Santa Barbara. Ms. Rubenstein was selected by the United States Postal Service to train mediators for a national employment mediation program. She serves as a frequent Settlement Master for the Santa Barbara Superior Court. Because of Judith's strong academic background and depth of experience in mediation for over 23 years, she is able to quickly grasp the complex legal and interpersonal issues in almost any type of dispute.

Education:

A graduate of Columbia Law School and member of Law Review, Ms. Rubenstein was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Harvard University, and Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Michigan. She is admitted to practice law in both California and Massachusetts, and is a former litigation attorney. She was trained as a mediator in 1983 by Dispute Resolution Services, Inc. of the L.A. County Bar, attended the Harvard Program on Negotiation in 1985, and advanced mediation seminars at Pepperdine University in 1995-96.

Languages

English, Some Spanish

Memberships & Affiliations :

Rates: In Santa Barbara:
$350 per hour; Minimum 1/2 day: $1,500; Full-day: $3,000

Outside Santa Barbara:
Full-Day rate: $3,500-$5,000 depending on location.

Payment: Advanced payment required 7 days prior to mediation.

Cancellation Policy: 7 day cancellation required for return of fees.
$150 retained for administration fee if cancellation.

AVAILABILITY & BOOKING INFORMATION

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