Mediation & Conflict Management

Victor Republicano, Jr., CPA is an accounting and consulting practitioner, who has provided professional services to business owners, corporate management, lawyers and their clients, since 1977.

Mr. Republicano provides assistance in all phases of the litigation process, from strategy sessions early in the dispute, through settlement negotiations, and trial. Among his distinguishing achievements is his Diplomate status from the American Board Forensic Accounting and the American College of Forensic Examiners. Mr. Republicano has extensive experience in providing litigation consulting services and expert testimony in a wide variety of areas. His litigation consulting projects have included damage assessment and analysis, inspection and reconstruction of accounting records, pre-trial preparation, expert testimony, witness preparation, courtroom assistance, and post-trial consultation with counsel. He has served as an expert witness in over 100 cases, including matters in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution forums.

Mr. Republicano is experienced in small business consulting, accounting and auditing, publicly traded companies, and litigation services. His industry experience includes: Ag-Chem, Construction, Distribution, Financial Institutions, High-Tech, Manufacturing, Network Marketing, Non- Profit Organizations, Professional Services (Architects, Engineers, Law Firms, etc), Securities and Retail. Mr. Republicano has assisted a variety of companies with IPO's, private placements and statutory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also has provided extensive consultations to entrepreneurs and others and other non-public business owners regarding mergers and acquisitions, inventory control systems, credit and collections management, and property lease analyses.

Litigation and Other Services:

Accounting Alternate Dispute Resolution (Mediation, Referee, Special Master) Business Valuations Construction Claims Contract Disputes Expert Witness Damage Calculations and Assessment Economic Loss White Collar Crime	Forensic Accounting Fraud Insurance Claims Investigative Services (accounting, finance, business and trade practices) Lost Profits Personal Injury Reconstruction of Accounting Records Witness Preparation

Coleman & Horowitt, LLP is a Civil Litigation and Transactions Firm. It provides a wide variety of services to businesses and individuals through its two departments. By concentrating in these areas, members of the firm have become exceptionally proficient in dealing with all phases of preventive law, litigation, alternative dispute resolution and the negotiation and preparation of documentation to meet the needs of today's businesses. The firm has a varied client base ranging from small family operations to large, publicly traded corporations.

Darryl Horowitt, Esq. has conducted all phases of litigation in the areas of Banking, Business Disputes, Securities Fraud (class action and individual), Construction, Real Estate, Environmental, Casualty Insurance Defense, Personal Injury and Commercial Collections, from initial client contact to settlement, mediation, arbitration and trial - court and jury (State and Federal Court) and administrative proceedings (before the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Agriculture, National Labor Relations Board, California Department of Fair Housing and Employment, Worker's Compensation Appeals Board and Agricultural Labor Relations Board).

Mr. Horowitt has also assisted in transactions, including incorporation, purchase and sale agreements, secured and unsecured transactions, and employment contracts. In the field of alternative dispute resolution, he has served as an arbitrator (for the American Arbitration Association, NASD Regulation, Inc., Better Business Bureau Dispute Resolution Center, and the Fresno and Madera County Superior Courts), mediator (privately and for the Better Business Bureau Dispute Resolution Center), special master (for Judge James Ware, United States District Court, Northern District of California) and judge pro tem (Fresno County Courts).

Firm's Areas of Practice Include

Banking

Commercial Real Estate

Business

Casualty Insurance Defense

Construction Litigation and Transactions

Insurance Coverage

Environmental Law

Commercial Collections

Personal Injury Litigation

Alternative Dispute Resolution (mediation, arbitration and mini-trials)

Estate / Tax Planning

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PRACTICE AREAS AND EXPERTISE: Peacemaking, mediation and conflict management of difficult community, business and interpersonal conflicts.

From 1978 to 1998, trial lawyer with demonstrated success in complex, difficult, or unique cases. Experienced in both state and federal trial and appellate courts. Experienced in AAA commercial and construction arbitration and SEC/NASD arbitration. Broad range of knowledge, including construction, business, contract, finance, constitutional law, commercial law, and insurance law.

With over 22 years of experience, Mr. Noll has litigated and arbitrated diverse and complex cases before state and federal juries, judges and administrative tribunals. His practice is now devoted to resolving business and interpersonal conflicts without litigation. He has mediated over 400 difficult and complex conflicts including employment disputes (gender discrimination, racial discrimination, wrongful termination) construction defect cases, complex commercial and industrial construction disputes, CERCLA claims, partnership dissolutions, water rights disputes, shareholder disputes, intellectual property litigation, constitutional law cases, land use disputes, financial and commercial disputes, crop losses, estates and trusts litigation, and insurance disputes.

Douglas Noll is a distinguished author of numerous articles and most recently a book entitled: Elusive Peace: How Modern Diplomatic Strategies Could Better Resolve World Conflicts.

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Charles F. Cook is a Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society, a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries, a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter, and an ARIAS-US Certified Arbitrator. Mr. Cook has been an actuarial and/or underwriting officer at ISO, Continental, General Accident, USAA and AIG. He was CEO of American Universal from 1982 to 1988.

Mr. Cook is an experienced Expert Witness providing Litigation Support for both plaintiff and defense and has served as a mediator and special master.

Practice Areas Include:

Loss Reserves

Financial Modeling

Captives

Difficult Exposures such as Trucking, Mining, Construction and Agriculture

Workers Compensation

Malpractice

Liability

Reinsurance

Gerald M. Levy, real estate and banking consultant, serves as arbitrator and mediator of real estate and construction disputes and expert witness on practice standards for real estate lending, construction lending, commercial lending, credit risk, loan guarantees, brokerage, due diligence, negotiation of transactions, landlord/tenant disputes, ground and space leases, restructurings and workouts,real estate fraud analysis, corporate real estate, and real estate valuation.

