Courses in Mediation, Negotiation,
Conflict Resolution & Leadership

featuring Lee Jay Berman


  September 12, 2024 Launching Your Career As An ADR Neutral
Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel
With Arnold Peter, Joel Grossman, Kim Deck and Louis Mesinger
(Virtual via Zoom)
Los Angeles, California
 
  September 18, 2024 Leadership Retreat
With NextGen Leadership
Private Client
Boston, Massachusetts
 
  September 19, 2024 Leadership Workshop
With NextGen Leadership
Private Client
Boston, Massachusetts
 
  October 7, 2024 Impasse is a Fallacy
USC Gould School of Law
Los Angeles, California
 
  October 15, 2024 Leadership Retreat
With NextGen Leadership
Private Client
Boston, Massachusetts
 
  October 17, 2024 Leadership Talk on Conflict Resolution
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas
 
  October 17, 2024 Leadership and Conflict Resolution: A Workshop for Growth
Sam Houston State University
Vice President of Student Affairs and Driectors
Huntsville, Texas
 
  October 17, 2024 Open Talk
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas
 
  October 18, 2024 Building Trust and Maximizing Personal Power
Dispute Resolution Center
Conroe, Texas
 
  October 18, 2024 Impasse is a Fallacy
Austin Assocation of Mediators
(Virtual via Zoom)
Austin, Texas, Texas
 
  October 23, 2024 Into the Mind of a Master Mediator: Litigators Peek Behind The Curtain
Beverly Hills Bar Assocaition
(Virtual via Zoom)
Beverly Hills, California
 
  October 26, 2024 Mediating Through Different Lenses
Southern California Mediation Association
SCMA Annual Conference
Malibu, California
 
  February 4, 2025 Impasse is a Fallacy
Association of Attorney-Mediators Illinois
(Virtual via Zoom)
Chicago, Illinois
 
  March 12, 2025 Practical Tools for Dealing with Anger, Grief, and Other High Emotions in Mediation
The Mediation Center of the Pacific
(Virtual via Zoom)
Honolulu, Hawaii
 
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The Instructor

Lee Jay Berman Lee Jay Berman began as a full-time mediator 30 years ago, and has successfully mediated over 2,700 matters as, many of which were high profile cases, as a private, independent commercial mediator. Ranked by Chambers USA for 7 years as one of the top commercial mediators in the U.S., and in Band 1 (top 16 in the U.S.) since 2023. He has been voted by his colleagues into the Who’s Who of International Commercial Mediation from 2012-2024, and they named him one of the 10 Global Thought Leaders in North America. ADR Times named him to their inaugural “Who’s Who in ADR”. The Association of Media and Entertainment Counsel honored him with their 2024 Counsel of the Year Award for Excellence in ADR. The National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) named him their inaugural “Distinguished Neutral of the Year” in 2017. California’s Daily Journal twice named him “Top Neutral”. The Southern California Mediation Association has honored him with both their Cloke-Millen Peacemaker of the Year (2021) and L. Randolph Lowry Award (2010) for his work as a mediator, trainer, and thought leader in the field. He is a AAA Master Mediator for employment matters, a national panelist on their commercial, construction, entertainment and insurance panels, and a select mediator on their International Center for Dispute Resolution mediation panel. He is a Distinguished Fellow with the International Academy of Mediators, a Charter Diplomat with NADN, and was one of the first 5 U.S. mediators certified by the International Mediation Institute.

Also a popular trainer, Mr. Berman founded the American Institute of Mediation after seven years as Director of Pepperdine Law School's Mediating the Litigated Case program (ranked #1 nationally). He has trained mediators, judges, attorneys, and business leaders across North America, Mexico, Europe, and the Middle East, as well as India, Uzbekistan, Australia, and New Zealand.

Lee Jay has been interviewed on dozens of podcasts, published numerous articles on mediation and negotiation, and the American Bar Association will be publishing two of his books in 2024.

In addition to his professional endeavors, Mr. Berman is an active supporter of the TJ Martell Foundation, raising money for cancer research, an annual supporting member of UCLA’s’ Bruin Athletic Club of the Wooden Athletic Fund and a member of the UCLA Chancellor’s Society. He is on the Board of the Jessica Berman Foundation, raising money for breast cancer research and cerebral palsy, and he served for many years as a Trustee of Olive Crest Homes for Abused Children, and as President of Kids at Heart

For more information, please visit www.LeeJayBerman.com.

Click here to view Mr. Berman's Training Biography.

Click here for a listing of Mr. Berman's training and speaking client list.

Click here for a listing of courses attended by Mr. Berman.

For More Information

Call (310) 593-9905 or email: info@MediationTools.com .

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The Mediation Offices of Lee Jay Berman. Marina del Rey, CA 90292. (310) 593-9905
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