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Breanna Cornwall
Monterey, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
Arbitration & Mediation and Appeals
Breanna Cornwall is the firm’s founder and managing attorney. Since going into private practice, she has focused on representing clients involved in family law matters including divorce, military divorce, child custody, and spousal support. She also represents clients in obtaining (and defending against) domestic violence restraining orders and civil restraining orders such as civil harassment restraining orders, workplace violence restraining orders, and private postsecondary school violence restraining orders.
Prior to starting her own firm, she had an extensive background as a business owner and entrepreneur. She started and managed a staffing agency and a real estate brokerage. Her business and...
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Michelle Midori Yoshida
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 26 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
Golden Gate University School of Law
Michelle Yoshida, a full-time mediator, arbitrator, and special master since 2007, joined Phillips ADR in 2014. Previously with Judge Daniel Weinstein’s team, she has mediated over 500 disputes with billions in settlements, excelling in complex cases involving securities, insurance, professional liability, ERISA, and trustee issues. Known for quickly grasping legal and factual complexities, she manages large ADR cases with objectivity and determination, finding practical solutions for disputes ranging from personal contracts to major corporate matters.
Michelle builds trust and productive relationships with mediation participants. Before becoming a neutral, she was a trial attorney handling complex business litigation, including contracts, insurance, intellectual...
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Anaheeta Z. Kolah
San Diego, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(858) 546-4480
4370 La Jolla Village Drive
Suite 400
San Diego, CA 92122
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
California Western School of Law
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William S. Ohlemeyer
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 41 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
University of Missouri School of Law
Bill Ohlemeyer brings 40 years of experience to Phillips ADR, representing plaintiffs, defendants, and working at Altria Group. He has litigated, arbitrated, mediated, and tried cases in state and federal courts, advising on legal and regulatory challenges.
A Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Bill graduated cum laude from the University of Missouri Law School and clerked for Chief Judge Scott O. Wright. He joined Shook, Hardy & Bacon, becoming partner in 1991, then served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Altria (1999–2008), managing litigation for Philip Morris...
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Charles J. Stevens
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Chuck Stevens joined Phillips ADR after a 40-year career as a litigation partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, U.S. Attorney, and neutral in ADR matters. At Gibson Dunn’s San Francisco office, he served as managing partner for six years and was recognized by Lawdragon (2023 Leading Global Litigators), Benchmark Litigation (2024 Litigation Star), and Chambers (Band 1, California Litigation). He was named San Francisco’s Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation (2019) by Best Lawyers.
Chuck founded a boutique litigation firm, handling complex civil cases and qui tam matters. As a neutral, he mediated for the Eastern District of California’s Voluntary...
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Margaret B. Seymour
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
American University Washington College of Law
Margaret B. Seymour, a retired U.S. District Judge (District of South Carolina, 1998–2022), was the first African American woman federal judge and chief federal judge in South Carolina. She served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge (1996–1998) before her district court appointment.
Over 26 years, Judge Seymour presided over complex securities, contract, class action, commercial, banking, bankruptcy, employment, discrimination, and environmental cases, as well as criminal matters like drug conspiracies, white-collar crime, and Ponzi schemes. She sat by designation on the Fourth Circuit and participated in two three-judge-panel redistricting cases. She served twice on the Judicial Conference Committee on the Administration of...
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Gary A. Feess
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
UCLA School of Law
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Edwin Valentine Woodsome
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 51 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation, Antitrust, Business and Employment
Harvard Law School
Edwin V. Woodsome, a Phillips ADR neutral, was managing partner of Dechert LLP’s Los Angeles office and head of Global Litigation at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe. With over 35 years of trial experience, he has handled consumer fraud, False Claims Act, securities, product liability, trade secrets, employment, antitrust, and intellectual property cases in state and federal courts. He has extensive appellate, mediation, and arbitration experience, including the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California’s mediation panel.
Woodsome represented major firms in transportation, banking, technology, aerospace, and entertainment, serving as U.S. national litigation counsel for a global logistics company and...
