Joan Kessler, Jd, Phd Email & Phone Number

Joan B. Kessler Esq., PhD is now ready and able to do online JAMS mediations and arbitrations on Zoom and other online platforms during this challenging time.With a law career spanning over 30 years and a Ph.D. in communications, Joan B. Kessler, JD, PhD is a uniquely qualified Mediator, Arbitrator, Neutral Evaluator and Special Master whose training and education allow her to communicate effectively with attorneys and all parties involved in her mediations and arbitrations. She has the legal experience and knowledge to understand even the most complex of legal issues, as well as a background in communication which helps her to develop a rapport with even the most challenging, combative and high profile personalities in State and Federal Court matters. As a former jury researcher and jury consultant for over a decade she is able to give insights into how a jury might evaluate a case that she is mediating, and as an arbitrator for 13 years she is likewise able to give insights into how an arbitrator might evaluate any case she is mediating. A Los Angeles Daily Journal article stated "Once Joan gets her teeth into something, there is no shaking her off...she has boundless energy." "She is absolutely driven to get parties to settlement...There is constant follow-up", "With her background as a lawyer and jury consultant, she is able to show people how a case could play out in front of a jury which gets them to become more realistic." As stated in the Los Angeles Daily Journal, "She' has a lot of litigation experience from a lawyer's perspective, so she knows the pressures that the attorneys are facing, as well as the clients", "She had a good assessment of the parties, of where they might or might not be willing to go, and she worked the parties to get them to a place where an agreement could be reached, which really required major effort on her part."Specialties: Mediations and Arbitrations in: Real Estate, Business, Commercial, Employment (including class action disputes), Insurance, Trust and Estate, Family Succession Disputes, Entertainment, Tax matters, Bankruptcy and Healthcare.

Listed skills include Arbitration, Mediation, Litigation, Civil Litigation, and 36 others.