Linda Bulmash, Esq.
Expert Mediator and Negotiator
Specializing in Resolving Highly Emotional Disputes
Ability. Determination. Success.
ADR EXPERIENCE
With over thirty years experience as a businesswoman, lawyer and
mediator, Linda Bulmash is a recognized expert in negotiation and
mediation. Since 1994, she has brought to mediations the energy,
determination and know-how to get even the most highly emotional and
contentious cases resolved. Having successfully resolved over 1000
complex cases, Ms. Bulmash seamlessly blends her legal knowledge, trial
background and understanding of human behavior to create a dynamic
mediation process. Her unique talent for balancing legal, factual and
emotional issues has made her an unflappable mediator who wins the trust
of all sides and resolves even the most contentious disputes.
She is particularly adept at resolving complex and emotional disputes
involving employment/workplace, serious injury torts/product liability,
professional liability, partnership dissolutions, probate,
business/contract issues, real estate, and insurance coverage matters.
Ms. Bulmash is honored that Loyola Law School has invited her to be an
Adjunct Professor of Law teaching negotiation and the Los Angeles County
Bar Association asked her to create an on-line monthly newsletter, One
Minute Negotiation Tips, that is received by all members of the bar
association.
• Full Time Mediator since 1998
• Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, Introduction to
Negotiations
• “One Minute Negotiation Tips”, monthly on-line column for LACBA
• Co-Chair, Retreat Committee, LACBA Labor & Employment Section (2008)
• Chair, Labor & Employment Section, Beverly Hills Bar Association
(2007-08)
• Member, Board of Governors, California Dispute Resolution Council (CDRC)
• Hearing Officer, Los Angeles Civil Service Commission
• Program Committee, Labor & Employment Section, Los Angeles County Bar
Association
• Member, Board of Governors, Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles
(2001-02)
• Panelist, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution/Pepperdine
University Master’s Forum (2002), “Mediating Complex Employment
Disputes”
• Chair, Practice Development Committee, American Bar Association,
Dispute Resolution Section
• Monthly columnist: “Negotiate Like The Winners”, Los Angeles Daily
Journal
• Faculty, American Bar Association, Mediation/Negotiation Training for
Judges
• Faculty, Los Angeles County Bar, Dispute Resolution Services,
Mediation/Negotiation Training
• Member, Los Angeles County Superior Court ADR Committee
• Mentor Mediator – Los Angeles Superior Court Panel of Mediators.
• Contributor: Los Angeles Superior Court Volunteer Mediator Handbook.
• Judge pro tem, Los Angeles Superior Court
OUTSTANDING ADR ACHIEVEMENTS
In 1999, she was recognized by the County of Los Angeles for her
expertise and contributions in dispute resolution. That same year she
also received the Griffin Bell Award from Dispute Resolution Services of
the Los Angeles County Bar. Linda is one of the few attorneys to be
honored to sit on the Los Angeles Superior Court ADR Committee to help
design the court program.
Acknowledged as an expert in the field, Loyola Law School invited her to
be an Adjunct Professor of Law teaching Negotiation; the Los Angeles
County Bar Association invited her to write a monthly column, “One
Minute Negotiation Tips”; and the Los Angeles Daily Journal engaged her
to write a monthly column, Negotiate Like The Winners.
During her legal career Linda Bulmash has spoken at conferences and has
been published numerous times primarily on the subjects of negotiation
and ADR.
ADR DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION and NEUTRAL FACT FINDING
Linda Bulmash has been actively involved in the design and development
of ADR systems and negotiation programs since the early 1990s. A
sampling of her programs appears below.
• Designer/Trainer, “Maximizing Your Client’s Success In Mediation”, Los
Angeles County Bar Association, 2003, 2004
• Faculty, American Bar Association, “Mediation Training for Judges”,
February, 2001
• Designer/Trainer, “Negotiating Legal Disputes,” Los Angeles County Bar
Association, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
• Designer/Panelist, “Negotiate Like the Winners,” Los Angeles County
Bar Association, 1998, 1999, 2000
• Designer/Trainer, “Advocating Effectively for Your Client in
Mediation,” Los Angeles County Bar Association, 1999, 2000, 2003
• Trainer, “Getting More ‘Yes’,” Society of Professionals In Human
Resource (PIHRA), 40th Annual Convention, 1997
• Sexual Harassment/Discrimination Prevention Training, various
corporations, 1994 – present
EDUCATION AND LEGAL BACKGROUND
During her legal career, Linda Bulmash was a trial attorney representing
both plaintiffs and defendants litigating employment/workplace
(including sexual harassment, discrimination and wrongful termination);
serious injury torts and product liability; partnership dissolutions;
business; real estate; professional malpractice; insurance coverage;
construction defect matters. She has argued three times before the
California Court of Appeal.
• University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., 1965
• Whittier Law School, Juris Doctor, Magna Cum Laude, 1985 (Editor, Law
Review; Moot Court Honors Board)
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