San Luis Obispo County Arbitration & Mediation Lawyers

John E. Borba graduated from Hastings College of the Law, University of California in 1993 and was admitted into the California Bar in December 1993. John graduated from San Francisco State University with a B.A. in International Relations in 1985. College for John began at Santa Rosa Junior College where he met his wife while earning his A.A. Degree in 1982. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: * Member of the Sonoma County Bar Association Board of Directors (2006-2010). * Co-Editor, Sonoma...

Danielle Menitove is an independent arbitrator and mediator specializing in commercial, consumer, and sports-related disputes, including antitrust, employment, intellectual property, gambling, anti-doping, and player-agent issues. Before her ADR practice, Danielle was a litigator at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York for over ten years, handling complex litigation in federal and state courts, government investigations, and advisory matters. Her cases involved antitrust, contract breaches, fiduciary duty, trade secrets, non-compete agreements, and unfair competition. In her sports practice, she represented major organizations like the PGA TOUR, NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and NCAA, and served as a clerk for arbitration panels...

Fred Bennett is an independent arbitrator/mediator with over 35 years of experience as an arbitrator and advocate of an exceptionally broad range of complex international and domestic disputes, as well as business litigation/trials. He was formerly a senior partner and global chair of the arbitration practice at Quinn Emanuel for many years, and before that a senior partner with and chair of the worldwide ADR group at Gibson Dunn. He is an arbitration panelist on (i) the AAA's Large Complex Case Panels for Commercial, Construction, and Aviation, Aerospace and National Security disputes, (ii) the AAA's International...

After spending nearly a decade working in Europe and Asia for large international law firms, I recently opened a lean law firm in Los Angeles focused on resolving commercial disputes through arbitration & meditation. My main focus is handling matters with an international element and working with social impact entrepreneurs. I often work with social enterprises that incorporate a social mission into their business models, particularly smaller, more entrepreneurial companies. Given my experience abroad and my commercial background, I am able to provide strategic guidance that addresses my clients’ legal and commercial objectives, particularly for those doing business in Asia. I have...