Fred D. Butler, Esq.
Case Manager: Erica Amos
Tel: (415) 772-0900 Ext. 32
E-Mail
Fred D. Butler is a full-time arbitrator and mediator of commercial
disputes, including but not limited to personal injury, insurance,
employment matters such as labor disputes, termination, race, sex,
disability discrimination and family medical leave issues; civil rights
disputes and culturally sensitive matters. Mr. Butler also serves as a
neutral in residential real estate disputes, including homeowners’
associations, landlord-tenant matters and construction and development
issues. He is also available for neutral fact finding and
investigations.
A licensed attorney with over sixteen years experience representing
parties before civil matters and in administrative courts in employment
and insurance regulatory matters. Mr. Butler also served as Executive
Director of a government agency in the Northeastern part of the country.
His current practice is devoted entirely to Alternative Dispute
Resolution (ADR).
He obtained his undergraduate degree from Rutgers University in New
Jersey in 1974 and a Masters in Public Policy Administration from New
York University in 1977. Mr. Butler graduated from the Hastings College
of the law in 1986 where he currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of
the College’s Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution. He has
studied at the National Judicial College and has been trained by the
American Arbitration Association, SPIDR Advanced Employment Practices
Institute and the National Academy of Arbitrators. He has lectured at
several law schools, trained internal mediators for several large
organizations and has written several articles on mediation techniques
and ADR policy matters.
Mr. Butler has received hundred of hours of training, including but not
limited to the following: “The Dispute Resolution in Employment Advanced
Practices Institute,” Society for Professionals Involved in Dispute
Resolution (SPIDR), Boston, Mass.; San Francisco, CA; "Work Place ADR,”
Alliance for Resolution, Corte Madera, California; “Mediation under the
ADA,” Key Bridge Foundation, Arlington, VA; “ Transformative Mediation
Skills”, U.S. Postal Service Redress Program, Los Angeles, CA; ”EEO
Investigator Training, Conflict Resolution Academy, Atlanta, GA;
Administrative Hearing Process,” National Judicial College Reno, NV;
Advanced Arbitrator Training, National Academy of Arbitrators/Federal
Mediation & Conciliation Service; “Employment Arbitration”, American
Arbitration Association, San Francisco, CA; " Commercial Arbitration
Training”, “Employment Arbitration Training”, American Arbitration
Association; “Arbitration Training”, National Association of Security
Dealers Regulation (NASD); ”Resolution of Urban Public Policy Disputes”,
Eaglet Institute for Public Policy, New Brunswick, New Jersey;
“Mediation Skills”, Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center and San
Francisco Community Boards; "Advanced ADR Skills,” ADR & San Mateo
County; “Mediation, Theory & Practice," Santa Clara School of Law.
“Mediation Skills”, U.S. Federal District Court; “Mediation Skills”,
First Appellate District, Superior Court of California.
Mr. Butler serves as an arbitrator and mediator for a number of
organizations and courts including the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Department of Justice ADA-Weybridge Foundation, UCS Problem
Resolution Center, National Center for Employment Dispute
Resolution/Forest Service Agency, San Francisco Civil Service
Commission, Alameda County Retirement Board, San Francisco Office of
Fair Labor Standards; National Mediation Service; American Arbitration
Association, U.S. Federal District Courts – Northern California,
California First District Appellate Courts, Kaiser Permanente; NASD;
U.S. Postal Service/American Postal Workers Union; San Francisco, San
Mateo and Solano County Superior Courts, Federal Mediation and
Conciliation Service, California State Mediation and Conciliation
Service, and others.
In addition, Mr. Butler also serves as volunteer for a number of
organizations. He is a past Co-Chair of the Bar Association of SF
Arbitration Committee; Past President of the Board of Trustees of the
Mediation Society; Past President of the Northern California Mediation
Association (NCA), a former appointed member of the California State Bar
ADR Committee and Northern California SPIDR (now ADD-NC), Past President
of the Board of Directors of Community Boards of SF, the City’s Conflict
Resolution Program. Mr. Butler serves as a pro-bono Hearing Officer and
Mediator for the San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaints and a
volunteer for the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center in San Mateo, CA.
Mr. Butler is also the Past President of the Hastings College of the Law
Alumni Association.
EXAMPLES OF CASES HANDLED AS A MEDIATOR AND ARBITRATOR
Wrongful termination claims against large corporations, including
multinational groups.
Discrimination and EEO claims where actions were brought alleging race,
sex and age, harassment, disability and Family Medical Leave Act
matters.
Labor grievances between organized labor unions and employers.
Disputes between large residential community associations (condominium)
and individual owners concerning CC& R’s and other matters.
Environmental disputes between large manufacturer, neighborhood and
business organizations.
Malpractice claims against professionals involved in the real estate and
building industry.
Disputes arising from Real Estate purchase and sale transactions.
Commercial Real Estate Lease and intellectual property agreements.
Disputes between landlords and tenants.
Civil rights complaints against government entities, including police
misconduct.
Claims against health plans by members concerning treatment options and
denials.
Personal injury claims, involving automobiles, slip and falls and civil
battery.
Disputes between growers, buyers and sellers in the agricultural
industry.
Claims between National moving companies and shippers’ of goods.
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