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Miles Norman Ruthberg
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 50 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
Harvard Law School
Miles, a Phillips ADR mediator, excels in securities, antitrust, professional liability, mass torts, and complex commercial litigation, closing settlements totaling nearly $2 billion. Previously, he was a renowned trial and appellate lawyer for over 40 years, serving as Global Chair of Latham & Watkins’ Litigation Department. Recognized as a “legendary litigator” by the New York Law Journal, he received its Lifetime Achievement Award and accolades from Chambers USA, Best Lawyers (New York City’s Lawyer of the Year for Securities Litigation), and the Lawdragon 500 Hall of Fame. His economics and mathematics expertise aids in analyzing damages and crafting innovative settlement...
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Barry Robert Ostrager
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 52 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
New York University School of Law
Barry R. Ostrager, a retired New York State Supreme Court Justice (Commercial Division, 2015–2023), presided over numerous trials and resolved hundreds of commercial cases. Before his judicial role, he was a litigation partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, leading its 300+ attorney Litigation Department and serving on the management committee.
As lead trial counsel, Ostrager handled high-profile securities, antitrust, and insurance cases, including Swiss Re’s World Trade Center dispute and Travelers’ environmental coverage case against Shell Oil, both resulting in jury verdicts. He tried five cases involving $1 billion+ disputes and led major arbitrations, such as Andersen Consulting’s $14 billion...
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Nora Yvette Aponte-Woodring
Foothill Ranch, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 13 years of experience
(949) 444-6802
26632 Towne Centre Drive
Suite 300
Foothill Ranch, CA 92679
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
Whittier Law School
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Niki Lin Mendoza
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 27 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
University of Oregon School of Law
Niki, a Phillips ADR neutral for six years, brings 25 years of experience in complex litigation, claims administration, mediation, arbitration, and special master roles. A protégé of Judge Layn Phillips, she has co-mediated hundreds of cases, applying his innovative practices in mediations she leads and in court-appointed special master roles nationwide.
Before Phillips ADR, Niki was Vice President of Client Strategy & Development at a national class action claims administrator. For nearly 15 years, she litigated securities fraud and complex commercial cases at a national class action law firm, securing court-approved settlements in high-profile matters. She also represented defendants in insurance...
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Robert Cleve Bonner
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
Georgetown University Law Center
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Gregory Paul Lindstrom
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 46 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation and Antitrust
The University of Chicago Law School
Gregory P. Lindstrom, a Phillips ADR neutral since 2014, brings extensive litigation and business experience from his roles as a Latham & Watkins litigation partner and General Counsel of The Irvine Company. A full-time mediator and arbitrator since 2012, he specializes in complex disputes, including antitrust, securities, intellectual property, and commercial matters.
Born in California, Greg graduated summa cum laude from UCLA (Economics, 1975) and earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School (1978), working with Professor Richard Posner. At Latham & Watkins (1978–2008), he became a partner in 1986, managed the San Francisco office, and served on the...
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Seth Alben Aronson
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 44 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Securities
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Seth Aronson joined Phillips ADR in 2023, mediating disputes up to ten figures in securities, consumer class actions, privacy, false claims, shareholder derivative, antitrust, RMBS fraud, and complex litigation. He serves on the ADR panel for the U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
Retiring from O’Melveny & Myers LLP in 2022 after 40 years as a trial and appellate lawyer, Seth was managing partner of O’Melveny’s Los Angeles office and chaired its Securities Litigation practice. Ranked by Chambers USA for 20 years, he was named California Securities Litigation Attorney of the Year twice by Benchmark Litigation, a “Top 100 Lawyer”...
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Jordan Allen Bennett
Fresno, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer
(559) 981-2588
Ext. 1
Suite 201
Fresno, CA 93730
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
San Joaquin College of Law
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Elliot Noah Brown
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and IP
Harvard Law School
Elliot Brown, a Phillips ADR neutral, is the former managing partner of Irell & Manella LLP. He spent nearly 30 years in IP litigation, counseling, and licensing at a top IP practice.
Elliot graduated cum laude from Harvard College (1985), earning Phi Beta Kappa and a John Harvard Scholar award. He studied philosophy of science at Princeton, receiving an MA (1987) and a Mellon Fellowship, where game theory and Daniel Kahneman’s work on bargaining and cognitive bias shaped his approach to dispute resolution. He earned his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School (1990), serving as a Harvard Law Review...
