274==Name:	HON. IRENE TAKAHASHI (RET.)
Address:	ADR SERVICES, INC.
	1 KAISER PLACE, SUITE 480
	OAKLAND, CA 94612

Telephone:	(415) 772-0900

Email:	itakahashi@adrservices.com
Website:	www.irene-takahashi.com

Fees:	$700 per hour
Other Costs:	Mediation venues in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose (will travel to attorneys' offices in select cases). Full or half-day sessions (a full-day session requires scheduling/cancellation notice of 15 days or more. Failure to provide proper notice will cause the requesting party to be responsible for the full fees) Non-refundable administration fee ($250/party) for mediation and ($500/party) for arbitration. Fees for unused time will not be refunded. Contact Case Manager Andrew Herd for information and scheduling (Andrew@adrservices.com)

BAR Number:	0075112

Current Status:	Retired Judge/Justice

Subject Matter:

Mediation Experience:	Full-time mediator/arbitrator/discovery referee since January 2016
Mediation Training:	Pepperdine School of Law, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (February 2015) Steven Rosenberg Mediation Training (October 2017)
Settlement Conference Experience:	As a former judge in Contra Costa County, I presided over the settlement of hundreds of civil matters. Currently, I am on the Contra Costa County Panel (day of trial settlement conferences) and am called upon to resolve cases by the Presiding Judge.


Other Education:	Graduated from University of California, Berkeley (1973) Graduated from University of California, Davis, JD (1976)
Mediation Approach:	Facilitative; intuitive; advisory
Brief Thumbnail:	Litigation attorney for 40 years. First 15 years - State and Federal prosecutor in Alameda and Contra Costa County; Assistant United States Attorney in Southern District of California; Judge, Contra Costa County; Civil Litigator (1990 to January 2016); Full-time mediator 2016-Present (See ADR Services website for additional information)