Alyson C. Decker, Esq.

Alyson C. Decker, Esq.

Mediator/Arbitrator

Alyson Decker has well over a dozen years of trial, litigation and mediation experience, both in private practice at Am Law 100 and nationally-renowned boutique law firms and in-house, as the former Vice President of Legal Affairs in charge of litigation and compliance for a group of HR and staffing companies with an annual revenue of over 100 million dollars. Over the course of her career as an advocate, Ms. Decker has handled hundreds of disputes involving employment, wage and hour, class actions, entertainment, antitrust, business, contract, real estate, complex, trademark, trade secret, high-profile celebrity cases, and appellate.
Her background on both the plaintiff and defense sides as well as her training and experience as a mediator allow Ms. Decker to work with counsel and their clients to reach a joint resolution of their disputes. Ms. Decker tempers her no-holds-barred, honest assessment of a party's claims and defenses with a compassionate touch, because every dispute becomes personal to the parties involved in it.
Ms. Decker is also an adjunct law professor and has taught Evidence and Research & Advocacy for several years. She also regularly speaks on employment, DEI, and space law issues.


PRACTICE AREAS

Employment matters, including discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, wage and hour, class actions, and PAGA; business disputes, including breach of contract and torts; civil litigation; complex cases; antitrust; space law; and class actions.

ORGANIZATIONS & ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Super Lawyers' Southern California Rising Stars List, 2014-2020
  • Commendation for Outstanding Legal Prowess, City of Lancaster, 2013

EDUCATION & TRAINING

  • J.D., University of Southern California, 2007
  • B.A., Brandeis University, 2004, with honors, magna cum laude
  • Mediation Training, Los Angeles County Bar Association/Center for Civic Mediation, 2013
  • Volunteer Mediation Panelist, California Academy of Mediation Professionals, 2013-2014


Ms. Decker is available throughout Southern California.

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