Personal Injury

Hon. Don Armento, Ret.

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Hon. Don Armento Contact Case Manager Download CV Commissioner Armento has served the legal community as an attorney and judicial officer with passion and dignity for over 30 years. After nearly ten years on the bench, he retired from San Diego Superior Court in January 2018 and is now available to serve as mediator and ... Read more

Douglas H. Barker, Esq.

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Douglas H. Barker, Esq. Contact Case Manager Download CV Doug Barker was a very active and highly successful civil litigator from 1980 to 2014, both as a shareholder at San Diego’s largest law firm, and, thereafter, as the managing partner of a full service civil litigation firm. As a trial lawyer, he represented both plaintiffs ... Read more

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

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

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

Laura Kass-Moreno, Esq.

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Laura Kass-Moreno, Esq. Contact Case Manager Download CV Laura began practicing law in 1982. Her vast experience includes civil litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants in complex business, employment and real estate matters, as well as handling a variety of insurance matters and claims. Laura has been a credentialed mediator since 1999 with expertise in ... Read more

James F. Pokorny, Esq.

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James F. Pokorny, Esq. Contact Case Manager Download CV Jim Pokorny has been a licensed California attorney for over 45 years, handling literally thousands of cases, both civil as well as criminal, in state as well as federal courts. Many of these cases were tried to juries. The cases that did not result in jury ... Read more

Joann Rezzo, Esq.

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Joann Rezzo, Esq. Contact Case Manager Download CV Joann Rezzo brings a balanced approach to the mediation process based on her background representing both Defendants and Plaintiffs at trial. Joann is an experienced trial lawyer who spent her legal career handling high-stakes employment cases (e.g., wrongful termination, retaliation, breach of contract, harassment, discrimination) as well ... Read more