Marc is available anywhere in the world via video conference and in person in Southern California and San Francisco.
Marc D. Alexander, Esq.
Mediator/Arbitrator
Marc Alexander brings over 35 years of litigation experience to his practice
as a neutral, including bench and jury trials, binding arbitrations, mediations,
and appellate work in state and federal courts. Before joining ARC, Marc served
as of counsel and as a shareholder at AlvaradoSmith PC. Previously, he had been
a shareholder at McKittrick Jackson DeMarco & Peckenpaugh, and an associate at
Irell and Manella.
Early in his legal career, Marc specialized in intellectual property cases, and over
time his practice broadened to include business, real estate, lender-borrower,
landlord-tenant, unfair competition, employment, attorney fee, and other disputes.
Marc has mediated hundreds of state and federal cases, as well as pre-litigation
disputes. Since 2012, he has published a blog entitled California Mediation and
Arbitration, and since 2008, he has been a co-contributor to the blog California
Attorney’s Fees. His involvement with the attorney’s fees blog aligned with
the insight that all too often attorney’s fees become the tail that wags the dog
in litigation. This led naturally to his interest in ADR as a pragmatic means of
achieving resolution that is also economical, efficient, and offers greater agency
to the participants than litigation. Marc believes preparation, patience, and trust-
building are keys to successful dispute resolution. His personal style is calm and
friendly. Depending on circumstances and the needs of the parties, Marc will be
facilitative or evaluative. He works hard to seek common ground, to avoid impasse,
and to close when resolution is within reach.
Practice Areas
- Civil Disputes
- Employment
- Intellectual Property
- Unfair Competition
- Trade Secrets
- Real Estate
- Landlord-Tenant
- Lender-Borrower
- ADA
- Personal Injury
- Neighbor/HOA
- Attorney’s Fees
Organizations & Achievements
- Past chair, current member, ADR Committee of the Litigation Section of the California Lawyers Association
- Past chair, current member, ADR Section of the Orange County Bar
- Member, California Lawyers Association; editorial board member and frequent contributor to their publication, California Litigation
- Court admissions: California Supreme Court, USDC, Central District, Northern District, Southern District, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court
- Author, California Mediation and Arbitration blog
- Contributor, California Attorney’s Fees blog, Daily Journal, Los Angeles Lawyer, and Orange County Lawyer
Education & Training
- UCSC (with honors)
- Johns Hopkins, M.A., PhD (Phi Beta Kappa)
- UCLA School of Law (Articles Editor)
- Pepperdine Mediating the Litigated Case course
- LA County Bar mediation course
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Very professional place to mediate a legal matter. Many places to have a private conversation, comfortable surroundings
Linda L Mitchell
Honorable Mary Thornton House mediated over our impossible case. I never thought this could get resolved, as we were stuck on both sides for almost 4 years. Honorable Mary Thornton House listened to both sides and was able to communicate in a way that both sides understood. She was tenacious, diligent and had attention to details with the accounting and figures presented. We went back and forth into the night. But, she was able to calmly able to get a resolution on both sides. The honorable judge said that in ruling a case in court. You have an instant friend and a permanent enemy. In this case, I received a fair resolution. Grateful, that I did not have to go to court. Glad that our case got resolved. I highly recommend honorable Mary Thornton House