Stephen M. Benardo, Esq.​
Arbitrator/ Mediator
Disability/Access Specialists
DISABILITY/ACCESS DISPUTES are ideal for mediation, given the key concept of flexibility that permeates the law. Employers are required to provide “reasonable” accommodations to enable employees to perform the “essential job functions” if doing so does not pose an “undue hardship.”
The demand for accessibility to public accommodations has increased lawsuit filings to gain compliance with the law. The cases are numerous, complex, and face uncertain outcomes in the courts. If making new law is not a litigator’s goal, and an effective and efficient resolution is, mediation is the answer. It behooves the practitioner to be guided through this highly technical and evolving area of the law by a conflict resolution professional who has practical as well as legal acumen in this area.
Our retired justices, judges, magistrates and attorney-mediators have expertise in resolving a range of disability/access issues, including:
- Reasonable Accommodation
- Technical Assistance for Individuals or Public/Private Entities
- Reasonable Modifications in Policies, Practices
- Complex, Multi-Party Mediations Involving Overlapping and Procedures
- Statutory Schemes
- Interactive Discussion, Essential Job Functions, Protected Individuals
- "Readily Achievable" Barrier Removal
- Accessible Design Requirements
- Overlapping Disability Statutes
Max Factor III, Esq.​
Mediator
Cynthia Gitt, Esq.
Arbitrator/Mediator
Hon. Margaret M. Grignon (Ret.)
California Court of Appeal, Second District
Sidney Kanazawa, Esq.
Mediator/Arbitrator
Hon. Andrew C. Kauffman (Ret.)
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Peter J. Marx, Esq.​
Mediator
John K. Raleigh, Esq.​
Mediator
Hon. Charles G. "Skip" Rubin (Ret.)
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Hon. Teresa Sánchez-Gordon (Ret.)
Los Angeles Superior Court
Andrew O. Smith, Esq.
Mediator
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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
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