Rich Gould - Attorney - Mediator

Mediation (1988 - present)

Commercial mediation of cases for fifteen years, with a settlement rate of 90%. Selected as mediator by plaintiff's counsel, defense counsel and insurance companies. Cases include:

Personal injury
Products liability
Construction defect
Real estate
Partnership dissolution
Employment law
Discrimination
Sexual harassment
Disability law
Insurance coverage

Mediation Training (1988 - present)

Collaborative Negotiations and Mediation, William F. Lincoln, National Center Associates
Alan Alhadeff, U.S. Arbitration and Mediation, Inc./Bar Association of San Francisco
Americans with Disabilities Act, Key Bridge Foundation/U.S. Department of Justice
California Lawyers for the Arts

Mediation and Arbitration Panels (1985 - present)

ADR Referral Program, Marin County Courts
Mediation & Arbitration Referral Service (MARS), Sonoma County Courts
Multi-Option ADR Project (M.A.P.), San Mateo County Courts
Mediation Panel, Santa Clara County Courts
ADA Mediation Panel, Key Bridge Foundation/U.S. Department of Justice
Mediation Panel, UCSF Problem Resolution Center
EEO Mediation Panel, United States Postal Service
Judge Pro Tem, Bench Bar Settlement Conference Panel, Marin County Courts
Special Referee, Marin County Courts
Judicial Arbitration Panel, Marin County Courts

Teaching (1980 - present)

Collaborative Negotiations and Mediation, with Conflict Resolution, Research & Resource Institute:: Ombudsman Office and University of Rafael Landivar, Guatemala City, Guatemala;; Incae University, San Salvador, El Salvador and San Jose, Costa Rica;; InterAmerican Institute for Human Rights, San Jose, Costa Rica; Funcod, Managua, Nicaragua;; Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, Warsaw, Poland; Russian-American Project on Conflictology, St. Petersburg, Russia

Conflict Resolution, with National Center Associates:: Richard J. Donovan State Prison, San Diego, California

Professor of Mediation, Torts and course on Americans with Disabilities Act: Empire College School of Law, Santa Rosa, California, and San Francisco Law School, San Francisco, California; Professor of course on Americans with Disabilities Act: John F. Kennedy University Law School, Walnut Creek, California; Professor of Legal Research & Writing: Lincoln University School of Law, San Francisco, California

Litigation (1980 - present)

Extensive civil litigation experience, with an emphasis in personal injury, property damage, products liability, construction defect, real estate and insurance coverage matters.

Professional Memberships

State Bar of California; United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Marin County Bar Association (Founder and past Chair); National Center Associates; Conflict Resolution, Research & Resource Institute; Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution.

Law & Mediation Offices of Richard C. Gould
524 San Anselmo Avenue, Suite 143, San Anselmo, California 94960 · Tel (415) 485-2900 · Fax (415) 485-2922