Biography
Legal Career & Professional Experience
Alternative Resolution Centers, LLC (2010 - Present)
Mediation and Law Offices of Steven W. Paul (2006-Present)
Mediation and dispute resolution practice specializing in employment, entertainment, commercial, real estate, and personal injury disputes, as well as advising businesses, employees and employers.
Warner Bros. Studio Facilities, Senior Counsel and Director of Legal and Business Affairs (1996-2006)
Responsible for legal oversight of all aspects of studio operations including labor/employment policies and practices, arbitrations/grievances, business affairs, corporate compliance, claims supervision, negotiating and implementing operational/production agreements, construction, safety, and real estate issues.
Law Offices of Steven Paul & Jon Biddle, San Francisco/Los Angeles (1990-1996)
Employment litigation practice primarily representing employees in discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, wage/hour, and civil rights matters in state, federal and appellate courts, including achieving several significant verdicts and settlements.
Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Associate Attorney (1987-1989)
Represented employers before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, business litigation, and advised on employment practices and policies.
Education & Professional Legal Affiliations
Boalt Hall School of Law, J.D. (1987)
University of California, Berkeley, Psychology (1983) - Phi Beta Kappa
- Supervisor/Advisor, Hastings Employment Law Clinic
- Labor and Employment Law Section, State Bar of California
- California Employment Lawyers Association, Member
Mediation / Dispute Resolution Education & Affiliations
- Alternative Resolution Centers LLC (ARC) Panelist
- Adjunct Professor and Fellow, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution (Pepperdine Law School)
- MCLE certified training provider, "Maximizing the Mediation Process"
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