265==Name:	Richard M. Kelly
Address:	3 Lagoon Drive, Suite 225
	Redwood City, CA 94065

Telephone:	(650) 591-2282	Fax:	(650) 591-2292

Email:	rkelly@kellylitigationgroup.com
Website:	www.kellylitigationgroup.com

Fees:	$500 per hour
Other Costs:	1/2 day $2,000; full day $4,000; all parties sharing equally Deposit of Fee 5 business days prior to session. Cancellation fee $1,000 remainder of deposit refundable. No Admin, travel or conf room fees.

BAR Number:	0154504

Current Status:	Attorney

Subject Matter:

Mediation Experience:	Private Mediation and Court Settlement Conference personnel in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties since 2010. 50+ cases as mediator and/or settlement conference personnel.
Mediation Training:	40+ hour mediation training 2016; Bench Conduct and Demeanor Training 2016-2018
Arbitration Experience:	Santa Clara and San Mateo County Arbitration panelist since 1999.
Settlement Conference Experience:	Santa Clara County Settlement Conference personnel since 2010.


Other Education:	Junipero Serra High School; BA - Santa Clara University; JD - San Francisco Law School
Mediation Approach:	Effective mediation entails meaningful communication to discuss dispute issues, listening to and understanding the other side's points of view in an effort to reach a meaningful, mutually attained resolution to the problems, issues and disagreements among the parties.
Arbitration Approach:	[Binding/Non-Binding] An effective and meaningful evidentiary hearing on disputed issues, in order to provide parties with the factual and legal analysis of a conclusion to the resolution to the problems, issues and disagreements among the parties.
Neutral Approach:	An effective and meaningful evidentiary review/analysis on disputed issues, in order to provide parties with the factual and legal analysis toward a likely or possible conclusion to the problems, issues and disagreements among the parties.
Other Information:	Trial Experience: 50+ court/jury trials to verdict. Other interests/info include: avid sports fan, classic car enthusiast; 4th generation San Franciscan and history buff.
Brief Thumbnail:	Civil Disputes are another form of marketplace of investment: Money, time, energy and effort invested with the "hope" of obtaining a better result as the outcome. Making prudent business decisions is the key to an effective conclusion to a civil matter.