Eva Halbreich, Esq.
Case Manager: Chelsea Mangel
Tel: (310) 201-0010 Ext. 137
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Eva S. Halbreich is a founder of Pivo Halbreich Martin Wilson & Amo and handled over 100 trials and arbitrations as counsel and over 75 mediations as mediator before becoming a fulltime ADR professional.
Well known as a highly skilled litigator and given Martindale’s highest attorney rating (AV), her skill in dealing with complex issues proved invaluable throughout her litigation career and informs her ADR practice with subject expertise and a talent for resolving complex disputes.
This expertise with complex issues and her substantial business litigation experience specifically enabled Ms. Halbreich to also deal with complicated family law matters, and this experience enables her to untangle and resolve disputes of all kinds that are not only legally complex but highly emotionally charged and contested as well.
AREAS OF SPECIALTY
Business & Commercial
Employment
Partnership Disputes
Environmental/Toxic Tort
Torts
Family Law
Medical Malpractice
Healthcare
LEGAL CAREER
2006 - Mediator, Los Angeles Superior Court, 2006 - present
1985 - 2011 Founding Partner, Pivo Halbreich Martin Wilson & Amo
Civil litigation with an emphasis on professional liability and medical malpractice, family law, employment law, toxic tort/environmental law, trade secrets and unfair business practices, construction defects and other civil trials
1981-1984 Hayutin Rubinroit Praw & Kupietzky (merged with Sidley Austin)
Focused entirely on business litigation.
1976-1981 Assistant U.S. Attorney, Central District of California
Represented the United States Government in approximately 20 complicated federal trials in various areas including environmental litigation, Title VII, aviation litigation, design defects involving buildings, roads and other structures on federal lands, intentional and general tort liability, transportation, land use and noise abatement issues following deregulation of the airline industry.
1989-1993 Temporary Judge (Pro Tem), Los Angeles County Superior Court
EDUCATION
2006 Dispute Resolution and Mediation Training, Pepperdine University School of Law
1975 J.D., University of California at Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law
1970 B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; Sorbonne University; and L’Institute d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, France
TEACHING & LECTURING
Ms. Halbreich has served as an Instructor for the Continuing Education of the Bar and has given numerous lectures and presentations on trial advocacy, trial skills, effective use of experts and trial exhibits, demonstrative evidence, risk management, negotiation skills.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Bar Association
- ADR Section
- Employment Law Section
- Family Law Section
- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- Conflict Resolution Section
- Executive Committee
- Family Law Section
- Orange County Bar Association
- ADR Section
- Family Law Section
- Association of Business Trial Lawyers
- Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
AWARDS & HONORS
U.S. Attorney General’s Special Achievement Award (Outstanding Trial Work)
Instructor, Trial Advocacy, U.S. Department of Justice; Washington, D.C.
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