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283==Name: Geri L. Green
Address: ADR Services Inc.
  100 1st Street, 27th Floor
  San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone:(415) 982-2600Fax:(415) 358-4562      
Email: ggreen@ADRServices.com
Website: greenmediations.com
Fees: $600 per hour
Other Costs:  Fees: $600/hour.
Half Day Rate - $3,000
 Includes up to 4 hours of hearing time on the scheduled day & up to 1 hour of preparation time.
Full Day Rate - $6,000
 Includes up to 8 hours of hearing time on the scheduled day & up to 2 hours of preparation time.

Other Costs: $350 administrative set up fee per party assessed once a hearing has been scheduled
in the case. It is non-refundable.
BAR Number:0000000
Current Status: Attorney
Subject Matter:
  • Business / Breach of Contract
  • Employment
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Medical / Dental Malpractice
  • Personal Injury / Auto
  • Personal Injury / Other
  • Real Estate / Eminent Domain
Mediation
Experience:

 		 Geri Lynn Green, Esq. – ADR (2015-present)
Geri Green, Esq. is a full-time mediator, arbitrator, and discovery referee. Since 2012, she has successfully mediated more than 1,000 disputes in a wide variety of matters including business, personal injury, real estate, fraud, medical & professional malpractice, construction defect, employment, civil rights, sexual harassment, intellectual property, & trade secrets. Her 3 decades of extensive litigation experience and training in conflict management & trauma provide her with the tools necessary to effectively deal with complex and highly charged issues.

 Principle, Green & Green (1987-2015)
Green handled complex litigation practice, prosecuting and defending civil rights, employment, RICO, antitrust, injury, business torts, partnership dissolution and commercial disputes. She has significant industry expertise in all aspects of the hospitality industry, cannabis businesses, entertainment venues, golf courses, beauty products, fisheries and perishable goods.
Mediation
Training:

 		 Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law
 More than 700 hours of ADR-related training including but not limited to:
 16-Hour International Cross-Border Family Mediation Training, Melissa Kucinski, UC Hastings, Center for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution.
 40-Hour Advanced Appellate Mediation Training – Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District Mediation Program, in conjunction with the National Conflict Resolution Center (May 22, 2021).
 San Francisco Superior Court Settlement Case Officer Training.
 FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) Arbitrator Certification Training.
 San Francisco Neighborhood Courts Mediation and Restorative Justice Skills.
Training – Continuous
 Skills for Facilitative Leadership Training (PCRC)
 20-Hour Arbitration Certificate Training (BASF)
 Trauma and the Brain (DPA Mediation Program)
 Non-Violent Communication (Oren Jay Sofer)
 16-Hour Arbitration for IP Cases (California Lawyers for the Arts)
 6-Hour Arts Mediation Training, (Cal Lawyers of the Arts)
 16-Hour Conflict Coaching
 16-Hour Techniques for Conflict Coaching (Advanced)
 LEAP (Mental Illness) Communication (LEAP Institute/Xavier Amador)
Forgiveness in Family Mediation: Healing Pain from the Past (Katharina Dress)
 Adult Family Mediation: Transforming Family Feuds into Peaceful Partnerships
(Katharina Dress)
 40-Hour Basics of Mediation Certification (Community Boards)
 40-Hour Alternative Dispute Resolution (GGU Law School)
 40-Hour Cross-Cultural Mediation (Straus Institute/Pepperdine)
 40-Hour Essentials of Mediation Certification (American Arbitration Association)
Settlement
Conference
Experience:
She sits as Judge Pro Tem, Settlement Hearing Officer, Discovery Facilitator, Referee, and Special Master for courts around the Bay Area including: San Francisco, Contra Costa, Marin, & Alameda Superior Courts, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, Third District Court of appeal. She has presided over hundreds of settlement hearings covering a wide variety of matters. She sits on the ADR Executive Committee for the Alameda Superior Court.
Other
Education:

 		  J.D., University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly Hastings College of the Law).

 L.L.M., International Law, Golden Gate University School of Law.

 B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Other
Information:

 		 Geri Lynn Green, Esq. is an expert in resolving highly-charged, complex disputes. She has successfully mediated more than 1,000 disputes in the areas of Personal Injury & Coverage, professional & Medical Malpractice, Business/Commercial, Employment, Real Estate, Liability, Medical Malpractice, Civil Rights, Probate, and Family matters. Green is based in Northern California and available Nationwide, offering customized, in-person, virtual, and hybrid dispute resolution services with the latest technology or at office locations throughout California.

Green is known for building consensus using “grace and compassion,” a keen legal knowledge, extraordinary curiosity, and a profound understanding of human nature. Recognizing that finding common ground is easier said than done, Green brings a unique blend of assertiveness, empathy, and strategic thinking settling “impossible cases” by connecting with litigants, “bringing them on board for the ride,” and not taking her foot off the gas until resolution is attained.

Green’s approach to dispute resolution is shaped by her extensive training and diverse background. Her commitment to the settlement process is demonstrated by her early immersion in a case and connection with counsel. Throughout the process, she works closely with the parties to realistically assess risks and impediments to resolution. Her thorough preparation, exceptional listening skills, and judicious, evenhanded approach leads to creative solutions for intractable problems.

As a Judge Pro Tem, Settlement Officer, and Mediator for Bary Area Courts, Green has settled countless cases in diverse areas and gained a reputation as one of the most successful settlement officers serving the Bay Area.

Green holds a J.D. from Hastings College of the Law, and an L.L.M. in International Law from Golden Gate University and is a former adjunct professor of Evidence. Green has more than 700 hours of specialized and advanced training in dispute resolution techniques, including programs at Pepperdine’s Strauss Institute and the AAA. She is admitted to practice in California, before the U.S. Supreme Court, and multiple Circuit and District Courts. She is a scholar of international law, and trained in crisis intervention, trauma, restorative justice, cross-border disputes, cross-cultural competence, and harm reduction.

A staunch advocate for ADR, Green serves on Alameda County Superior Court ADR Executive Committee, as a board member of the San Francisco Pretrial Diversion Project, and has served as board president of Community Boards. Green frequently writes and speaks on law and mediation at bar associations and law schools. The San Francisco District Attorney has honored her annually since 2012 for her “outstanding commitment to improve the quality of life for San Franciscans.” Since 2010, Green has been named to the Best Lawyers Lists for Civil Rights and ADR Practices by Super Lawyers, and on San Francisco Magazine’s Top Women Attorney’s List.
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