FN-4849258 MN-4849258 LN-4849258, Esq.
Arbitrator, Mediator
Palm Desert, California
Lori Sanford Law, PC – Arbitrator, Mediator
Arbitrator, Mediator
Independent Arbitrator and Mediator, 2009-Present; Attorney, 1991-Present; Administrator, Laser Leasing Company, LLC, 2006-Present; Administrator, Sanford Medical Corporation, 2000-2016; Senior Trial Attorney, Kelly Hodukavich and Goldberg (in-house counsel Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Company), 1994-2000; Associate, Law Office of Michael H. Manning and Associates, 1992-1994; Associate and Law Clerk, Morton, Schlegel, Stone and Manning, 1990-1992.
Over 32 years of civil litigation experience. Former insurance defense litigator and senior trial attorney handling cases for public entities, national companies and private individuals involving personal injury, construction and product liability claims. Recent litigation work for the plaintiff side in personal injury and business cases. Selected as a Top Lawyer in the arbitration and mediation category in Palm Springs Life Magazine annually 2017 - Present. Subject matter experience in the following areas:
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL: breach of contract, business ownership, business property dispute, conversion, joint venture and collections.
FINANCIAL: retail sales installment agreements, terms of service agreements, financial services, management fee disputes, misappropriation of funds, loss of use, lemon law.
HEALTHCARE: payor payee disputes, insurance billing claims, network provider agreements, buy sell agreements, equipment purchase, warranty contracts, business asset disposition, equipment rental contracts.
CONSUMER RELATED EMPLOYMENT CASES: involving discrimination, wage and hour, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation.
TORTS: motor vehicle, slip and fall, professional liability, medical, dental and legal malpractice, dog bite, product liability, property damage, premises liability, wrongful death, assault and battery.
REAL ESTATE: failure to disclose, property defects, HOA disputes, mold, nuisance, privacy.
BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL: breach of contract, business ownership, business property dispute, conversion, joint venture and collections.
FINANCIAL: retail sales installment agreements, terms of service agreements, financial services, management fee disputes, misappropriation of funds, loss of use, lemon law.
HEALTHCARE: payor payee disputes, insurance billing claims, network provider agreements, buy sell agreements, equipment purchase, warranty contracts, business asset disposition, equipment rental contracts.
CONSUMER RELATED EMPLOYMENT CASES: involving discrimination, wage and hour, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, retaliation.
TORTS: motor vehicle, slip and fall, professional liability, medical, dental and legal malpractice, dog bite, product liability, property damage, premises liability, wrongful death, assault and battery.
REAL ESTATE: failure to disclose, property defects, HOA disputes, mold, nuisance, privacy.
Mediation experience includes handling over 250 cases involving personal injury, motor vehicle, employment, HOA, medical and legal malpractice, business disputes, and real estate disputes.
What distinguishes one mediator from another is the skill set brought to the table and whether the neutral is effective in resolving disputes. People skills are critical. Ms. Sanford approaches every mediation determined to help the parties resolve their disputes.
Substantial experience conducting arbitrations and mediations on Zoom. Also willing to do hybrid hearings.
La Sierra University, Zapara School of Business (MBA, customized concentration in Healthcare Management-2017); University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law (JD-1991); University of California, San Diego (BA-1984).
Admitted to the Bar: California (1991), Connecticut (1994) and New York (1995); U.S. District Court, Central District of California (1991), Eastern and Western Districts of New York (1995); U.S. Supreme Court (1995).
Desert Bar Association Past President and current Mediation chair; Desert Bar Association volunteer administrator and panelist for the Riverside County Superior Court First Friday Voluntary Settlement Conference Program, Warren Slaughter-Richard Roemer Inn of Court Team leader and member, Riverside County Superior Court, Court Ordered Mediation Panel; Riverside County Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Service, Inc. Mediation and Trial Assignment Panel, California Association of Realtors Mediation panel; Member California Bar Association, Riverside County Bar, Desert Bar Association.
"Mediation: A Means for Resolving Trust & Estate Litigation and Civil Matters" podcast "Your Inheritance" July 14, 2023; "Best Practices for Arbitration Efficiency" presentation to the Desert Bar Association with AAA Vice President Aaron Gothelf, March 2023; Interviewer of California Supreme Court Justice Joshua Groban, Hall of Fame Awards, March 2023, "The First Friday Volunteer Settlement Conference Program and its Dedicated Volunteer Panel" Riverside Lawyer Magazine 2022 Article, "ADR as the Pathway to Reducing Case Numbers," Riverside County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Service 2019 article; "Conducting Remote Mediations," Superior Court of California, County of Riverside, ADR presentation and provided Zoom training to Court mediation panel, 2020.
Riverside, Los Angeles, and San Diego County
$3,000 Per Day
English
United States of America
Palm Desert, CA
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