Robert S. Amador, Esq.
Arbitrator, Mediator, Attorney
Los Angeles, California
Amador Law Corporation – Shareholder
Arbitrator, Mediator, Attorney
Founding Shareholder, Amador Law Corporation, 2016–Present; Founding Partner, Amador Kelly LLP, 2007–2015; Founding Shareholder, Amador & Associates Inc., 2000–2007; Associate General Counsel and Vice President, Maxicare Health Plans, Inc., 1988–2000; Chief Legal Counsel and Vice President, Travelers Health Network, 1985–1988; Associate, Jeffer Mangels Butler & Marmaro and Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker, 1980–1985.
Over 40 years’ experience both as in-house counsel and outside counsel in private practice representing businesses and individuals. Transactional, compliance, and litigation experience. <br/><br/>Business and litigation associate at two major Los Angeles business law firms. Associate General Counsel and V.P. at publicly-traded industrial conglomerate.<br/><br/>Vice President and Chief Legal Counsel of subsidiary of major multi-line publicly traded health insurance company. Prepared and negotiated commercial agreements and provider agreements nationwide. Responsible for management of legal department.<br/><br/>Associate General Counsel and V.P. of publicly-traded, multi-state HMO company. Managed litigation nationwide. Represented numerous small and large businesses in breach of contract, collection, shareholder and other disputes. <br/><br/>Litigation in federal and state court, including jury trials. Mediated and arbitrated hundreds of cases as neutral and advocate.<br/><br/>Healthcare Experience: Litigated healthcare actions in state and federal court involving healthcare matters, including ERISA, Knox-Keene Act, Medicaid, Medicare reimbursement, payor-provider disputes, covenants not to compete, MCO liability, coverage issues, and ACA.<br/><br/>Former associate general counsel and officer for large publicly traded health insurance company and HMO.<br/><br/>Represented healthcare clients in various transactions including, mergers, sales of practices, network service agreements, IPAs, and physician shareholder and partnership agreements.<br/><br/>Represented creditors in hospital/HMO bankruptcies, and litigated claims involving insolvent IPA, a healthcare IT company in healthcare data exchange, healthcare providers regarding network participation and exclusion, medical groups contracting with HMOs and PPOs, entities investing in a medical device company, and investors in surgery center company.<br/><br/>Currently arbitrating as neutral several disputes involving hospitals and large complex managed healthcare cases. Outside general counsel to ambulatory surgery center, multi-specialty clinic and national residential treatment facilities.<br/><br/>Expert witness in healthcare litigation. Arbitrator/Mediator American Health Law Association National Panels. <br/>
Healthcare<br/>Mediated multi-million dollar disputes between payors and providers, including between large hospital systems and health plans; ERISA disputes involving UCR, breach of contract, and preemption; disputes between competing IPAs and between physicians and IPAs; disputes between physicians and medical groups involving breach of fiduciary duty, ownership of patients, healthcare trade secrets and breach of contract; physician employment disputes and shareholder or partnership fights; disputes involving surgery centers, IT service providers, multi-state dialysis companies, PPOs, MSOs.<br/><br/>Real Estate and Commercial<br/>Mediated disputes involving shareholders of private health club; misrepresentation from disclosures in residential real estate contract; expungement of liens against property; attorney fees disputes arising from contractual indemnification; breach of contract and collection from international sale of commercial product; vehicle lemon law and other consumer cases.<br/><br/>Mediation Panelist, U.S. District Court, Central District of California.
Breach of contract; shareholder, partner and business owner disputes; business to business collection matters; healthcare provider and managed care disputes; ERISA.
Never take no for an answer and never give up. Always be available even after the mediation if it does not settle at mediation. Look for the common ground and keep a keen ear and eye out for it. Make sure there is always an enforceable agreement before concluding. Be proactive in negotiation. Focus on the BATNA and WATNA.
American College (Chartered Financial Consultant-1989); Stanford Law School (JD-1979); Pomona College (BA, cum laude-1976).
Admitted to the Bar: California, 1980. Certified Mediator, Strauss Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2001.<br/>
California Lawyers Association; American Health Law Association; Los Angeles County Bar Association, Litigation and Health Sections.
Numerous publications and speeches available upon request.
Los Angeles and Orange Counties California.
$500 Per Hour
English, Spanish
United States of America
Los Angeles, CA
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