Philip Meldman, Esq.
Philip Meldman graduated cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University in 1966. He graduated from Stanford Law School in 1969 and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1970.
Before entering private mediation practice, Mr. Meldman was in private law practice, emphasizing business and entertainment law, a partner in a real estate investment company, a corporate business affairs executive, and a motion picture and record producer.
A full-time professional mediator, Mr. Meldman entered private mediation practice in 1992 and founded the Southern California Mediation Group. He has mediated throughout the United States cases involving complex commercial, international, entertainment, media, internet, and new media transactions; copyright infringement, trademark infringement, rights of publicity, trade secrets, unfair competition, and other intellectual property issues; wrongful termination, employment discrimination (Title VII, ADEA, ADA & FEHA), sexual harassment, and numerous other employment and workplace conflict issues; professional malpractice; partnership dissolution; shareholder disputes; business tort; trade libel; defamation, rights of privacy, wrongful death, products liability, premises liability, automobile, property, and numerous other tort claims; insurance coverage; civil rights, government tort, land use, inverse condemnation, nuisance and other public sector issues; real estate; homeowner association; commercial and residential landlord/tenant; commercial and residential construction defects; maritime; and family law matters.
Mr. Meldman serves as an appointed member of the State Bar of California Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution and is a member of the Los Angeles Copyright Society. He drafted and was instrumental in the passage of the 1996 amendment to California Evidence Code 1152.5 regarding the confidentiality of a mediation consultation. Mr. Meldman served as a guest lecturer at Stanford Law School, has authored articles on mediation, is a regular speaker on the subject of conflict resolution, and currently presents MCLE workshops on mediation. He serves on the mediation panels of the Court of Appeal, 1st and 2nd Appellate Districts; Los Angeles Superior Court; and, the U.S. Postal Service EEO/REDRESS I & II programs. He is a Practitioner Member of the Association for Conflict Resolution. Mr. Meldman served as Chairman of the Traffic and Transportation Commission for the City of Calabasas.
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