Maurice Attie, Esq.

T: 310.203.8200
F: 310.203.8211

Maurice Attie is a Los Angeles based Mediator. With a background as a Realtor and in accounting, Maurice Attie has been a bar member for over 43 years starting as a L.A. Deputy City Attorney and closing out his civil practice (real estate matters, business, photography, motion picture, record industry and other civil litigation, probate, corporate and business transactions, contracts, etc.) in 2002 to become a full time neutral. Along the way, Maurice Attie joined the New York and Israel Bar Associations, became a circuit presenter instructing on alternatives to conventional legal solutions (including 23 cities around the world), published numerous articles and has been interviewed extensively by the printed and broadcast media. Maurice Attie has served and continues to serve as a neutral for upwards of 100 matters annually. Maurice Attie is a hands-on mediator. He comes to each mediation completely prepared and conducts the session with detailed precision. His goal is to facilitate the parties to engage in the process so that they can effectively control the mutually agreeable outcome.

EDUCATION:

(1961-1964) J.D., University of California, Los Angeles
(1957-1961) B.S., Accounting, University of California, Los Angeles

LEGAL CAREER:

More than 40+ years as an attorney primarily in general civil practice with an emphasis on federal civil litigation and personal injury work; also handling real estate matters, business, photography, motion picture, record industry and other civil litigation, probate, corporate and business transactions, employment issues; contracts, etc.

ADR EXPERIENCE:

(2002-present) Full time private neutral
(1995-1999) Judge Pro Tem of the L.A. Superior Court
(1997-present) Mediator and Arbitrator: Kaiser Foundation Arbitration Panel, L.A. Superior Neutrals Panels, EEOC Mediation Panel, California Lawyers for Arts Mediation Panel, National Arbitration Forum Panel, City of Glendale/GAA Mediation Panel, California Department of Insurance Mediation Panel, NASD/DRS Arbitration Panel, USDC Attorney Settlement Officer Panel, L.A. County Bar Fee Disputes and Law Practice Programs Panels

ADR TRAINING:

(1999) 42 hours, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution - Pepperdine University School of Law, "Mediating the Litigated Case"
(2000) 6 hours, Association for Conflict Resolution, "Government Provider Application Process"
(2001) 6 hours, California Academy of Mediation Professionals, "Cross Cultural Dispute Resolution"
(2002) 3 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, "Mediating Elder Abuse Claims"
(2002) 6 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, 14th Annual Interactive Conference, "Mediation Goes Mainstream"
(2003) 4 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, "'Rojas' Confidentiality Panel Discussion and Forum"
(2003) 2 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, "Mediating With Insurance Companies"
(2003) 6 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, 15th Annual Interactive Conference, "Waves of Change"
(2004) 2.75 hours, California Bar Association, "Mandatory Fee Arbitration"
(2004) 13 hours, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution - Pepperdine University School of Law, "Advanced Mediation Culture, Impasse, Barriers & Influence"
(2004) 5.5 hours, California Academy of Mediation Professionals, "Enhancing Your Non-Verbal ADR Communication and Negotiation Skills"
(2004) 2.5 hours, Institute for Mediation Studies, "Mediator Competency"
(2004) 1 hour, U.C.L.A. School of Law, "Keeping Our Markets Safe in the Aftermath of Enron and WorldCom"
(2004) 5 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, 16th Annual Interactive Conference, "Cutting Edge of Mediation"
(2004) 2.5 hours, Institute for Mediation Studies, "Mediator Competency"
(2005) 1 hour, U.C.L.A. School of Law, "Congress Mandated Mediation 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund"
(2005) 13 hours, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution - Pepperdine University School of Law, "Advanced Mediation Strategies"
(2005) 17 hours, Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association, "The Golden State of ADR"
(2005) 3 hours, Southern California Mediation Association’s Annual Community Townhall, “ROJAS and Its Implications in Mediation”
(2005) 6 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, 17th Annual Interactive Conference, "The Absolute Mediator"
(2006) 13 hours, Straus Institute of Pepperdine Univ., "Getting to the Heart of the Matter in Mediation"
(2006) 5 hours, Southern California Mediation Association Annual Employment Conference, "Breaking Down the Barriers in Employment Mediation"
(2006) 2 hours, B.H. Bar Association, “Working Within [the Court’s ADR] System”
(2006) 3 hours, Southern California Mediation Association’s Annual Community Townhall, “Broadening the Demand for Mediation”
(2006) One hour, Southern California Mediation Association, “Using the Feminine Voice in Mediation”
(2006) 1.75 hours, L.A. County Bar Association, “Fee Arbitration Refresher Training;”
2007: 6 hours, Southern California Mediation Association, 18th Annual Interactive Conference, "Building Bridges: The Art and Science of Mediation"
(2007) 4.25 hours, NASD DRS, “Basic Securities Industry Arbitration Training”
(2007) 13 hours, Straus Institute of Pepperdine Univ., "The Activist Mediator: Rethinking the Place and Role of the Mediator"
(2007) 5 hours, Southern California Mediation Association Annual Employment Conference, "The Masterful Employment Law Mediation"
(2007) 6 hours, ACR-GNY 2007 Annual Conference, “Finding Quality: Promoting Excellence in Dispute Resolution”
(2007) 3 hours, Southern California Mediation Association’s Annual Community Townhall, “Mediator Competence: Standards of Practice and Regulation”