He is Professor at NYU and was Managing Director, Real Estate Finance Division, Chase Manhattan Bank; and Senior Vice President and General Manager, Real Estate and Corporate Services Division, Chemical Bank.

Mr. Levy holds the MAI, CRE, and FRICS designations and is a neutral for American Arbitration Association. He is a New York State Licensed Real Estate Broker and a New York State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser.

William P. Hight, JD, CPCU is an Insurance Expert Witness with over three decades of experience in private law practice, devoted to coordinating and overseeing Claim Investigations for dozens of insurance companies in 9 western states, providing hundreds of property and liability policy interpretations, and resolving coverage, valuation and good faith issues in litigation, mediation and appraisal.

Mr. Hight has been retained as an Expert Witness in first and third party claims by clients of over 30 law firms, testifying for both policyholders and insurers. He has prepared over 45 written expert opinion reports, compliant with FRCP 26 requirements. Augmenting his professional training and experience, Mr. Hight was awarded the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation in 1990.

Areas of Expertise:

• Insurance Bad Faith
• Reasonableness of Settlements
• Reasonableness of Policy Interpretations
• Coverage Denial and Claim Handling
• Insurance Fair Conduct Act
• Reservation of Rights Defense

Disclaimer: The CPCU professional designation is awarded by the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters. The Supreme Court of Washington does not recognize certification of specialties in the practice of law, and the designation is not a requirement to practice law in the state of Washington.

Charles Pereyra-Suarez has handled a broad range of civil and criminal matters during three decades of practice. Mr. Pereyra-Suarez's experience includes complex business litigation, white collar criminal defense, real estate, employment, healthcare, environmental, antitrust, civil rights and First Amendment representation. He is active as a Mediator and Arbitrator of various litigation and business disputes.

Mr. Pereyra-Suarez has served as a litigation partner in two national law firms, as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, and as a trial and appellate attorney in the U.S. Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

Types of Mediation Practice:

Business

Civil (general)

Construction

Criminal

Employment

Entertainment

Environmental

Health Care

Real Estate

Please visit Mr. Pereyra-Suarez's other website at www.CPSLawFirm.com.

Mark I. Harrison, Esq. has been a civil and appellate litigator for over 50 years in Tort, Antitrust, and Commercial Cases. He has extensive experience consulting on cases involving Legal Malpractice, Legal Ethics, and Judicial Ethics. Mr. Harrison has been featured in Best Lawyers in America in the areas of Ethics & Professional Responsibility Law, Legal Malpractice, Appellate Law, and Commercial Litigation. Mr. Harrison regularly advises lawyers, law firms, and in-house law departments on ethical obligations, risk management, and other issues that arise in the practice of law. His specialized knowledge is available to judges and lawyers who have questions about judicial ethics or judicial disqualification issues.

Mr. Harrison has received the ABA Mike Franck Award for Professional Responsibility, the Judge Learned Hand Award, and the ABA's Burnham "Hod" Greeley Award presented to individuals and organizations for making a significant, positive impact on public understanding of the role of the judiciary. He is also the author of numerous articles dealing with legal and judicial ethics.

Consultation and Representation in the Following Areas:

• Lawyers Seeking Admission to the State Bar of Arizona
• Lawyers Accused of Professional Misconduct
• Judges Alleged to have Violated the Code of Judicial Ethics
• Licensed Professionals Needing Advice Before a Licensing Agency (psychologists, social workers, therapists)

Associations and Memberships:

• Former President of the State Bar of Arizona, National Conference of Bar Presidents
• Member of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers and American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
• Life Member and Past President of the American Law Institute

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Robert Sharp & Associates, LLP is a litigation and insurance claim-expert and counseling firm; based in Los Angeles, California and Atlanta, GA. Mr. Sharp, has 32 years experince in the insurance industry, in multiple management positions, including Vice President of Claims and finishing his career as President and CEO.

Mr. Sharp has testified numerous times on insurance related issues in over 25 states and in federal court. He provides support on insurance issues as an expert and consultant on Insurance issues and Insurance claim handling issues and practices. Including; Bad Faith, claim adjusting, coverage issues and and most related Insurance issues.

EXPERT TESTIMONY: Breach of Contract, Good Faith and Fair Dealing, Bad Faith and Case Evaluation.

EXPERT COVERAGE ISSUES: Internal Controls, Adjusting Practices, Industry Standards and Coverage Issues, Claim Handling Methods, Procedures, Automation and Protocol. Best Insurance Industry Practices.

EXPERT DAMAGE ISSUES:Case Evaluation, Management and Internal Underwriting Issues and Insurance Related Issues.

William Gulya, Jr. is an Excavaton, Trenching and Site Work expert with 40 years of experience in the Construction Industry as President & CEO of Middlesex Trenching Company. Mr. Gulya holds a certification in Alternative Dispute Resolution from the University of North Carolina, and continues his education at Ashford University, seeking a degree in communications, to provide unparalleled representation for his clients.

Consulting Experience:

• Excavation & Construction Site Preparation
• Differing Site Conditions, Scheduling and Delays
• Earthwork and Grading
• Trenching - Trench Collapse and Shoring
• Heavy Equipment Rentals
• Underground Utilities - Storm Sewer, Sanitary Sewer, Water Mains
• Paving, Concrete Curbs, Sidewalks, Parking Lots, and Asphalt Roads
• OSHA Compliance
• Construction Safety

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