LYNNE SUSAN BASSIS, ESQ.

Lynne Susan Bassis, ESQ.
  Barry Lotz,J.D.Ph.D.    Edmund S. Schaffer, ESQ

Independent Full Time Mediation Attorney with 12 years of mediation experience.

Mediation Trainer with 8 years of experience training lawyers and other professionals.

Areas of Mediation Practice

  • Workplace and Employment including allegations of discrimination on the basis of disability, race, sex, age, gender, national origin and religion; wrongful termination; constructive discharge, sexual harassment, wage and hour, grievance policies, discipline, layoffs; downsizing and employment contract disputes.
  • Disability Access
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Public Entity
  • Attorney-Client Disputes
  • Business/Commercial Disputes
  • Construction Defect

Contract Mediator

  • United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
  • California Department of Fair Employment and Housing
  • United States Postal Service

Practicing Lawyer 18 years of litigation experience in both the public and private sectors. Employment, labor, governmental tort liability, professional ethics (State Bar prosecutor and counsel to the California Supreme Court's State Bar Court), landlord-tenant, consumer, family, governmental administrative matters and personal injury.

Director & Adjunct Professor, Disability Mediation Center Loyola Law School (1999-2001)

Arbitrator NASD Dispute Regulation, Inc., Board of Arbitrators

Education

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW - BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Law School Clinical Work:
Birch, Horton, Bittner & Monroe (Anchorage, Alaska)
Employment Law Center (San Francisco, California)
McCabe & Rodkin (Nacogdoches, Texas)

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA
A.B. Criminology
PHI BETA KAPPA

Mediation Education

  • Basic Mediation, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1989)
  • Advanced Mediation Training, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1993)
  • Negotiation Skills for Conflict Managers, Stott & Monsma (1994)
  • Employment Disputes: Issues, Laws & Solutions, Southern California Mediation Association (1995)
  • Gender, Diversity & Cross Cultural Negotiation, Southern California Mediation Association Annual Conference (1995)
  • Mediating the Litigated Case, Pepperdine University School of Law (1995)
  • Civil & Workplace Training, Los Angeles County Bar Association (1996)
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Mediation Training (1996)
  • Legal Update on Employment Issues: Wrongful Termination & Discrimination Claims, Seminar, Fred Ashley, Esq. (1996)
  • Cutting Edge Negotiation Strategy for Lawyers, Negotiation Strategy Institute, David Gold, Harvard Negotiation Project (1997)
  • Preparing for the New Mediation Confidentiality Law, Los Angeles County Bar Association, Ron Kelly (1997)
  • United States Postal Service Transformative Mediation Training (1998)
  • Disability Mediation, Loyola Law School (1999-2001)
  • International Academy of Mediators Semi-Annual Conferences (1999-2001)
  • Update on Labor and Employment Law, Beverly Hills Bar Association (2001)

Legal Experience

Director & Adjunct Professor, 1999-2001
DISABILITY MEDIATION CENTER, LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL, LOS ANGELES, CA
Mediation of employment disability cases. Management of mediator and support staff. Law student training in disability law and disability mediation. Supervision of law students' clinical work. Compliance with state program funding and reporting requirements.

Counsel to State Bar Court Judges 1990 -1998
CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT'S STATE BAR COURT, LOS ANGELES, CA
Body having jurisdiction over California's attorney discipline system.

Associate Attorney 1987-1990
BARBOSA & VERA - LOS ANGELES, CA (DISBANDED)
Civil litigation firm with emphasis on municipal. Representation of public entity clients in civil matters. Prosecution of municipal code violation cases.

Associate Attorney 1986
GARTNER & YOUNG - CENTURY CITY, CA
Management labor law firm. Research, writing and discovery matters in civil and labor areas.

Senior Litigator 1984-1986
OFFICE OF TRIAL COUNSEL, STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA- LA, CA
Prosecution of attorney discipline and regulatory matters before California Supreme Court's State Bar Court.

Staff Attorney 1980-1984
LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM FOR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY - PASADENA, CA
Publicly funded agency. Provided representation in civil matters to low income recipients.

Presentations, Mediation and Teaching/Training Experience

  • Mediator certified by Los Angeles County Bar (since 1989)
  • Mediator, Attorney Client Mediation & Arbitration Services, Los Angeles County Bar Association (2001-present)
  • Presenter, Employers Group Annual Law Update, "Interactive Reasonable Accommodation Process" (2001)
  • Presenter, Lorman Education Services, "Ethical Responsibilities When Representing A Client in Mediation" (2001)
  • Director, Disability Mediation Center (1999-2001)
  • Trainer, California State Department of Rehabilitation (1999)
  • Mediator and Trainer, United States Postal Service (since 1998)
  • Mediation Instructor, University of California at Riverside (1998)
  • Adjunct Professor of ADR, Southwestern University School of Law (1997)
  • Mediation Trainer, Seminar for Pacific Enterprises (1997)
  • Mediation Trainer, "Negotiation At Work" Seminars (1997)
  • Certified Mediation Trainer for Los Angeles County Bar (since 1993)
  • Member, Employment Mediation Panel of the Los Angeles County Bar (since 1996)
  • Member, Ventura Superior & Municipal Courts Mediation Panel (1993-1995)
  • Member, Community Mediation Panel of Dispute Resolution Services, Los Angeles County Bar (since 1989)
  • Presenter, UCLA Education Extension: "Conflict Resolution Using Effective Communication Skills" (since 1996 - 1999)
  • Presenter, Conflict Resolution Skills Program for High School Students (1995 & 1996)
  • Presenter, State Bar of California: "An Overview of Mediation" (1994)

Professional Affiliations & Activities

  • Executive Committee Vice-Chair, Attorney Client Mediation and Arbitration Services, Los Angeles County Bar Association (2000-present)
  • Loyola Law School Faculty Coach, American Bar Association's Student Mediation Advocacy Competition (2000)
  • Associate, International Academy of Mediators (1999-present)
  • Member, Ethics Subcommittee, State Bar Committee on ADR (1998)
  • Member, Los Angeles County Bar Association (since 1996)
  • Member, Board of Directors of Southern California Mediation Association (1995 & 1996)
  • Co-Chair, Programs Committee of Southern California Mediation Association (1993-1995)
  • Member, California Dispute Resolutions Council (since 1996)
  • Member, Beverly Hills Bar Association ADR Committee (1997)
  • Member, Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution (1996-1997)
  • Judge, American Bar Association Law School Competitions, Pepperdine University School of Law (since 1993)

Publications

  • Bassis: 'Foxgate' and Draft Ethical Standards Illuminate Mediator's Role, Los Angeles Daily Journal, August 22, 2001
  • Bassis: New Solutions: Pilot Mediation Program Offers Benefits to Employers and Emloyees, Los Angeles Daily Journal, July 25, 2001
  • Bassis: Cart Controversy: Disabilities Act Protects Golfer Casey Martin, Los Angeles Daily Journal, June 14, 2001
  • Bassis and Kichaven: Pendulum Swing: Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of Disabilities Act, Los Angeles Daily Journal, March 22, 2001
  • Bassis, Contributor: Review of Dispute Resolution Web Sites, American Bar Association Dispute Resolution Magazine, Technology Column (2000)
  • Editor, American Bar Association's The Lawyer's Desk Guide to Legal Malpractice, April 1999
  • Bassis, Lynne: Newsom v. Vanderbilt University: Major Victory for Hill-Burton Recipients, Clearinghouse Review, Volume 13, March 1980
  • Editor: Crime & Social Justice, Spring-Summer 1994


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