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Andra Greene
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 44 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
Harvard Law School
Andra Greene, a Phillips ADR neutral, has mediated disputes from seven to 11 figures in mass torts, class actions, securities, sexual misconduct, insurance, and intellectual property. She spent 35 years at Irell & Manella LLP, leading the Class Action Defense practice and serving as managing partner of the Newport Beach office and on the Executive Committee.
A seasoned trial lawyer, Andra handled complex litigation in class actions, professional liability, employment, business torts, securities, and intellectual property in state and federal courts. She often represented lawyers and law firms. Recognized as a “Top Woman Lawyer in California” by the Daily Journal five...
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Clay M. Cogman
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 12 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
Fordham University School of Law
Clay joined Judge Phillips’ ADR practice in 2011. He graduated cum laude from Pepperdine University (B.A., History, 2006) and earned his J.D. from Fordham Law School (2011). He is admitted to the New York and California State Bars.
Clay began mediating small claims in Bronx County Civil Court during law school. With over a decade at Phillips ADR, he now mediates complex disputes involving major companies in areas like antitrust, class actions, intellectual property, environmental, mass tort, insurance, securities, and contract disputes. He has worked on over 500 mediations, assisting Judge Phillips before, during, and after sessions, and directly engaging parties...
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Joann Leigh Pheasant
Sacramento, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 27 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Appeals and Business
University of Washington School of Law
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Catherine Lynne Huston
Stockton, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 29 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
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Valerie Lynn Patten
Redwood City, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 33 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
Georgetown University Law Center
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Alexander Koret Abraham
Foster City, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 46 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Appeals and Employment
Univ of San Diego School of Law
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Sarah L. Lawrence
Oakland, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
Arbitration & Mediation and Insurance Claims
New College of California School of Law
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Claude Dawson Ames
Oakland, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 45 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation and Bankruptcy
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Erin A. Levine
Emeryville, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 19 years of experience
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Andrew E Benzinger
Sacramento, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Appeals, Insurance Claims and Insurance Defense
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific and University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
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Richard Melone Bryan
San Francisco, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 61 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Richard Elliot Korb
Kensington, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 44 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, IP and Real Estate
UC Hastings COL
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Edward Jerome Wright Jr
Sacramento, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 42 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, International and Real Estate
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Jeff Keohane
San Rafael, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 28 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Environmental and Real Estate
Stanford Univ Law School
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Patricia Ann Gray
Saint Helena , CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 40 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation
U of San Francisco School of Law
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John E. Borba
Santa Rosa, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer
(707) 578-7000
50 Old Courthouse Square
Suite 605
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
Arbitration & Mediation, Business, Employment and Real Estate
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
John E. Borba graduated from Hastings College of the Law, University of California in 1993 and was admitted into the California Bar in December 1993. John graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in International Relations in 1985. College for John began at Santa Rosa Junior College where he met his wife while earning his A.A. Degree in 1982. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: * Member of the Sonoma County Bar Association Board of Directors (2006-2010). * Co-Editor, Sonoma...
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Mary Mary Feldman
San Jose, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 25 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
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Patsy K. Schiff
Sacramento, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
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Chester Hayes
San Jose, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 51 years of experience
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John Marshall Collins
San Jose, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 53 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
UCLA School of Law
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John Patrick Coffey
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney with 37 years of experience
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation and Business
Georgetown University Law Center
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Danielle Menitove
Corona Del Mar, CA Arbitration & Mediation Attorney
(949) 760-5280
2101 East Coast Highway
Suite 250
Corona Del Mar, CA 92625
Arbitration & Mediation
Tulane University School of Law
Danielle Menitove is an independent arbitrator and mediator specializing in commercial, consumer, and sports-related disputes, including antitrust, employment, intellectual property, gambling, anti-doping, and player-agent issues.
Before her ADR practice, Danielle was a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York for over ten years, handling complex litigation in federal and state courts, government investigations, and advisory matters. Her cases involved antitrust, contract breaches, fiduciary duty, trade secrets, non-compete agreements, and unfair competition.
In her sports practice, she represented major organizations like the PGA TOUR, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA, and served as a clerk for arbitration panels...
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Thomas Michael Bloom
Los Gatos, CA Arbitration & Mediation Lawyer with 23 years of experience
Arbitration & Mediation, Environmental and IP
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific