Lead mediations in an impartial and confidential manner. Facilitate attorney-client relationship by learning about their challenges during pre-mediation calls. Effectively navigate intricate family and business disputes, employing innovative problem-solving techniques and conducting analytical and strategic negotiations. Expertly facilitate critical decision-making, ensuring efficient management of timelines. Accomplished success rate exceeding 90% including divorce, co-parenting, business, partnership, real property, and entertainment matters.
TK Mediation | Mediator and Founder
Mediator, Early Dispute Resolution Neutral
Mediator and Founder | TK Mediation | Los Angeles, CA and Online | 2019 – Present; United Nations, FAO Consultancy Roster (Affiliate Workforce); Central District of CA, US Bankruptcy Court’s Panel of Mediators; The Court of Appeal, State of California, Second Appellate District; Southern California Family Mediation.
Mediate matters starting from pre-mediation meetings to filing mediated settlement agreements. Analyze data, develop mediation strategy, conduct client intake, initial consultation, and mediation sessions. Community mediation concerning real property and landlord tenant disputes. Entertainment contract disagreement between performers and event organizers. Partnership dispute over an oral agreement. Fee dispute between a service provider and a client. Mediate workplace disputes to support a culture that is respectful and civil, and in which mutual understanding can be reached and differences resolved through dialogue and fair processes. Guidance on work related problems in a confidential, informal, and neutral forum promoting fair treatment. Mediate court-ordered matters and detailed co-parenting schedules, at children’s and dependency courts, for the most distressed families with youths at high risk for entry into the foster care system.
Family dispute, divorce, parenting plan, and family business dispute, landlord-tenant, partnership dissolution, breach of fiduciary duty, intentional misrepresentation, promissory estoppel, breach of contract, and other general business disputes. Mediation of litigated cases, appellate mediation, early dispute resolution.
My mediation style prioritizes efficiency and informed decision-making. I begin by meticulously understanding each party's goals, both tangible and intangible. This deep dive includes financial considerations, emotions, legal nuances, and strengths and weaknesses. To level the ground for successful mediation, I can facilitate pre-mediation calls and information exchange if needed. During mediation, I leverage my expertise to guide a robust risk analysis. Through neutral, non-confrontational questioning, I help parties assess their own case's strengths and weaknesses, alongside their opponent's. This fosters a reality-based environment where parties can critically evaluate settlement proposals. Ultimately, my role is to empower attorneys by facilitating informed decisions through a reasoned examination of all options.
Zoom and other technologies. Decision tree analysis software.
USC - University of Southern California Gould School of Law (LLM degree and Alternative Dispute Resolution Certificate) | Yerevan State Linguistics University, Armenia (BA in Linguistics) | Fluent in English, Armenian, and Russian, and possess elementary proficiency in French and Polish languages.<br/>
ABA Section of Dispute Resolution Fellow and WIDR Subcommittee Member, 2023 | SCMA Family Mediation Institute Planning Committee Member, 2023 | ABA DR and SCMA member, 2019 – Present | Idea to IPO, Silicon Valley Startup, Volunteer, 2016 – 2018
$2,800 Per Day
English
Glendale, CA
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