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Exclusively Through JAMS
Main Office:
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: 714-501-1321

About Alex Polsky

Alex PolskyAlexander S. Polsky, Esq. has demonstrated a unique ability to resolve particularly complex and/or highly emotional cases as a mediator, arbitrator and discovery referee. Mr. Polsky is available worldwide with a practice that is focused in Northern and Southern California, Arizona, Nevada and New York.

Alex has resolved thousands of complex commercial, class action, employment, malpractice, maritime, elder care, business, real estate, franchise, mass tort, product liability, and serious injury disputes.

In an independent survey, Alex has been named one of the Top Mediators and Arbitrators in California by the Daily Journal eac year the survey was conducted.  ALM's survey designated Alex as a "Best Lawyer" in the USA in the field of ADR, and Law & Politics survey designated Alex as a "Superlawyer" in ADR each of the past 6 years.  Local bar association reviews consistently give Mr. Polsky high marks for fairness as an arbitrator and tenacity and commitment as a mediator. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell.

RESOLUTION EXPERTISE

  • Has participated in the resolution of thousands of disputes nationwide
  • Resolution rate in mediation exceeds @97%
  • Multi-disciplinary ADR practice includes:
    • Appellate dispute resolution
    • Business
    • Business workouts
    • Construction defect, accident and E&O
    • High value domestic relations and child custody
    • Elder Law
    • Entertainment
    • Environmental exposure & remediation
    • Franchise disputes & class actions
    • Government liability/code enforcement
    • Insurance coverage, E&O and bad faith
    • Labor/employment/sexual harassment
    • Labor/management disputes/fact-finding
    • Maritime
    • Medical negligence & devices (neutral & party arbitrator and mediation)
    • Professional negligence
    • Product liability
    • Real estate-transactional and E&O (licensed real estate broker)
    • Mass tort
    • Serious injury and wrongful death
  • Comprehensive case management experience includes serving as a discovery referee in complex litigation. Mr. Polsky designs and implements discovery plans with the goal of cost efficient analysis and early resolution.

TRAINING

Mr. Polsky is a sought after negotiation skills trainer and has lectured throughout the United States and was invited to train judges in Cairo, Egypt on mediation technique. Alex is an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Southern California, where he teaches a course he designed on ADR and negotiation, and at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law, where he has taught courses in the LLM program. He is available to provide training in negotiation and mediation skill development to corporations and professional organizations.

SPECIAL HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS

  • Named a California Superlawyer by the Law and Politics survey for 2005,6,7,8,9  
  • Named a Best Lawyer for 2006,7,8,9 by the ALM survey 
  • Recognized as "One of the Top 20 Mediators and Arbitrators in California," Daily Journal, 2002,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
  • Fellow, International Academy of Mediators
  • Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Southern California School of Law and Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law
  • Lecturer (partial list): California Bar Association, American Bar Association, Association of Southern and Northern California Defense Counsel; Consumer Attorneys of California, Los Angeles and Orange County; Los Angeles, Orange County & San Francisco Bar Associations; Pepperdine University Law School; Building Industry Association
  • Past Director: Orange County Bar Association, Orange County Trial Lawyer's Association, Southern California Adjuster's Association
    Past Chairperson, Orange County Bar Association Committee on ADR
  • Delegate, State Bar of California, Conference of Delegates
  • National Institute of Forensic Studies, Professional Advisory Board
  • Publications on ADR and Attorney Fee Disputes for State and Local Bar Associations, firms, trade associations, and newspapers. Author: "A System for Cost Effective Management of Construction Defect and Complex Litigation." Author: "ADR, Why Does it Work?" Author: "Use of the Special Master in Complex Litigation." Author: "Use of Risk Based Facilitative Dispute Resolution."

AMS Neutral Alexander S. Polsky Named To California Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee

Alexander S. Polsky, Esq., a mediator, arbitrator and discovery referee with JAMS, the nation’s largest private provider of ADR services, has been appointed to the California State Bar’s Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Mr. Polsky will begin his three-year term in September.
The California Bar Association’s Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution is composed of a diverse group of highly successful practitioners and other professionals with expertise in the field. The committee analyzes and comments on proposals relating to ADR, drafts proposals relating to ADR for consideration by the organization’s Board of Governors, and identifies issues concerning the relationship of ADR to the practice of law, the administration of justice and improving access to justice. The Committee is also responsible for planning and administering ADR educational programs, and encourages attorneys involved in dispute resolution to become active participants in the California State Bar, which is one of the nation’s largest with more than 200,000 members.

“I am honored to become a part of this dedicated committee and I look forward to working with its talented members,” said Mr. Polsky. “With the surge in the use of ADR services, the role of the Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution in training and educating California Bar Association members is more critical than ever.”

Mr. Polsky has resolved thousands of complex commercial and serious injury disputes throughout his career. He is known for his fairness as an arbitrator and his tenacity and commitment as a mediator, traits that led to his recognition as a Top California Neutral by the Daily Journal in recent years. He has also been designated as a Southern California Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Magazine in the area of alternative dispute resolution.

Mr. Polsky takes an active role in numerous academic and professional activities. He is a Fellow at the International Academy of Mediators, and is the past Director of the Orange County Bar Association. A sought after negotiation skills trainer who has lectured throughout the United States, Mr. Polsky is an adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Southern California, where he teaches a course he designed on ADR and negotiation. In addition, he is an adjunct Professor of Law at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University School of Law.

About JAMS, The Resolution Experts
Founded in 1979, JAMS, The Resolution Experts, is the nation’s largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution services. With Resolution Centers nationwide, JAMS and its more than 200 full-time, exclusive mediators and arbitrators are responsible for resolving thousands of the nation’s most important cases. JAMS may be reached at 800-352-5267.

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