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Accounting, agency, attorney/client disputes, bankruptcy, battery and excess force, breach of fiduciary duty, business corporate, civil rights, class action, collections, contract, construction, deed and contract reformation, defamation and slander, disability benefits, dog bite, employment discrimination, harassment, misrepresentation and termination, elder abuse, entertainment, environmental, fraud and misrepresentation, false imprisonment, family law, general civil, health care, home owners association, insurance coverage, intellectual property, labor, landlord tenant and habitability, landslide, legal malpractice, lemon law, medical malpractice, partnership, personal injury auto, personal injury other, premises liability, prison abuse, private Attorney General fees, product liability, property liability, real property real estate, securities, sewer backups and other water damage, storage and other lien sales, tax, theft and misappropriation, trespass and tree cutting, toxic torts, unfair competition, usufruct, will contest, wrongful death.

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES:

California Bar; New York Bar; USDC Central CA, USDC Northern CA, USDC Eastern NY, USDC Southern NY, Ninth Circuit US, US Supreme Court

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS:

Southern California Mediation Association - Professional Level Member
Association for Conflict Resolution - Member
Int'l Alliance of Holistic Lawyers - Member Executive Committee
Dispute Resolution Section of the American Bar Association - Associate Member

LECTURES:

Albuquerque, Austin, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Del Mar, Denver, London U.K., Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Monterey, New York, Oakland, Pasadena, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Fe, San Diego, Seattle, Vancouver, and B.C.
SCMA's 17th Annual Interactive 2005 Conference, Presentation entitled Mediation as a "Field of Dreams"
SCMA’s 2006 Annual Employment Conference, Presentation entitled "The Inside Scoop of Mediating With and For the EEOC"
SCMA’s 2006 Annual Community Townhall encompassing “Skills and Principles”
SCMA's 18th Annual Interactive 2006 Conference, Presentation entitled “Getting to the Real Dispute: Tools for Resolving Hidden Agendas”
ACR-GNY 2007 Annual Conference, Presentation entitled “Co-Mediation: The Shortest Distance to Quality Assurance”

PUBLISHED ARTICLES:

(Fall 1994) PERCEPTIONS: "Like Rain Pouring off a Slanted Roof"
(Sept. 1997) WHOLE LIFE TIMES: "Lawyer, Healer Dissolving Lawsuits"
(Nov. 1997) SANTA FE SUN: "Holistic Lawyers: An Oxymoron?"
(Jan. 13, 1999) PORTLAND OBSERVER: "The Justice System - The Subtle Side of Violence"
(Mar. 1999) PSYCHIC READER: "Walking the Time Lines"
(Aug. 1999) THE PHOENIX [Minnesota]: "What Matters in Legal Matters Is the Healing"
(Sept. 1999) OMEGA DIRECTORY [Arizona]: "Changing Timelines into Your Future"
(Winter 2000) WHOLE LAWYER: "Reconciliation"
(2002) IAHL website "Alternative Dispute Resolution - The Spectrum"

PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS:

(Nov. 18, 1996) CALIFORNIA LAW BUSINESS: "Soul Salving"
(Jan. 27, 1999) THE PORTLAND OBSERVER: "Holistic Law"
(Mar, 20, 1999) THE DAILY RECORD [Maryland]: "'Holistic Lawyer' Says Legal Disputes Spring from Souls Troubled by Trauma"
(Sept. 1999) THE EDGE [Minnesota]: "Legal System Undergoes Holistic Shift from Within"
(Oct. 1999) THE TIME TRAVELER: "Walking the Time Lines - Interview with Maurice Attie"
(Feb. 2000) CALIFORNIA LAWYER: "Good Legal Vibes"
(June 2000) SMART MONEY: "The Great Divide"

RADIO/TV INTERVIEWS:

"Miranda" on Cable Radio Los Angeles, Steve Freier on Chicago Public Access Television, Joe Franklin on WOR New York, Linda MacKenzie on Cable National Radio, Dr. Bob Phillips on WKJY Long Island, Sheldon Rosner on CNR, Shine on KNRY Monterey and KIEZ Carmel Valley, Arnold M. Patent on WALE Rhode Island, Alan Graf on KBOO Radio Portland, Steve Freier on KNRY Radio Monterey, Elaine Smitha of "Television for the Inquiring Mind" Olympia Public Television, Tom Kelly and Gerry Grim on WERE Cleveland, Judith Conrad on KEST San Francisco, Kinshasha on KFAI Minneapolis, Shine on KIEZ Carmel Valley, Dave Alan on KSCO Santa Cruz and KOMY Watsonville, Bonita Yoder on Sunflower Cable Vision Kansas, Bill Mazur on WEVE New York and Carolyn Craft on Wisdom TV and Radio

AVAILABLE:

Throughout Southern California

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