ADR4LE™

All Business Disputes
Catastrophic Injuries
Contractor Litigation
Construction Defects
General Civil Litigation
Insurance
Labor, Employment, Wage-Hour
Landlord-Tenant
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Professional Liability
Real Property
Shareholder-Partnership
Toxic torts
Wrongful Death

JD, Southwestern School of Law, 1990; B.S., Univ. California Los Angeles, 1988.

Law Office of Robert R. Shiri, APC, 1994 - Present; Haight, Brown & Bonesteel, early-mid1990s; and Yukevich & Sonnett, early-mid 1990s; Prior Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court.

Law Office of Robert R. Shiri, APC - Managing Attorney-Officer.

Mr. Shiri has extensive litigation experience in above-referenced practice areas with a specific emphasis on the areas of catastrophic injury, commercial disputes; general civil litigation, insurance, labor/employment/wage-hour; personal injury, professional liability, and toxic torts.

Mr. Shiri is a trained mediator and attorney licensed to practice law in federal and California courts.

Mr. Shiri is the chair-leader of the West Los Angeles Inns of Court, a continuing education program for attorneys.

Mr. Shiri has litigated and represented both plaintiffs and defense counsel in over 700 plus jury and bench trials, mediations, and arbitrations.

Judge Pro Tem, Los Angeles Superior Court.

Mr. Shiri views mediation as a "win-win" process for the parties.

The keys to successful mediation are an unwavering willingness to participate, a commitment to the process, and extensive preparation to find resolution nirvana.

Mr. Shiri's main role is to facilitate communication and persistence in pursuing and obtaining settlement.

Mr. Shiri is a pure and motivated dispute resolution advocate. He creates and facilitates a pleasant experience for the parties.

Mr. Shiri seeks to establish rapport with, and to gain the trust of the parties. This immesurably improves the prospects of settlement.

Mr. Shiri facilitates, fosters, and melds the parties into a common goal of settlement. His primarty goal is to cross the settlement finish line - Every Time!

Mediation is profoundly successful as 95% plus of cases resolve at mediation or within a short time thereafter.

Excellent preparation - by counsel, the parties, and the neutral - is the key to achieving settlement success.

Mr. shiri expects counsel to treat the mediation as a "warm-up" trial - An opportunity to tell their client's story and obtain a positive outcome.

Mediation frequently results in new information, the clarification of the important facts and issues, and serves to directly focus the parties on resolution.

Critical to any mediation is a trusted flow and exchange of information. The lack of certain evidence can also be important.

Mr. Shiri's extensive experience as a litigator will help both parties to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of their own case and that of the other party.

As with any succesful trial, the quality of the plaintiff's and defendant's evidence is a key to success. This includes highlighting important testimony, documents, and witness statements.

Trials place a plaintiff's request for damages, and the defense's "checkbook", into the hands of 12 complete strangers that typically bring both good and bad experiences to both sides of the "legal table."

A mediation should be treated with a high level of importance that will give the participants the best chance to acheive personal success - A fully agreeable, complete, and signed 664.6 settlement at the mediation.

State of California and Federal Courts, Dec. 1990 - Present.

President of the West LA INNS of court; Member of Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles; Authored articles regarding handling discovery in complex cases and employment litigation for seminars and publications.

Flat fee rate through ADR4LESS. Requested post-hearing neutral rate $400 per hr..

In person - All areas in Southern California, from San Diego to Santa Barbara, and Santa Monica to Riverside.

Virtual Zoom Hearings - Anywhere.