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Name:
HON. IRENE TAKAHASHI (RET.)
Address
ADR SERVICES, INC.
1 KAISER PLACE, SUITE 480
OAKLAND, CA 94612
Telephone:
Fees:
750 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:
  • Business / Breach of Contract
  • Landlord / Tenant
  • Personal Injury / Auto
  • Personal Injury / Other
  • Real Estate / Eminent Domain
  • Wrongful Eviction
  • Other: Sexual Misconduct
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)