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.
