Jan Frankel Schau, Esq.

Jan Frankel Schau is dedicated to serving the legal, business and general community in promoting justice through alternative dispute resolution. Jan has been actively involved in creating and overseeing changes within the professional alternative dispute resolution community, serving as a member of the Los Angeles Superior Court’s ADR Committee, a Board member for the San Fernando Valley Bar Association and the Southern California Mediation Association, where she has served as Employment Section chair for the last two years and president for the past year.

Jan currently serves as a Personnel Hearing Officer for the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District. She has also been appointed as a member of the arbitration panel for the American Arbitration Association and the National Association of Securities Dealers. Ms. Schau continues to serve as a private mediator and arbitrator on the Los Angeles Superior Court panel. Her specialty and expertise ranges from employment to real estate issues, as well as personal injury and general business.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Commercial Contract/General Business
• Employment
• Personal Injury
• Medical Malpractice
• Real Estate
• Insurance

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

• ADR Services, Inc., September. 2007 – present
• Valley Mediation Services, 2000 – 2007
• Law Offices of Jan Frankel Schau, principal, 1995 – 2000
• Swedelson & Gottlieb, Associate, 1993 – 1995
• Hart & Hart, Associate, 1991 – 1992
• Revere, Rykoff & Wallace, Associate, 1986 – 1991
• Antin, Stern, Litz & Grebow, Associate, 1984 – 1986
• Harrington, Foxx, Dubrow & Canter, Associate, 1979 - 1984

EDUCATION

• Loyola Law School, JD 1981
• Pomona College, BA – International Relations and Diplomacy, 1978
• LA County Bar, Dispute Resolution Services, Mediation Training, 2000
• Strauss Institute of Dispute Resolution, Advanced Mediation Skills, 2004, 2007
• Co-Chair, SCMA’s Mediating Employment Cases Seminar, 2004 - 2005

MEMBERSHIPS/ASSOCIATIONS

• Southern California Mediation Association, President 2007
• San Fernando Valley Bar Association, member, Board of Trustees, 2004 - present

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Speaker, ABA Annual Conference on Dispute Resolution, April 2007 “The Source of the Mediator’s Power: How We Connect the Disconnected to Engineer Agreements”
• Lecturer “The Face of the OC Mediator” Orange County Mediation Conference – 2007
• “Gender and Discrimination: Lecture to the EEOC Mediation Panel – 2007
• Chair “Building the Bridges: The Art & Science of Mediation” SCMA Annual Conference – 2006
• Key Note delivered to Department of the Navy, ADR Seminar in San Diego, CA “Promising News From the Front: Peacemaking at Home” – 2006
• CELA Conference: Panel Member – 2006
• San Francisco Bar Association ADR Section “Gender Differences in Negotiation and Mediation” - 2006

PUBLICATIONS

• “Secrets About Confidentiality Before, After and During Mediation” The Advocate, October, 2007
• Co-Author with Douglas Silverstein “Maximizing Your experience in arbitrating the employment case: what consumer attorneys need to know when your clients are required to arbitrate their claim” The Advocate
• Co-Author with Timothy Lambirth, “Where’s The Beef: Making Certain Your Settlement is Final”, “The Advocate Magazine”, February, 2007
• Author: “Promising News from the Front: Peacemaker addresses the U.S. Navy”, Negotiator Magazine, January, 2007
• LA Daily Journal, “Epiphany Inspired New President of Mediation Group”, Nov. 1, 2006 Written by Susan McRae
• Author: “The Ethics of Mediation Advocacy: How Should we Respond to Secrets and Lies?” SCMA, June, 2005
• Author: “Settling Employment Cases Just Got Easier: New Tax Law Excludes Attorneys Fees’ Portion of Recovery From Income to Plaintiff”, SCMA News, April, 2005

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Past member, Board of Governors
• Temple Israel of Hollywood, Past member of Board of Trustees, Past President, WRJ
• Amie Karen Cancer Fund, Past President
 

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