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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