National Conflict Resolution Center

Jim Chodzko, Esq.

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Jim Chodzko Contact Case Manager Download CV Prior to becoming a full time neutral in 2000, Mr. Chodzko spent 23 years as a civil litigator. His practice was devoted to representation of entities and individuals involved in, but not limited to insurance coverage, legal malpractice, serious personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, business, construction defect, ... Read more

Julie Cobalt, Esq.

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Julie Cobalt, Esq. Contact Case Manager Download CV Julie is an expert at mediating unconventional and unpredictable disputes, with over 25 years of experience resolving family, business and other relational conflicts. She is the mediator who lawyers and their clients rely on and trust to break the impasse and guide them to a satisfying result. ... Read more

Judy Copeland, Esq.

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Judy Copeland Contact Case Manager Download CV Judith (Judy) Copeland practiced law exclusively in the areas of probate, estate planning, trusts, conservatorships, guardianships, and elder law for 39 years. She authored two chapters of CEB’s California Will Drafting and has lectured extensively for a variety of legal organizations including CEB, the Rutter Group, the California ... Read more

Merrianne Dean, Esq.

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Merrianne Dean Contact Case Manager Download CV Merrianne Dean has nearly three decades of courtroom experience litigating probate and trust disputes, financial elder abuse matters, conservatorships and business disputes. She has served as a court-appointed attorney representing developmentally disabled and elderly individuals who are the subject of conservatorships before the probate court. She has been ... Read more

John Edwards, Esq.

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John Edwards Contact Case Manager Download CV John Edwards is a nationally recognized speaker and mediation trainer. An AV-rated trial lawyer for many years, John became a full-time neutral in 2014 and mediates cases throughout Southern California. During John’s mediation training at Harvard Law School, he was introduced to interest-based negotiating as articulated in “Getting ... Read more

Beth Golub, Esq.

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Beth Golub Contact Case Manager Download CV Ms. Golub has been a licensed attorney since 1986. She has substantial experience in litigating and trying cases in the areas of medical malpractice, employment, personal injury, elder abuse, and construction defect and homeowner association law. She has also successfully mediated and arbitrated numerous insurance related disputes in ... Read more

Robert J. Hanna, Esq.

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Robert J. Hanna, Esq. Contact Case Manager Download CV Robert J. Hanna, Esq. joins West Coast Resolution Group’s Real Estate Panel following a 45-year legal career focusing on real estate, construction, and title insurance litigation. Mr. Hanna is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law and recently retired ... Read more

Richard A. Heller, Esq.

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Richard A. Heller Contact Case Manager Download CV Before retiring in 2019, Richard practiced law for 43 years. For the last 37 years, Richard was a trial lawyer handling a wide variety of business and Probate Court cases. Richard was recently selected by Best Lawyers as the 2019 San Diego “Lawyer of the Year” for ... Read more

Jeffrey Isaacs, Esq.

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Jeffrey Isaacs, Esq. Contact Case Manager Download CV Jeffrey Isaacs joined the San Diego law firm of Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch in 1968. Jeff was made a partner of the firm in 1972 and continued at the firm for over 46 years until his retirement in January 2015. During his career at Procopio, Jeff ... Read more